widowhood

[Guest]

how long do you leave you race cocks and race hens together after a race its just i seen a dvd other day and he leaves his race birds together all nite after a race and seperates them on sunday and thats every race first till last

 

[sapper756]

Depends on whether it,s a fast race or not, if so I leave them until the last cock is home, then 5 minutes later I seperate them. if it has been a hard race, I tend to leave them a bit longer, but never overnight,

[just ask me]

i don't leave them over night give them half hour to an hour at start of the season then building to 3 4 hrs i really dont think it makes a difference the big things with hens is that they give the cock all he attention that what really important your hens could be in every bit of good condition as the cocks this is a downfall with most widow hood flyers belive me its one of the major secrets  

 

seen many a time where hens are thrown in some poky loft bottom of garden in bad conditions

[Guest Owen]

Make sure that the hens have had a good feed before the cock returns. Give the cock a good pinch of seed on his return and leave him with his hen for 15min. No longer. Remove the hen and feed him properly. If the hen is not all over him and really loving to him, dump her. Use a new hen that will do the job properly.

You can leave the hen in with the cock overnight. That will be after a long race when he is not going next week. Too much hen ruins cocks.

[andy]

Leave them at least an hour early doors and longer as the season progresses and let them come and go to their nest boxes. Most fanciers make the mistake of locking them in their boxes too long.

[Beanz]

Fancier round here used to leave them together overnight and let them out together on Sunday for a bath and he was a top flyer.

 

 

                                                                                 Paul

[OLDYELLOW]

Fancier round here used to leave them together overnight and let them out together on Sunday for a bath and he was a top flyer.

 

 

                                                                                 Paul

 

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[OLDYELLOW]

Bloke that tought me did same  

[sapper756]

Fancier round here used to leave them together overnight and let them out together on Sunday for a bath and he was a top flyer.

 

 

                                                                                 Paul

 

Tried this a couple of times, but found that the cock chased the hen throughout, and ignored the bath, so no longer practice this. but everyone has their own methods

[mark proctor]

 

Tried this a couple of times, but found that the cock chased the hen throughout, and ignored the bath, so no longer practice this. but everyone has their own methods

 

yes same ere strapper,,,didnt even wont to eat its corn....

[mark proctor]

 

yes same ere strapper,,,didnt even wont to eat its corn....

 

woops..sorry...sapper...just put my glasses on now.... :'( :'(

[jimmy white]

firstly i think it very important that the hen is there , for the cock comming home ,,,,even the later ones, , i would simply leave them together  for about an hour,, , then any late ones , just show them their hen for a few mins,,,after this hour , i think the cocks are better left in peace and rested,,,,as you are now preparing for next week

[Tumley Lofts Stud]

I've seen a few questions about Widowhood system so what I have done is made our Widowhood system freely available! It has been used for many years by many fanciers and produced great results. It's quite simple as we don't do complicated! Hope this helps. You are more than welcome to share the link with anyone.

 

Goto www.tumleylofts.co.uk/widowhood.htm