More than one hen

[Guest SPORTKA]

I have a stock cock that I wish to take as many ybs as I can this year, other than floating his eggs I am told it is poss to have a cock paired up too as many as three hens at one time, can anyone explain how to do this and any advantages or disadvantages doing this may have, Thanx in advance, and Merry Christmas to you all.

[owen101]

my grandad use to pair 2 together from one cock in particulat and he had a flight sort of thing on front and had 1 hen in one corner and one in the other

[just ask me]

breed him up to 3 hens in seperate boxes lock him in with each hen making sure he covers the hen  i floated the first round off 3 hens then let him pair up to one

 

 

to be honest i found it a lot of work  :-/

[Guest]

can sombody explain the floating of eggs and why its done

[just ask me]

can sombody explain the floating of eggs and why its done

 

if u have a pairing that throwing good birds u could put there eggs under another pair to rear the young  allowing the good pair to go on the second round earlier than normal  u can  get more youngsters off this pair to race

 

[dwh]

can sombody explain the floating of eggs and why its done

 

its switching eggs from under your prefered breeder to a pair of feeders that have laid roundabout same time so u can get the nxt round off prefered pair quicker

[Guest Freebird]

 

if u have a pairing that throwing good birds u could put there eggs under another pair allowing u to get more youngsters off this pair to race

 

Just to add for the novices, they have to be within a couple of days of each other unless of course you have collected NEWLY LAID eggs and stored.

 

 

[pjc]

have a section with 8 boxes in and keep your bull cock seperate, allow the cocks to pair through the bars and not run with the hens, twice a day let the bull in with each hen for long enough to tread her then shut her back in her box and move the bull to the next box.

While the bull is with the hens remove the feeder cock. At 5 days put bowls and nest material in for the hens, when the hens lay there 2nd eggs let the feeder cocks into the hens and they will sit the eggs and you can pair the bull cock up to another hen if you wish. If all goes to plan you could have 16 yb's in one round from your bull!