I restarted with the birds last June, and have a well trained, but not raced team of 36, these have all been in a 10x6 two section loft, one i got last May, with the box aviary on the front and i have been very happy with it. Except for one thing, it doesn't have a corridor and i don't like the fact you have to go through one section to another and a few other points, had a corridor before. The current loft has 16 widowhood boxes in that i sectioned off to make 32 young bird boxes. So these can be very quickly turned back to the standard boxes. I haven't paired them up yet, they have been parted since before xmas I have a new loft coming next week same style, but this time with a corridor. a three section loft. I plan to race my 16 pairs and breed about 60 youngsters. So my question is this. Do i move the 16 pairs to the new loft and maybe have two widowhood sections and a section for the hens and put the first two rounds of youngster in the 10 x 6 loft, then the third round of youngster in the 3rd section and then put the hens in hen boxes ? or keep cocks in the 10x 6 and put all the youngsters in the new loft and the hens in one section. I am worried if the cocks will move to the new loft or want to keep going in to the old one. Would i be better to have the cocks in the new loft with the corridor so they are not so disturbed ? Any help or advise would be great
