fhtfire
60 posts
Oct 07, 2004
8:05 PM
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I have a young bird team that is looking pretty good. But and I say But...They only look good for about the first 10 minutes of flying. They come out of the shoot and start breaking real good..then after about 10 minutes of flying they stiffin up and maybe only break once. They fly for about 35 minutes or so. I am feeding them once a day. About 2 cups of a milo/wheat with pellet mix. It is 5:1...5 parts wheat/milo and 1 part pellet. I am flying kind of yo yo...2 days fly...1 day rest...1 day fly...1 day rest....2 days fly...2 days rest...kind of mixed up. On the days that they are on the second day of rest...I cut back on the feed a little and cut back on the pellet...giving them about a cup and a half. They feel real good in the hand...they are in good shape...they fly a good hieght...and the time is ok...on cooler days they about they fly about 45 minutes. So my question is.....any pointers on keeping them from getting stiffening up after the first 10 minutes. Is it feed...or just age. The oldest is 7 months and the youngest is maybe 4 months. little help. They also show a little more action at the 25min mark before the star coming down.
rock and ROLL!
Paul
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
277 posts
Oct 07, 2004
8:18 PM
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Hey Paul, have you ever been at an elementary school and seen what happens when the recess bell rings? (RING)..poof, the doors fly open and hundreds of screaming kids come sprinting out to the playground exhuberant and excited. Near the end of recess, you might notice they aren't quite as active. That's pretty much the same with young birds. They come out and "weeeee...we're free...weeee"..DOH...there goes that sommersault thing again..whew, catch my breathe...Doh...there it goes again...whew...Doh..again. LOL. I'm sure you get the picture. Young birds are easily excited and usually will do this, especially when many of them are starting to roll. Then as the energy wears off (think kid coming off a sugar high) they settle down and let instincts lead them around the skies. As they mature they'll tend to spread out their activity. This usually starts about the time they start landing like old birds instead of youngsters. Sure is fun to watch though.
Brian.
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Birdman
4 posts
Oct 07, 2004
8:49 PM
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Paul, I had the same problem when the birds first started the moult. They were developing some good hard roll and moulting at the same time. I would get 10-12 good breaks in 10 minutes and then they were flat until coming in. I have been giving them a couple days rest between flies and also give them a 24 bird ration for 20 birds and they have responded well and are more even. Remember, at 5-7 months old they are still kids and after the moult you should see a difference in them. By the way, what family of birds are you flying?
Russ
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fhtfire
61 posts
Oct 07, 2004
9:05 PM
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Brian that makes total sense! This is such a fun hobby when they start breaking and rolling.
The family that I have is a mixture at this time. I have gotter a couple pair or one pair from different fliers and I am going to pick the one that works best for me. In the kit that I am flying now the birds are offspring of Chuck Roe from Davis CA, l and Mort Emami from Utah. So far the best birds in the kit are from Red Baldy cock from Mort and a grizzle spash hen from Chuck. Chuck and Mort Both stem from Jaconette lines and they have both added in a different cock here and their for the vigor. Mort and Chucks birds are Very similar in type and body.
I also have a pair from Tony Chavarria and Scott Campbell...I am going to breed them next season. I aslo have a nice Frank Laven cock 99 bird mated to a nice Mason black baldy hen. There offspring are in the even younger kit and are just starting to fly. So, I have a little mixture to see what line I would like to go with. I can't wait to get some young from Scotts bird and Tonys birds to see what they do. So, far the Mort and Chuck birds seem to work together just fine.
Thanks for the input on my issue...Sounds like it is totally normal...just making sure
rock and ROLL
Paul Fullerton
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