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       #Post#: 9023--------------------------------------------------
       How long in the kit box?
       By: Sound Rollers Date: September 25, 2011, 10:45 am
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       How long do you house a kit before their first flight?
       #Post#: 9025--------------------------------------------------
       Re: How long in the kit box?
       By: Sound Rollers Date: September 25, 2011, 6:58 pm
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       No one knows? come on guys, please help.  :-[ [quote
       author=Sound Rollers link=topic=724.msg9023#msg9023
       date=1316965512]
       How long do you house a kit before their first flight?
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       #Post#: 9026--------------------------------------------------
       Re: How long in the kit box?
       By: Jay Knepp Date: September 25, 2011, 7:43 pm
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       I like to wean the youngsters at 23 to 27 days...I put them
       into a kitbox with a training cage and removable trap which they
       will have to go thru to get their first meal even if it means
       that I push some of them thru....usually by the fourth and fifth
       day I will have them on the kitbox roof and trapping without any
       problems....the key to getting them out this quick is weaning
       them before they can fly much at all...    Jay
       
       
       
       [quote author=Sound Rollers link=topic=724.msg9025#msg9025
       date=1316995133]
       No one knows? come on guys, please help.  :-[
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       #Post#: 9029--------------------------------------------------
       Re: How long in the kit box?
       By: donnie james Date: September 25, 2011, 8:41 pm
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       i like to put my about 31 days old and i keep them in there for
       about a week and making sure their are eating on their own and
       then i start working with them going though the trap for about
       week and open the trap and then let them go in and out for a
       week and setting on the roof until they take off on their own
       and then start pushing to fly long until they take off when ever
       i let them out to fly........................donnie james
       #Post#: 9046--------------------------------------------------
       Re: How long in the kit box?
       By: J_Star Date: September 26, 2011, 8:29 pm
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       Take them away from their parents at 18 days and put them in the
       kitbox. It may sound crule but it is not. They will become adapt
       to you faster and learn from each other at a younger age. They
       will hold very well and become better birds as they mature.
       after a week, just let them in and out while they are hungry and
       you are good to go.
       Jay
       #Post#: 9066--------------------------------------------------
       Re: How long in the kit box?
       By: windjammer loft Date: September 27, 2011, 7:16 am
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       As soon as they are feathered,they go into my kitboxes. After a
       week of trap training and sitting out in a settling cage they
       get their "first" taste of freedom to do what ever they want
       too.
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