Nesting on the floor

[Frazer]

Got a couple of yearling pairs looking to nest on the easibed on the floor do i let them nest on the easibed or put a bowl down for them cheers frazer.

[Guest strapper]

Got a couple of yearling pairs looking to nest on the easibed on the floor do i let them nest on the easibed or put a bowl down for them cheers frazer.

 

wont hurt either way

[adam owen]

as long as they are happy mate thats the main

[showman]

If they're happy......you're happy !!!!

[Guest IB]

Only allowed my birds to nest on the floor once, back when I was a teenager. Pair sat & youngsters hatched no problem. When the youngsters feather-up, parents don't sit them all the time and one day found them uncovered and scalped, heads twice normal size. Not a nice job disposing of youngsters that age. Never again. That's what nest boxes are for, and that's where mine lay and rear their young.

[Guest cowboy]

i have cock with brocken wing so he pairs on floor with hen and Y/B fine last year and siting on eggs how in same place as last year  

[Guest HEATHLOFTS]

i have a pair on the floor youngsters are great ;)walking around

[holmsidelofts]

I depends on if they are breeders or racers. if they are breeders then i have no issues but i wouldnt let a widowhood cock nest on the floor, his space is his box, and he has to fight for that box, thats what hes returning home for, by rearing in that box it cements that bond, allowing them to nest elsewhere is a no no for me.

 

Jas.

 

[kenny01]

in my own loft squekers that are on the floor get pecked by some adult birds that is the only problem i have ever had  i allow my birds to nest where ever they want only the ones i want to pair of i pen them up away from the others i have bred my birds like this for over 30years and would not change so i would let them go ahead on the floor,

[Guest lee duffy]

AS LONG AS ITS IN A CORNER I WOULDNT MIND TO MUCH

REGARDS LEE

[Guest Owen]

I would make sure that they nest in a box. I have found that nesting on the floor is nothing but trouble. As IB has said they can get scalped and there is all sorts of problems with territorial disputes. And if they are racing pigeons, as holmside lofts has told you, you will need them to fly to the box. Some Fanciers will allow it, but I would not, because you need the control of having them identify the boxes as their home. I think this especially important with your yearlings. It is a bad idea to start them off in this way because you may find that once the habit becomes ingrained you will not be able to stop it.

[Guest lvlasked]

sorry to say this but welcome back james and they be fine

[Frazer]

Thanks for the advice guys flying them natural on a open loft when seperated some of the yearling cocks didnt really choose a box hence taking to the floor and when i paired them i let them choose their mate think i,ll leave them to it.

[alec guinness]

 

 

let them nest where they are happy. ;) ;)

[Guest redlad24]

had a pair on the floor, they had 2 ybs, went to blackppol show, came back and the 2 young birds were beheaded, dirty rat got in a 10 mil gap under the door, so i locked the pair in a nest box then, and she has laid again, so not too bad

[Guest bakes]

Thanks for the advice guys flying them natural on a open loft when seperated some of the yearling cocks didnt really choose a box hence taking to the floor and when i paired them i let them choose their mate think i,ll leave them to it.

 

frazer i no of a flyer very good friend of mine and my misses he races natural and he lets the birds nest were ever they like widowhood flyers need the birds in the boxs as that part of the system natural lads open loft let the birds do what they wont the mate of mine has a pair every year nests on the floor on easy bedding this pair them selfs have done well as yb yearlings and oldbirds winning club many times inland and over the water last season just gone he had 4 ybs from that pair they was reared up on the floor took club fed results all to your own mate but the results are there it was the bloke i was stood chatting to at blackpool when i gave you the clock from stan

 

all the best.

[Frazer]

Hi klaus hows it going mate only thing was they nesting right by the vents didnt know if a draught will affect the yb at all new to this game so asking loads of questions.

[Guest bakes]

Hi klaus hows it going mate only thing was they nesting right by the vents didnt know if a draught will affect the yb at all new to this game so asking loads of questions.

 

how far away is the nest from the vent is it right under neath the vent or away to the side of the vent

 

all the best.

[Guest IB]

I get 'another' kind of problem in the YB end when mature YBs pair up and try to nest in the deep litter; they claim the floor, stop the other youngsters going to the feeder,  and cause general chaos in there - until I move them through to OB end, and give them a box. That's also one pair settled in early for the following year.  

[andrew gooch]

Got a couple of yearling pairs looking to nest on the easibed on the floor do i let them nest on the easibed or put a bowl down for them cheers frazer.

 

if this happens 2 u again  remove the egg when u c it leave them that day lock them in there box the next she will lay egg no2 in the box and sit it then miss a day put egg u took away in then thay sit the 2 happy days,been their but if thay have 2 leave them, its not a problem just some people think thay must b regamentle,NOW OFFENCE TO ANYBODY,

 

[frank-123]

I get 'another' kind of problem in the YB end when mature YBs pair up and try to nest in the deep litter; they claim the floor, stop the other youngsters going to the feeder,  and cause general chaos in there - until I move them through to OB end, and give them a box. That's also one pair settled in early for the following year.  

 

can get some good old motivation there you wasted it moving them  

[jimmy white]

Got a couple of yearling pairs looking to nest on the easibed on the floor do i let them nest on the easibed or put a bowl down for them cheers frazer.

 

in my opinion, there,s for,s and against here,, as the back posts suggest , but a cock that has reared yb,s on the floor can take over the floor after this,, this could be used in  the motivation game , if worked on very carefully, , but could proove stressfull for other  birds in the loft,, the one thing to watch for is when the parents are driving for the second nest,, the yb,s on the floor could well be damaged ,, by other cocks,,, i would put a small box down with nest pan in,, off the floor  slightly,,making sure they cant nest underneath it,,,the cock should perch, on top of this box ,, off course the box could be turned   when not in use, then turned round again  when needed for motivation  

[tryer]

nesting on the floor could be a good motivation in the racing season . had apair with 1 youngster on floor 14 days old took the hen away 5 days befor the race when the cock was out flying put the hen back in to feed it then took away [ flyin nataural then ] sent the cock to race national 1st section in a very hard race vel 600 10 hour fly .

[Tony C]

I race my y/birds nesting in the easibed on the floor, move their nests nearer to eachother as the week goes on.

[clayton moore]

You will see a nest begining to be built.Rag it if they come back and build again rag it again.They will go back to there nest box.In the racing loft it is a bad president to set allowing this to go on.Even in the stock loft you will find they build beside the door its bloody murder.