spares

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

 

i let all my best breeders together into one loft so they can find their own mate, and most have now but there are about 3 pairs unmated, and some of my mated cocks run after these hens and try to breed them, and some unmated cocks, fly into mated birds boxes and stop the mated birds form breedding? is it ok :-/

i was think in they would all have mated by next week when im epecting eggs so the unmated birds dont break any eggs, will my plan work?

can i leave the unmated birds in there till i have eggs?

[Guest shadow]

no asking for trouble leaving unmated cocks running loose

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

sorry i dont get what you mean?

[Guest IB]

Any spare (unpaired) cock in the 'mated pairs' section will be a nuisance to the other pairs .. it will watch every move and as soon it sees even a hint of courtship starting, it will be right in there:  'there' being everywhere - in the nest box, in a box perch, on the floor, outside, on the roof etc. - basically stopping every other cock from treading.  

 

Best to put those cocks and hens that haven't paired-up into another section, and leave nature to take its course. Once each cock does pair off, give it another day then move the pair to the nest box ... and lock them up.

 

Terrible time settling newly paired pigeons to their boxes, I feel you need eyes in the back of your head, and just as you think everythings settled down - somebody ends up in the wrong box.  :'(

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

but i have a problem of mated cocks also inturupting other pairs form mating,

[jimmy white]

youll probably find most of these birds are yearlings , they can be a real pest , but will settle down eventually