Velo99
1212 posts
Jul 08, 2007
10:52 AM
|
A few squeaks.
See the trap does work
Kate the Great. Budding carpenter and pigeon girl.
I decided I was going to split the door about ten minutes after I pronounced it finished. Thats next on the henny do list.
It`ll look like this one when I finish.
This was an edition of While You Were Out;Pigeon Style. Thats what Kate said anyway.
We re did the doors to an english style.
The perches probably aren`t new but I modified them to fit my purposes. This is a real easy clean and the birds just run down the perch and launch off the end. Takes the squeaks about 5 seconds to all get out and they are squeaks. 20-23 birds easy.
Gonna get the underpinning and dowel doors built this week. Then they will all match and I can throw some plants around and my wife will get off my .... oh Hi Honey.
lol
----------
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
Last Edited by on Jul 08, 2007 11:05 AM
|
nicksiders
1855 posts
Jul 08, 2007
11:08 AM
|
Looking good, Kenny
After looking at a picture of you and then your daughter it is obvious that your spouse is much better looking then you are(LOL).
I like the dowls.
Nick
----------
Snicker Rollers
|
Missouri-Flyer
710 posts
Jul 08, 2007
1:02 PM
|
Hey Kenny,
Is the lock on the door so your wife doesn't let your birds out when your gone in hopes that they never return?..LOL
Nice pics man.
----------
Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
Last Edited by on Jul 08, 2007 1:03 PM
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
66 posts
Jul 08, 2007
1:28 PM
|
Hey Kenny..........
Hermano nice birds..looks like u have a good loft manager and great help...Wish my kids would do the same...lol/
Rudy
|
W@yne
555 posts
Jul 08, 2007
1:46 PM
|
Nice pics Kenny and some nice youngsters there and a great helper. How are them fancy traps doing are they working fine? I am very Interested in the outcome because I've never seen traps like that before.
----------
Regards
W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
=====================================
|
ROLLERMAN
141 posts
Jul 08, 2007
1:59 PM
|
kenny
I like your trap. do you feed your birds after they are all in. Or do you leave a tray in the kit box for them. the reasion im askeing is if you leave food in there for when they go back in the kit box The 1 st few are going to get a little more then there share and that could become a problem. still a great idea.
al
|
Missouri-Flyer
715 posts
Jul 08, 2007
2:20 PM
|
Al,
I believe Kenny is like myself, in that we feed our squeeks plenty until they are on the wing good. No reason to keep food away from a baby.
----------
Jerry
Home of "Whispering Wings Loft"
|
ROLLERMAN
142 posts
Jul 08, 2007
2:43 PM
|
Jerry
I understand that i do the same with my young birds. Just wondering how the trap will work with 2o birds trying to get in at one time, When he starts flying them..I just think that with that trap some birds are going to get to much feed and other not enought. Unless he feeds them after they all trap.
al
|
Velo99
1214 posts
Jul 08, 2007
4:12 PM
|
Al,
When they are squeaks they get pretty much all they can eat in the evening. I pull the tray when I batten down for the evening. As they move to the next phase I will start feeding them after they trap. I just throw a dab of WBS in the feeder to get them in.
Trap is working fine Wayne. It also doubles as ventilation.A hungry pigeon is a smart pigeon. I will probably go with the English style open door later on.
The frame of the dowel door is 2x2 so the birds like to land on that and pick a spot to light in the box.
Squeak feed is 1/2 milo,1/2 wheat,1/3 14% pellet,1/3 safflower,1/3 WBS. I figure it is right at 12-13 percent.
----------
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
Last Edited by on Jul 08, 2007 5:58 PM
|
No-LimitR
55 posts
Jul 09, 2007
8:24 AM
|
Hey Kenny I'm just wondering? Are the birds going to start fighting over the perch? I had someting like that once and the bigger, badder ones aways runs all the other ones off. It didn't work for me, how are yours doing? Tou
|
Velo99
1216 posts
Jul 09, 2007
6:52 PM
|
Tou,
Cut the feed when the cocks get too cocky.
The walks are 1 5/8 wide. Not much room for fighting. Once they all get a little age on em I will teach them who is the boss.
I think this setup will allow for tighter kitting and kit response because of the close proximity they have to live in. I betcha they roost in a similar order to where they fly in the kit. I am gonna make this work even if I have to roll a few heads.
On a similar subject the cocky rowdy birds are usually a bad influence on a kit anyway. This will just add another layer to the list of tools for tuning my program. You want team players both in and out of the box.
----------
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
|
Velo99
1219 posts
Jul 10, 2007
4:44 AM
|
BMC
You mentioned on another post about hobbling. Could you elaborate a bit for me please sir?
