when to take youngsters out of nest

[Ronnie]

How long do i leave my youngsters in the nest for?They are between 14-20 days old and the parents have started laying on the floor should i take youngsters out of box and put them on a bed of straw on the floor?Only one pair of parents have laid on the floor upto now but others are making nest and treading.

 

[Guest]

Most fanciers shift their youngsters when they see the new feathers under the wings have burst, usually around 21 days.

 

I usually put a layer of straw on the box floor for the youngster. This leaves the nestbowl free for the hen to lay her next round of eggs. It also encourages the youngster to walk about and take note of what is going on outside the box.

 

If you don't give the pair back their bowl, I find that they build on the loft floor or try to find another box, or another pair's box. Either way, causes problems.

[madmaxlofts]

im the same as bruno wait until there about 21 days

but i put a golly pot in for a few days when the young start picking food for themselves then they go out

i only show them the water 1nce when i move them .

 

havnt you got a spare bowl to put in your box for now

then theyll still lay in there own box?

[westy]

when it is eating strongly on its own i part myne

[Ronnie]

i could put another bowl in the box .But what do i do when i have enough youngsters? do i just take the eggs away?Thanks guys

[crazy pigeon boy]

i move my young birds when they are fully featherd under the wings but make sure you see them eating and dip there beak in the water drinker so they know where it is and keep an eye on them for a few days if you have a few hens that you have finished breeding with put them in with them for a few days if you like to bring them on a little  

[Wiley]

youngsters out of stock i like to keep 25 days out of race team about 21 or even earlier and let the hens bring them up in young bird shed

[Guest shadow]

When they are fully featherd under the wing

[Guest]

i could put another bowl in the box .But what do i do when i have enough youngsters? do i just take the eggs away?Thanks guys

 

You take the real eggs away and replace them with 'pot' eggs. These are made of plastic or other material, and can be bought from suppliers like Boddy & Ridewood.

[Guest]

My pairs are fed and watered in their boxes.

 

Around 14 days I like to put straw on the nest box floor and encourage the youngster to come out of the bowl. The hen can then go back down on her next round of eggs.

 

The youngster is then more mobile and sees parents eat from gallipot and drink from the jar, and basically copies them.

 

When the youngster is seen to be eating & drinking, and feathered under the wing, I usually shift it along with others, around the same age, 24/28 days, to young bird end. They get dipped in the drinker at least once ... until I see them drink there on there own, and they have food before them all day.

 

I've not had any go back since adopting this method.

[Roland]

14 to 16 days... into the Basket in their new home. Fed and watered, and then broke into their new loft by leting out but locked up to feed them. 21 Days on place in wire baskets and onto of the Conservatory... left to enter the basket. 28 days left loose and basket removed, allowed to go in and out of the loft as they please. 1st training tosses after they have finished ranging, then 10 days or so before their first race.

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

u mean u guys over seas have young already? i just trow out eggs becouse they were too erly!! :-/

[Peckedhen]

I put them down onto the breeding loft floor at between 14 and 21 days and the all the cocks  feed them - doesn't seem to matter whose babies they are!. The parents can then lay in the same nest pan. You need to watch for the cock driving hard then you'll  know the hen will lay soon.

[Sean]

1st round already moved all gone down on second round and young flapping around out door's  ;D ;D.

 

can't wait for training to arrive

[velo99]

m8`s

18-22 days usually for me. Dip the beaks a couple of times .When I see them picking at seed on the floor, I move them to the foster box. The cocks there will usually feed them. I also start trap training and cage sitting for an hour or two a day while am feeding and working with the birds.

 

My yb`s NEVER enter the box other than thru the trap. Set them on the ground in front of the box with the door open. They`ll see the dark and head right for it. Run em thru trap,sit on floor, and give a bit of small seed, canary,millet. Let em sit in it with the door open for 1/2 hr and do it again. Hand feed till full and take em back to the foster pen dip thier beaks and set them back on the floor. Three or four days of this,a couple of days of cage sitting,and they are usually ready to go the YB pen and try thier wings at 28-30 days.

[ACE LOFTS]

When they are fully featherd under the wing

 

same here mate

[pigeonscout]

You can take one young from each nest at 14 days and put them onto the floor of a section with the hens (lots of straw) leaving cocks with other young bird until all the young are feeding themselves. That will let you put your old birds back together all at the same time and hopefully they will all come down on 2nd round at same time. I only use this system for the 2nd round so that the hens don't lay 3rd round before 2nd round is weaned as I only want two rounds.

[Beanz]

We move them at 21 days, they are put in young bird loft and then they are on their own, no dipping of heads or straw, it does not seem to do them any harm.

[Guest Hjaltland]

I move yb's at 21 - 24 days depending on underwing feather cover. They are placed in a basket with plenty wood chips and weaned there for three or four days so they learn to eat and drink in the basket. They are let out to stretch wings a couple of times a day. Then its into the yb section. I only very occasionally have birds laying 2nd round on the floor and have got away with shifting the eggs back up into the nest bowl and locking in the hen for a few hours.

[Guest]

I move them whenever they start to fly up and down to the nest box.

[snowy]

as soon as they are pecking,

then when i seperate them, i put an older bird to show them how to eat n drink. (keep an eye on them)

[Lance]

u mean u guys over seas have young already? i just trow out eggs becouse they were too erly!! :-/

 

I live in southern ontario and I let my pair that started incubating on January 1st keep them.  I now have two 18 day old happy, energetic (running around the loft chasing dad. lol) pigeons.  My first babies EVER.  I couldn't even think about throwing away those eggs lol.

 

Though i have a question.  Why would it be too early?

 

And another one.  Does anyone have a picture of "fully feathered under the wing" ?  You can describe it all ya want to me, i wont understand until i see it  

[peterpau]

I put them down onto the breeding loft floor at between 14 and 21 days and the all the cocks  feed them - doesn't seem to matter whose babies they are!. The parents can then lay in the same nest pan. You need to watch for the cock driving hard then you'll  know the hen will lay soon.

Like to put all my babbies on the floor and make sure they pick up before moving to young bird section. They kind of form a kit before they can fly

 

 

[Wiley]

 

I live in southern ontario and I let my pair that started incubating on January 1st keep them.  I now have two 18 day old happy, energetic (running around the loft chasing dad. lol) pigeons.  My first babies EVER.  I couldn't even think about throwing away those eggs lol.

 

Though i have a question.  Why would it be too early?

 

And another one.  Does anyone have a picture of "fully feathered under the wing" ?  You can describe it all ya want to me, i wont understand until i see it  

 

 

just means basically all the skin is covered under the wing by feathers lance 18 days is a good time to wean them although i leave mine till 21 - 25 days

 

[Guest Vic]

When tails about half inch.

Section of the floor partitioned off with 4x1, filled with easy bed. left for 7 days to learn 'em to eat  and drink properly. They certainly thrive with this method. After 7 days, into yb loft with a deep layer of easy bed on floor, which will remain there until clocks go back. Coudn't be more simpler. Vic.