rollerpigeon
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232 posts
Mar 13, 2005
8:32 AM
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I am in the process of starting up a new young bird kit. I am mixing several older kit bird hens with these. I want to see if the non-aggressive female characteristics of these older hens will be a good combination with the young birds and aid in their overall development.
Anyone ever tried anything like this or have thoughts on it? FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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fhtfire
115 posts
Apr 03, 2005
3:20 PM
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Tony,
That is exactly what I do. I have a couple hens and a cock that I use to train the young birds. It makes it so much easier to trap train them too. I do not even use a cage to trap train. When I first move the young birds into the kit box. I give them all they can eat for 4 days or so. When I let out the older birds and whatever young birds that I have flying in the kit...I put the food in so the young birds can eat while the older birds fly. Then they also get to see the older birds go through the trap. Then after the 4 days of eating all they want I put the young birds on top of the kit box without a cage and they watch the other birds fly. When the older birds start to come down I will catch all the young birds...(because the are still tame) and put them on the landing platform and slowly push them through the trap. OF course the get right to eating...as soon as they get about 30 sec to eat I grab them an put them on the trap again and they will usually go through by themselves..because they want that food. After I do that for about 3 days or so...they are on there own...they usually will sit on the box until the older birds land and they will start to trap as soon as the older birds do. It works good. I have found that the young birds will stay up longer when the old birds fly with them...It is like monkey see monkey do. I do fly twice a day with the young birds until they come into the roll.
rock and ROLL
Paul
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rollerpigeon
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258 posts
Apr 06, 2005
6:54 AM
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Hey Paul this is a good post you put up. When I have the time, I do exactly what you are doing as far as letting the young birds out and putting them through the pigeon drop.
If the young birds are put out without the wire cage before they can fly and learn to trap, I find they do better with my training overall. FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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