Making trap door?

[LittleJohn]

If they are trained with bobs, it shouldn't be such a hinderance should it?

[LUCKYT]

I think they take to it easier than Bobs, the do not have to"push" against them. think about the first time any bird you had was trying to get thru the Bobs, they always seem to"stall" and back out, at least at first. I like them, but only used them for a while, my last season of flying racers. Dave

[g0ldenb0y55]

Birds do hesitate to come in when you first introduce them to bobs but I think once they get the hang of it they do just fine. I use bobs and I haven't had any problems with my birds. They trap just fine, IMO.

[Lovebirds]

I've got a drop trap on my YB loft and bobs on the OB loft. Today, I had the birds out and decided it was about time for them to get used to going through the bobs again, as opposed to the window since we start racing in a month, so I shut the windows and forced them to use the bobs. No problems with the OB's but the yearlings, that used the drop trap last year, sat out in the aviary for about an hour, before they decided it was getting late and went in.
The thing is, if you use an electronic clock, the birds don't have to "trap" to get clocked.....they simply have to step on the pad.......once my birds are in the clock, I don't care whether they trap or not. Most of the time, if I have a bird come in from a race that doesn't want to trap, it will trap when the next bird comes in.
If they want to get inside BAD enough, they'll go through whatever eventually. It's what they get used to.