NESTBOWLS

[Guest TAMMY_1]

After you have paired your birds together, well I just let my racers all go together and pair as they like, how soon after you have let them go together do you put a nestbowl in the box or do you place one in right from day 1 ?

[carlsberg]

i personally put 1 in straight away but thats just me

[phillips]

i always put nest bowls in after fives days as i find the birds only soil them up

[Guest cloudview]

yes from day one  also  it seems to settle   the cock down a bit

[Guest TAMMY_1]

i always put nest bowls in after fives days as i find the birds only soil them up

 

this is roughly about same time as  as I do for the same reason,

[sammy]

yes from day one  also  it seems to settle   the cock down a bit

 

thats what i do and think the same as a lot of yearling cocks can be sore on the hen but having the bowl in i have found that the cock will call his hen into the bowl instead of chasing her all over the loft

[Guest valiant]

i wait about 5 day and then put the nestbowl.

[THE FIFER]

as soon as i see the birds have taken i put the bowls in,

[jimmy white]

as soon as i see the birds have taken i put the bowls in,

 

yes i do the same,, as soon as i see them coorie in [cuddle in] together , i think, in fact , it encourages them  

[Guest Hjaltland]

i always put nest bowls in after fives days as i find the birds only soil them up

 

This is what I find, so its usually five or six days

[Guest karl adams]

i put my bowls in when i see all the pairs have got there right box and settled  down

[Lennut Tar]

i put my bowls in when i see all the pairs have got there right box and settled  down

 

I always place my bowls in the nest with pine needles & sand, before The pairs go in their box locked down etc. I think it's important to do it this way. Because it makes the pairings more enjoyable for the different pairs etc, than if they were just stuck in a box with a mate so to speak with nothing to fire them up sort of thing, for a few days.

Of course  ;D ;D ;D it all gets thrown out by the birds very quickly   ;) But I don't really mind & I just replace it again & everyone is happy "Again".

Enjoy.

 

 

[Andkar Lofts]

same as some of the others ,once birds settled together & cock crouched in corner ,calling hen ....put bowls in ...........

[billy wilson]

i put mine mine in after 5 days seems to be the most popular one no special reason just ive always done the same

[Guest shadow]

put the bowls in up side down when I pair up gives the hen somewhere to get away from the cock then turn them over when the crouch in the corners

[Guest slugmonkey]

I use paper nestbowls SOMETIMES I only put in a few and let the birds use them if they want, most times my birds will build nests with avaible materials

[Guest TAMMY_1]

As I previously posted on here I always put mine in around 5 days but have seen a few good posts and reasons as to why putting them in earlier can be beneficial to settling birds quicker so it will be worth considering in the future.