bull box system

[Guest stevie-b]

does anyone have pics of on of these

[PIGEON_MAN]

Bought one of those boxes years ago,i think i,ve still got the video and instuctions here somewhere Stevie if your interested.

[Guest stevie-b]

yes im interested

[paddymac]

don't want to be stealing in on your queary stevie, but would it possible to accomodate the both of us if there are any replies to your post.

 

[Wiley]

yes id also be interested if possible

[PIGEON_MAN]

I dare say you all know the basic idea of the bull box but if not i will try to explain,the box i had was about 6foot long and about 2 feet high,it was made up of two boxes either end which you kept the hens in and one large section in the middle for the cock,the cock would be your best breeding cock and 4 hens which you wanted to pair to him,the idea was to let 1 of the hens in with the cock at a time so that he could tread them so you would finish up with 4 pairs of eggs in one go,you had to have other pairs ready to put the eggs under but it meant you would have eight youngsters off your best cock at a time,if you wanted you could then put 4 differant hens to him meaning you could do 2 or 3 years breeding off your best cock in 1 season and the youngsters would be all half brother and sister so you could then pair them back to one another to create a family basically around your best cock bird.I will see if i can find the video and if anyone is interested i will send it out to them and then they can send it on to the next person.

[paddymac]

Thanks PIGEON_MAN for the info, I'm off to buy some timber. ;)

[Guest]

IF YOU HAVE A SPARE SECTION LET YOUR HENS PAIR UP WITH EACH OTHER AND EVERY ODD DAY TAKE ONE HEN YOU WANT EGGS FROM AND LET YOUR STUD COCK TREAD THE HEN S AND THAT WAY YOU WILL HAVE HTWO HENS SITTING FOUR EGGS AND YOU WAIT TO SEE WHAT EGGS ARE FULL AND DISPOSE OF THE REST THE TWO HENS WILL SIT AND REAR THE YOUNG THEM SELVES DONE THIS MANY A TIME JUST ANOTHER FORM OF WORKING THE BULL SYSTEM BUT CARE MUST BE TAKEN AS YOU ONLY LET THE HEN YOU WANT YOUNG FROM TO BE TREADED BY THE COCK QUITE BENEFICIALL TO RACE HENS THIS WAY ALSO.