UkPigeonRacing

PeteDerby wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 7:45 am

Trev wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:51 pm

PeteDerby wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 5:15 pm

A lot of sense in what you say there. I will have a separate section for LD birds so the feeding and exercising in different ways might not be too much of a trouble, but I’ve certainly taken on board what you say.

It sounds like you are getting some good advice Pete, I hope all goes well for you and I look forward to hearing how things progress in the future. Keep posting and we will help where we can, all the best.

Thanks Trev and everyone. I really appreciate the advice and encouragement from you all. Someone pointed me towards the aluminium aviary traps at Universal this week and the price versus my budget versus the long-term benefit is messing with my head. I hadn’t budgeted for anything like those but will I regret it when the wooden ones I’ve been planning on degrade.

NeilA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:31 am I made my own box aviary traps I guess they won’t last as long but I made them to how I wanted them only a box frame so no great skill it can’t be if I did them
Ideal to bath in or let late ones in I just have a hinged frame with polycarbonate behind them to close them down when the cocks are on widowhood
I always used smaller wire than what’s comes with the aluminium traps

NeilA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:33 am Mine are just treated wood Devo with decent quality small hole mesh
With a drop board to close up made like a double board so the pad slides in like a sandwich filling
As long as a pigeon can’t be timed with the trap open it’s within the Rpra rules
Not sure the rules in other unions
I am sure if you made aluminium ones at a reasonable cost they would sell well

Devo1956 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:14 am

NeilA wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:31 am I made my own box aviary traps I guess they won’t last as long but I made them to how I wanted them only a box frame so no great skill it can’t be if I did them
Ideal to bath in or let late ones in I just have a hinged frame with polycarbonate behind them to close them down when the cocks are on widowhood
I always used smaller wire than what’s comes with the aluminium traps

I have thought of getting a small unit, and knocking some loft equipment up. A friend of mine as a factory for metal fabrication, i deal for making some aluminium traps up, and also some aviaries. I may look into it.

Andy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:31 pm This is the one I made for the front of my young bird section.

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The youngsters spend a lot of time out in it in all weathers. The hens will go into this section for the winter. I can shut it off so the birds can’t go into it but most of the time it’s just left open.

Andy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:31 pm This is the one I made for the front of my young bird section.

IMG_3321.jpeg

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The youngsters spend a lot of time out in it in all weathers. The hens will go into this section for the winter. I can shut it off so the birds can’t go into it but most of the time it’s just left open.