peanuts.....

Look at this weeks winner of the NRCC race wins the classic in his very first race for Kevin Lawson

But this cock was well schooled as a young bird

yeah, i know what you are saying...so its no good throwing a 2 year old into a race thats had very little basket training and road work....? my yearlings ave only been in a basket once i there lives when i was putting the nest boxes in and they went a bit wild when they first went in, although they seemed to get used to it after a while.....but they also need to get used to coming out of the basket and flying home dont they...?

Yes

When you seperate the youngsters always do it into a basket first for a few days by doing this when they have grown up and have to be placed in the basket again they will not be panicing

yes, someone once told me that before, to put the basket in yb section and to feed them in it and drink in it so they know what to do for when they are training/racing.

Yes totally agree

if you look at the bottom of the home page in the photos under 09 ybs weaned i have my basket in with them in the pic.....

When you wean the young birds from there parents place them in the basket straight away for a couple of days but make sure they have food and water available to have and if they do not have any then try to feed them yourself

yes david good idea to put basket in youngbird end altho i dont do it

yes ian, i dont know if you remember malcolm on the ebay group...well he told me to do it and ive done it ever since, and let them eat and drink in it for a while.

cant remember him but your not doing wrong david

its a bit of security for them as well isnt it ian as they huddle togeather inside the basket, mind you if someone has a lot of ybs they will need to put a few baskets in maybe ?

david i usually put around 20 over at once so they dont really need basket they huddle together in loft

yes ian, i usually put some straw in ybs section and they lay togeather on it for safety i suppose.

i suppose its comforting like being back in the nest

yes....you know ian its funny but a pair of ybs ive just weaned the other week were brother and sister but as they were hatching i put one of them under another pair to single rear them....when i weaned them and ever since they seem to know each other and always sit togeather....do they know they are nestmates really ?

dont know david but could it be that there both the same age

yes ian you are maybe right....they tend to all sit togeather when all the same age and then when they get a bit older they start fighting each other...

yes ive had nest mates that have hated each other

What could be the reason, if a certain bird is pecking at some corn, but tend to miss peck it, a few times, till getting it, could there be something wrong with both eyes, or only one eye, the bird is a hen, and did some exellent flying. ? any thoughts.

any other signs of anything niel ?is it healthy apart from this....whats the droppings like ?

Perfecctly healthy , firm droppings, well build

wouldnt worry too much at the moment niel, unless it gets any worse or shows any signs of illness....have you just got it or have you had the bird a while ?

Had her a long time, start to realize it while giving them peanuts.

how old is she niel maybe its just age we loose our sight partialy when getting on a bit