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my kit boxes are 4ft by 3ft and 7ft tall and have grilled floors to keep the birds out of the crap they are usually alot smaller but it just doesnt seem fair to me
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nice thank you they look good i may have to re-think about how i am going to build mine now i am going to keep my older birds in the shed/loft i have now and the kit boxes will be for my young hens in 1 and cocks in another and then at breeding time i will pair them in acorrdance to room in them
how many do you keep in your boxes with the dimensions stated
and is that comfertable for them and what do you do when breeding do you have a loft and move them into their or let them breed in kit boxes i am new to this bit of keeping the birds and am unsure how it works
You have a breeding loft for stock birds, then a kit box for y/b a box for o/b and a box for yearlings depending on what you are flying, dont fly stock birds when breeding,
yes cheers pete and then what do you do the following year as your y/b are yearlings your yearlings are o/b and have new y/bs it is confusing me i am flying rollers at the minute i have 4 pairs 1 set with 3 week old squabs and 3 pair on egg's which i do let out to fly but once i make my kit boxes i will have to fix a routine for them but i wanted to be able to let them all out at seperate times as i don't like to keep them locked in
Well it depends on how many kits you want, you keep your best birds from your yearlings decide if they are better than some of your old birds replace bad birds ie:- birds that dont kit ,birds that Land with in 20 mins,birds that dont roll very often,as for fling breeding birds not a good idea especially hens,if a hen is ready to lay and starts to roll fast it can roll its egg sack out---------dead roller
Well it depends on how many kits you want, you keep your best birds from your yearlings decide if they are better than some of your old birds replace bad birds ie:- birds that dont kit ,birds that Land with in 20 mins,birds that dont roll very often,as for fling breeding birds not a good idea especially hens,if a hen is ready to lay and starts to roll fast it can roll its egg sack out---------dead roller
Pete
cheers pete i will remember that for future i will look into buying some more birds once my kit boxes are ready and take it from there
Well it depends on how many kits you want, you keep your best birds from your yearlings decide if they are better than some of your old birds replace bad birds ie:- birds that dont kit ,birds that Land with in 20 mins,birds that dont roll very often,as for fling breeding birds not a good idea especially hens,if a hen is ready to lay and starts to roll fast it can roll its egg sack out---------dead roller