Moving mature birds
Hi andrei; and fello pigeon fanciers: i really want to thank urself andrei for ur tips. you really gave me alot of help. if u dont mind just a couple of questions re ur 5 top tips, 1. re my loft and stock.etc i am currently in a rented house but we are moving into a new house council home where i will b building my own designed loft, young bird loft hens and cocks etc all seperated.
but at the moment i have 1 huge shed which im trying to seperate as much as i can with the space i have. now andrei what i need to know is when i move to my new home and loft, the stock i have which i know are top quality birds and are flying to me, what do i do when i move? as the new home will be only up the road.will i have problems with them dropping into the old loft on training tosses and races? or do i lock them up if so for how long andrei?
my next question is as all my stock are mixed due to lack of space what the hell main diet do i feed them, rembering these birds are not being trained r raceing until next year. at the moment they r getting best all round’ so am i doing right r wrong. thank you so much andrei
I think you will have to start fresh with young birds because the mature birds will definitely go to the old loft. Just keep the old loft to make sure you can get the birds back because most of them might not want to get back. If you get them back to the new loft for a few times and not feed them or offer resting places at the old loft, they will finally understand.
Just make sure they NEVER sleep at the old loft after you release them at the new location.
I’d start fresh with young birds, just use the mature ones for stock loft.
The diet is OK, no need to stress about it.