----------
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
|
Santandercol
1221 posts
Jul 10, 2007
6:44 AM
|
Kenny,
I've had some aggressive cocks in my white homer breeder loft.One guy(Grumpy) was fighting so much the 2 cocks would end up bleeding from their wattle.The way to stop it is to hobble them with a piece of string about 1/8" thick.A clove hitch and two half hitches on each leg holding the legs fairly close together.They tend to stumble and fall on their face so this is not conducive to beating the shit outta somebody.2 or 3 days of this and they turn into mr nice guy.
----------
Kelly
|
Velo99
1228 posts
Jul 23, 2007
6:54 PM
|
Heres a few more from this last round.
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
|
Donny James
9 posts
Jul 23, 2007
7:41 PM
|
hay kenny,
you have a good set up and very nice looking birds and i want to wish you all the best with them...........donny james
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
95 posts
Jul 23, 2007
7:59 PM
|
zupppppppppppp kenny nice squeeks.........lol
hope u have them a good home..........peace hermano
RUDY
|
Santandercol
1256 posts
Jul 23, 2007
10:28 PM
|
Righton Kenny.I like that red barred squeaker.I have 7 left of my 1st round of 17.Preds are wicked here.Have 2 pairs of Doneks coming from Toronto next week.I need to find some way of having success with these performing breeds.
----------
Kelly
|
Bird_Man_916
28 posts
Jul 24, 2007
10:37 PM
|
I have a bird that looks almost similar to yours...but instead mines is a Fireball Cock...Chai...
Last Edited by on Jul 24, 2007 10:37 PM
|
Velo99
1245 posts
Aug 02, 2007
4:49 PM
|
I mentioned the other day about a new hen I have. Here she is with her new mate. I really like this little baldie hen. Bruce said she is really deep. I have her on my favorite cock from the A team.
----------
V99
Flippin`The Bird!
http://www.bluedotloft.50megs.com
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
107 posts
Aug 02, 2007
5:07 PM
|
Zuppppppp hippie,,,,
Nice looking birds..
Rudy
|
155
373 posts
May 02, 2008
8:05 PM
|
NICE BIRDS
|
WaTtS UpP
720 posts
May 03, 2008
8:53 PM
|
nice bunch of birds
----------
Watts uppp homeboy
|
Velo99
1681 posts
May 03, 2008
9:17 PM
|
Since you guys were so kind as to bring my post back up I`ll show you the first pair of Bradleys. I have another almost as old as these. It looks to be a blue bar.
----------
V99
Keep the best. Eat the rest.
Last Edited by on May 03, 2008 9:18 PM
|
George R.
601 posts
May 03, 2008
9:53 PM
|
nice Squeeks Kenny !!!!
|
smoke747
1011 posts
May 04, 2008
12:34 AM
|
Nice setup and birds. interesting perches in the kit box.
smoke747
----------
Keith London
ICRC
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1588 posts
May 04, 2008
1:44 AM
|
Nice squeeks kenny..............
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
kopetsa
622 posts
May 04, 2008
2:20 AM
|
Velo you are genius, ie. that tube on the fence!
----------
Andrew
|
Velo99
1682 posts
May 04, 2008
6:56 AM
|
Never be underestimate the power of hunger mixed with curiosity. Pigeons are weird anyway. I have a tin roof on my patio. There are a few pebbles on it I have thrown at the squeaks. They play with the pebbles. I hear them throwing them around,then their little feet scrabbling on the roof en masse to where it lands and then the process repeats itself. They peck at it a few times and then one will pick it up and get a good fling on it and here they go again.
----------
V99
Keep the best. Eat the rest.
|
Santandercol
2419 posts
May 04, 2008
7:04 AM
|
Hey Kenny,
Greetings from Gabriola.
----------
Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
|
Velo99
1684 posts
May 04, 2008
7:14 AM
|
Buenos Dias Mi amigo.
----------
V99
Keep the best. Eat the rest.
|
PR_rollers
1022 posts
May 04, 2008
7:32 AM
|
Good luck with those Bradley's ,Ken
----------
Ralph....
Last Edited by on May 04, 2008 7:33 AM
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1592 posts
May 04, 2008
11:56 AM
|
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1593 posts
May 04, 2008
12:08 PM
|
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1594 posts
May 04, 2008
12:23 PM
|
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
PR_rollers
1028 posts
May 04, 2008
1:38 PM
|
Rudy are those Bradley too,,or Pancho's ,,:)
----------
Ralph....
|
Oldfart
625 posts
May 04, 2008
1:57 PM
|
Kenny, You are blessed young man! Your lovely daughter reminds me of my grandaughter, she has a nice smile. That's a good looking bunch of squeeks! Nothing but the best for you and yours.
Thom
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1597 posts
May 04, 2008
5:38 PM
|
Hey Ralph those are my puppies.................lol
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
RUDY..ZUPPPPP
2070 posts
Sep 13, 2008
11:44 PM
|
Any new pics of those bradleys kenny...?
----------
RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
|
