Pumpkin Man
138 posts
Aug 05, 2009
5:36 AM
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Just curious how many young bird kits you can put together and train EFFECTIVELY in a season. Not just hatch, but hatch settle, and train to the point of kitting and starting to roll. So far for me this year it's been 2. I screwed up settling my 3rd young bird kit and about to put 4th one together. But I'm thinking 3 may be my limit. How about you guys?
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rtwilliams
GOLD MEMBER
430 posts
Aug 05, 2009
2:41 PM
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I think that 3 (23 to a kit box) kits is about it. I have rasied 3 this year, helped my 10 yr old son raise his first kit, and I will get one more kit going. It is alot of work. I hope to see a good team from all of them by the WC next year. Next year I hope to only raise 50 birds for me, and help my son with 20 or so.
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RT Williams
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BA Rollers
273 posts
Aug 05, 2009
5:20 PM
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How many kits and how effectively a person can train them is 100% dependent on how much time a person has do dedicate to flying each day. A person who leaves at the crack of dawn won't be able to train as many kits as a person who is retired or unemployed. As a whole a person should first determine the amount of time they have to spend flying the birds in the mornings (or evenings I guess). Then figure 45 minutes of time per kit. Do the math and the number of kits a person can train will be discovered.
There are work arounds. Gang flying two young kits at once saves time. Alternating every other day allows for more kits to be trained (ie. two kits flown one day, two kits flown the next).
Several years ago I would raise and train 5-6 kits of young birds. They got full attention and fly time. Honestly that sucked. I think three kits of young birds is sufficient.
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Ty Coleman
664 posts
Aug 05, 2009
5:30 PM
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My goal is 4 per year but if I could raise seven I could get them trained. I also only train in 15 bird kits or less.
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Ty
Vapor Trail Lofts
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J_Star
2058 posts
Aug 05, 2009
7:55 PM
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Fly them in groups of 40 birds. Once you get the birds up they will take it from there.
Jay
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macsrollers
170 posts
Aug 05, 2009
8:54 PM
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Only raise as many kits as you can comfortably and consistently fly. Otherwise your program will suffer. Every year that I have bred more then 4 kits of youngsters my program has suffered, not due to the quality of birds but due to inconsistency in training and fly time. Don't breed to the maximum of what you think you can fly. Leave a little room for the minimum conditions and I think you will have more success and also have more fun! Enjoy your next fly! Don M.LVRC
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Rob408
99 posts
Aug 06, 2009
11:35 AM
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This is my first year ever with rollers...so far I have three full kits and another one on the way within a week or two. These four will be my limit for any given year in the future. There is alot of work involved in training and flying four young bird kits. If I'm able to keep three of them this year, I would be happy and would only breed out of three or four of my best breeders next year.
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quickspin
1054 posts
Aug 06, 2009
1:10 PM
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There are some than can train more birds than others. As for me I can only breed 3 kits a year so that is the max I can train.
I wake up fly one kit after another the older kit that is in to the roll fly's 3 time's a week only. The young birds fly up to 2 times a day for 5-6 days a week in till they come in to the roll. For the time I have I would guess this is the max for me not sure if could manage to train more.
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Ball Bearing Roller Loft
I.C.R.C
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sundance
1139 posts
Aug 06, 2009
6:45 PM
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I have my best luck with the first and second kit each year. I think this is due to the time I`m allowed with them. I have usually raised 3 or 4 kits but seldom see the potential out of the 3rd or 4th. I`ll try to stick with 2 a year from now on..
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3251 posts
Aug 07, 2009
7:24 PM
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I have three kits now to train but I'm retire so to have and make time for my wife and things to do around the house I wake up earlier and do what I have to do..
its fun the day it becomes work I will cut down.----------
Ralph.
Life comes down to the choices you make, and then living with the results.
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