Getting youngbirds to trap well?

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Tony-P-
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Anthony webster wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:17 am Most people over feed pigeons they ain't flying from here to Africa, there like all animals dogs horses they see weakness they take pixx ,,yb n hens are worse for kidding ya they will act hungry when there perfect in weight ,u fill sorry for em give em more and they mug you off ,
My pal he's birds were coming with winners man behind him he's birds finished my pals done a lap game over this went on for a good while until my mate didn't feed em 2 days n basket night flicked 1 bit of maize on floor it didn't bounce 2 times whole team was after it ,he sent the lot the out come was he's 16 cocks all went through door together he pissed it ,now this ain't what you have to do to win but this is the kind of mind set u need if there mugging you off ,,
When u have control of a team they should be flying hard and you drop board and even tho there full of flying the team pulls and hits traps ,,I practice this with baby's I do it if the team circles right of loft and left of loft and all so get kids playing ball in garden n washing on line n make them trap why all these things are going on because we never know what's going to happen race day.
sounds like good tips Anthony, as you say anything can happen around the house / garden on race day so I think it best for the birds to be prepared for anything. would kids playing next door spook them on race day for trapping do you think
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Tony-P- wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 3:48 pm
Anthony webster wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:17 am Most people over feed pigeons they ain't flying from here to Africa, there like all animals dogs horses they see weakness they take pixx ,,yb n hens are worse for kidding ya they will act hungry when there perfect in weight ,u fill sorry for em give em more and they mug you off ,
My pal he's birds were coming with winners man behind him he's birds finished my pals done a lap game over this went on for a good while until my mate didn't feed em 2 days n basket night flicked 1 bit of maize on floor it didn't bounce 2 times whole team was after it ,he sent the lot the out come was he's 16 cocks all went through door together he pissed it ,now this ain't what you have to do to win but this is the kind of mind set u need if there mugging you off ,,
When u have control of a team they should be flying hard and you drop board and even tho there full of flying the team pulls and hits traps ,,I practice this with baby's I do it if the team circles right of loft and left of loft and all so get kids playing ball in garden n washing on line n make them trap why all these things are going on because we never know what's going to happen race day.
sounds like good tips Anthony, as you say anything can happen around the house / garden on race day so I think it best for the birds to be prepared for anything. would kids playing next door spook them on race day for trapping do you think
Pigeons are prey animals, so they can be spooked by almost anything!

The more things they can be exposed to regularly the less that the unexpected but familiar will spook them when it matters!
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