luis
191 posts
Feb 21, 2007
9:26 PM
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Does not flying your birds on a regular basis(i only fly my birds on my days off)impede their development of the roll?How often is good enough?
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nicksiders
1426 posts
Feb 21, 2007
11:22 PM
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luis,
If the have already got the roll it is important that you keep them in good physical condition. On the two days that you are off put them up twice each day and you can keep them in tone.
The difficulty comes when handling the young; you basically have to be there. Your mature birds just need to be released and your trap door open. Leave the feed after liberating them and you can move on about your business at hand. Either it be work or training the youngsters.
I guess what I am saying you can make the time. I did and I was working 11 or 12 hours a day; 5 days a week and sometimes 6. Release a kit before work; open the trap; place the feed in; make sure they have water. You won't get to watch 'em but, you can keep thier conditioning top notch.
Just some ideas.
Nick
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Snicker Rollers
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Flyin Hawaiian
28 posts
Feb 23, 2007
1:21 PM
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Hi Luis,
It is not essential to fly a kit everyday if its a seasoned old bird kit remember I said a seasoned old bird kit. A good manager that understands his family of birds knows how to keep them in perch shape and only fly them twice a week to keep the rust off and the bottled up roll. The key to this is in how much and what type of feed you have them on. Here in the NorthWest where I reside we can have temps in the winter months that fluctuate between 20 degrees in as much as 24 hours and I'm talking about high temperature and not lows. It takes someone that has a good handle on his birds to make those adjustments but in time if you spend alot of time with the birds and watch how they react to the feed can you will get a handle on this. Common sense is your best teacher and observation to the smallest of details. A mentor of mine use to take 30 minutes per kit to feed each and everyday now thats paying attention to detail.
If your trying to develop a kit of young birds it is important to get wing time on them. Flying them regularly gives you better results as young birds seem to get a mind of thier own if not flown on a regular basis. The sooner you get them on the wing the better. Nick has given you some good suggestions however it is best to be present from start to finish when you release a kit young or old. Traps are a good thing but this is the reason I know many to use them because they can leave and let the birds trap in on thier own. The open door english style is a disciplinary aide to you the manager as it forces you to be present in order to get the birds in. It also forces you to keep a better handle on your birds at all times. Thier are no short cuts to this hobby in getting the utmost out of your stock but you do have to put in the time and sacrifice the neck LOL!
Your friend Ivan
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CSRA
17 posts
Feb 23, 2007
7:32 PM
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Ivan spoken like a true competitor that you are
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
1184 posts
Feb 23, 2007
7:59 PM
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Just consider an athlete in a major sport, if he wants to do well, he must be in top condition and so he must practice, practice and practice. So "yes", not flying enough will hinder the progress of a team of rollers.
What is "...good enough", is really determined by you. If you only have 2 opportunities a week to fly your birds, that better be good enough for you, otherwise, all you have to look forward to is one frustrating day after another knowing you will not ever see the full potential that is locked up in your birds.
Your rollers can only show you what they have when you are able to put in the time and effort they need to develop properly.
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
Last Edited by on Feb 23, 2007 8:00 PM
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