[THE FIFER]

How do you Motivate your birds for Different flying methods and distances, young and old birds,

[andy Burgess]

THE FIFER, on 1 February 2012 - 23:20 PM, said:

How do you Motivate your birds for Different flying methods and distances, young and old birds,

Old Birds =deprivation of some sort .Young Birds =show and tell "race home ,or your going in the bucket" ,on the whole worked so far .

[THE FIFER]

andy Burgess, on 2 February 2012 - 15:25 PM, said:

Old Birds =deprivation of some sort .Young Birds =show and tell "race home ,or your going in the bucket" ,on the whole worked so far .

I have tried that with the young birds but they just laugh at me,

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

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Found this works for pigeons of any age

[Wiley]

Sprint racing, I like to use jealousy, distance I like to give a pigeon it's first baby of it's life or first baby of the year

[St Finnan Loft]

THE FIFER, on 1 February 2012 - 23:20 PM, said:

How do you Motivate your birds for Different flying methods and distances, young and old birds,

Your question reminded me of a mealy cock I had who had never won a ticket no matter what I tried. Imagine my surprise one day when he arrived to win the club and a good fed position, he was by this time 4 years old and I honestly can,t think why he was still in the loft. that night while thinking this over I recalled arriving late from work and hurrying down to the loft to find a stray which I removed then proceeded to basket the birds, had he been annoyed at a stray near his nest box I wondered? This all happened a few weeks before our Fed race from Avaranches some 520 mls. On the day of basketing for Avranches I borrowed a rather aggressive cock from a club member and locked him in the mealy,s nest box when the mealy returned from a short spin around the loft he was beside himself with rage at this cock daring to be in his box, I slowly let the mealy enter the box but kept my hand between the two birds so as not to have any injuries this was done again prior to basketing for the race.

I should add that this certainly worked for that mealy who was normally very mild mannered as he scored 11th Open Fife fed in that particular race 1975 and again the next year in a very hard National with very few in the fed the thing to remember if trying this is the temperament of your bird and not to use the same stranger twice.

[Wiley]

St Finnan Loft, on 2 February 2012 - 17:18 PM, said:

Your question reminded me of a mealy cock I had who had never won a ticket no matter what I tried. Imagine my surprise one day when he arrived to win the club and a good fed position, he was by this time 4 years old and I honestly can,t think why he was still in the loft. that night while thinking this over I recalled arriving late from work and hurrying down to the loft to find a stray which I removed then proceeded to basket the birds, had he been annoyed at a stray near his nest box I wondered? This all happened a few weeks before our Fed race from Avaranches some 520 mls. On the day of basketing for Avranches I borrowed a rather aggressive cock from a club member and locked him in the mealy,s nest box when the mealy returned from a short spin around the loft he was beside himself with rage at this cock daring to be in his box, I slowly let the mealy enter the box but kept my hand between the two birds so as not to have any injuries this was done again prior to basketing for the race.

I should add that this certainly worked for that mealy who was normally very mild mannered as he scored 11th Open Fife fed in that particular race 1975 and again the next year in a very hard National with very few in the fed the thing to remember if trying this is the temperament of your bird and not to use the same stranger twice.

A top sprint man in London does something very similar. He has three sections, two sections with v perches and a middle compartment with ten widowhood boxes. This man is the elite if he isn't fed champion every year he is always the runner up. What he does is have 10 cocks each in these v perch sections. 1 cock from each sections gets paired at a time. So basically saying 2 cocks are eventually paired up with one hen. These cocks are let out and got in separately in there own sections apart from a Friday evening, when they all trap in the breeding section and the hens are in the bowls, both cocks believe that that nest box is his domain, they also believe that they have rights to the hen. He does a few changes ect, but on return from the race the cock that came first is the only one that can spend time with the hen, while the other cock watches, the other cock seems to never be that far behind his opposing cock again

[Tooshy Boy]

I HAVE TRYED THE MIRROR IN THE NEST BOX . BEFORE YOU BASKET FRIDAY NIGHT PUT A MIRROR IN NEST BOX THE BIRD WILL GO MENTAL ATTACING THE MIRROR WITH ITS WING .

[just ask me]

i find the less i do with my widowhood cocks the better they fly so i tend not to do much these days

[THE FIFER]

[pheonix]

old birds with distance racing in mind,pair 2 hens to one cock,cock stays at home.you can do this without any flights being dropped.pair up the one hen that you want youngsters from let them rear the nest then part them,after 2 weeks introduce the second hen when she has laid dont let them sit the eggs for no longer than 10 days,jobs a good en