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.