Training Videos
The following links will take you to YouTube videos that you may find useful in training your young birds.
Weaning the squeakers (two parts) – by California Spinners.
First feeding
Using syringe to feed very young birds
From High Definition Rollers
The dates listed are the dates the videos were posted to Youtube.
Day ? – April 24 – Training 2019 Young birds.
Day 3 – April 28 – Birds getting comfortable jumping back and forth from outside pan to kitbox. This is when they learn how to land
Day 4 – May 3 – Birds are using their sun cage, getting use to the outside world.
Day 5 – May 5 – sitting in the sun cage, first time to sit on kitbox, jump back and forth
Day 6 – May 7 – Opening door and letting birds fly in and out of box
Day 7 – May 8 – forcing to set out on the kitbox, some took maiden flights
Day 8 – May 8 – stray bird from yesterday returns. Also flew at different time and didn’t respond
Day 9 – May 13 – list bit of drizzle, but letting them out on the kitbox
Day 10 – May 13 – few days poor weather so haven’t been flying
Day 11 – May 14 – when all fly out of box, then shut the box, flush out any stragglers
Day 12 – May 18 – haven’t been out for a few days
Day 13 – May 22 – young birds flying
Day 14 – May 27
Day 15 – May 28 – been bad weather so first day to fly in awhle
Day 16 – May 31 – Changing feed from pellets to grain
Day 17 – June 5 – what the program has accomplished – they are about 45 days old now
Feeding Competition Rollers
June 27 – update on the kits progress
July 3 – An update on the young kits progress. They’ve begun taking short spins.
The old bird kit that are this years breeders.