Diamond dave Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Can anyone tell me if it does any harm taking away the hen when the cock is driving her hard.......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpau Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 No but I can't imagine why you'd want to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond dave Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 .......what are you lot like - a sensible question and look what happens - In any case he has already trod the hen so the big scantily clad blonde bit aint whats keeping him driving. The reason for asking is that most of my widohood pairs have reared their youngsters and I want to take the hens away but some are a little more advanced and are driving again. I didn't know if would do any harm or should I let them go down again so he can finish his driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 If the youngest of the youngsters are around the 14 day old mark move all of the hens over to the young bird section plus a youngster out of each nest leaving the cocks to rear a single baby. Makes for a more settled loft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond dave Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 ?Thanks for tht tony- The problem is that some of the young are not old enough to do that and some of the more advanced cocks have started driving again. These are the hens that I want to take away........../ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Is there a big difference between the age of the youngsters? If there's 6 days or less between the oldest and youngest what I would do is remove all the hens together once the youngest in the nest is 14 days old. Leaving the odd hen is ok but I do like to have the majority of hens away before they start laying again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond dave Posted February 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Tony. Yes, I've got some that are only 10 days old. The question is do I take the more advanced hens away from the driving cocks or is it a better to let them lay again and take them away after 5 days............What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aye ready Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 i just let my roundabout birds go down on a second nest and as soon as the first pair are sitting 8 days i remove all the hens wether they've laid or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted February 6, 2010 Report Share Posted February 6, 2010 Tony. Yes, I've got some that are only 10 days old. The question is do I take the more advanced hens away from the driving cocks or is it a better to let them lay again and take them away after 5 days............What do you think? I would take them away before they lay. The reason I do this is because I repair my w/hood team and send them to the first race sitting 8 days. I dont know what you have in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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