HEN LAID ON FLOOR

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  one of my hens has just laid the first of her second round of eggs on the floor,she has left her nest box(took ybs away about 6 days ago)and prefers the floor.

as she is due to lay her 2nd egg tomorrow if i lock her in the nest box with the 1st egg when she lays the 2nd will she take to the box again and sit both the eggs???

 

  dont really want her on the floor but if theres a chance i could loose this round of eggs by forcing her ill leave her.

 

  any advise please???

 

[pjc]

somebody else had same prob a couple of days ago. If you shut her in the box with a fresh clean bowl and some nest material she should be fine.

 

Phil

[bewted]

just leave her where she is !!!

 

if she is disturbed now then she might abandon the eggs !!!

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thanks phil.

 

  i was wondering if ive left the ybs in with them for too long,and they didnt want to go back to the nest box.

 

  ill give it  a try and see what happens,

 

  thanks.

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just read your reply bewted, do you think it is too risky??they have bred some lovely ybs and i dont want to loose these eggs,but i did not really want them on the floor???

[joe61]

put her back in box as pjc says as cock bird might not let other birds onto floor to get to drinker

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  yes joe61, ive had that trouble before. thats why i didnt want them on the floor as it causes a lot of unnecessary fighting. plus the ybs are open to attack by other cocks when they are left unattended by parents.

[Merlin]

Make sure to lock her in box with egg and nest bowl,when she will lay second egg she will stay on that nest

[pearse1888]

would leave her where she is if shes content there put a nest bowel down for her.. my opinion

[Peckedhen]

Yep. Lock her in the box, when she lays the second egg she'll sit them.

[timbarra]

when your pigeons expect the next round always put a second nest bowl in the box, its not rocket science, just forward planning

[Peckedhen]

Tmbarra I did this with mine, yet two pairs chose to lay in the same nestbowl as their youngsters!!

[FLAPPER 123]

when your pigeons expect the next round always put a second nest bowl in the box, its not rocket science, just forward planning

 

   right... so when do i put the nest bowl in???how old are the first ybs when the hen lays again???

[Peckedhen]

I put them in at ten days as my birds sometimes lay when the ybs are 14 days.

[Delboy]

In my opinion the hen isnt that keen on her box , if she laid on the floor.Put the egg she laid in a bowl with shavings or nest felt ( no straw or nesting material ), and leave it exactly where she laid.After she lays her second egg ( which should be with the first egg )then if you wait until its dark you can move her and the bowl a few inches.You can do this every night until you have the bowl where you want it.Alternatively you can cover her head with your hand and move the bowl a few inches every day. I have moved pairs on eggs the whole length of the loft into  using this method.

[DOVEScot]

Leave her where she is if you can, put an open box over her or a milk crate works, if you put her in a nest box and she panicks she may damage the eggs :-/

We had one lay on the aviary floor, we moved the chicks into a nest box at six days old when we rung them, the parents soon found them

[jimmy white]

In my opinion the hen isnt that keen on her box , if she laid on the floor.Put the egg she laid in a bowl with shavings or nest felt ( no straw or nesting material ), and leave it exactly where she laid.After she lays her second egg ( which should be with the first egg )then if you wait until its dark you can move her and the bowl a few inches.You can do this every night until you have the bowl where you want it.Alternatively you can cover her head with your hand and move the bowl a few inches every day. I have moved pairs on eggs the whole length of the loft into  using this method.

 

yes ive did this , worked perfect , the bird laid allmost in the middle of the floor , next to the drinker , so i moved both [drinker and bowl] to the corner bit by bit  , after they were sitting tighter , i moved the drinker back  

[Guest slugmonkey]

Recently I have seen on 2 seperate videos where top fanciers say that birds reared on floor are better birds the theory is that they find food quicker and wean with less stress because they are already near food and can often times get old cocks to feed them when parents wont so they stay better during the wean

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

i have 3 pairs that layed on the floor. im shure its ok

[Guest karl adams]

if i have a pair feeding young birds and they lay new eggs i throw them as i think they start to neglect  ther young

[Guest chrisss]

if i have a pair feeding young birds and they lay new eggs i throw them as i think they start to neglect  ther young

 

thats a new one to me mate i always thought that as one bird was sitting, the other one would feed the young it aready had/has ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Guest slugmonkey]

I always thought more eggs and babys more motivation

[gangster]

ive had at various times hens that would only lay on the floor,at 1st id put the eggs in bowls and let em rear, then the year after if i was using the hen again id put bowls down but cover them by putting a piece of wood leaning on 2 side  of loft to create privacy thus keeping hen happy....

[Guest shadow]

if i have a pair feeding young birds and they lay new eggs i throw them as i think they start to neglect  ther young

 

some one has given you some duff info as that is natural they always have two young being fed while sitting another nest your just wasting the birds energy as they wiil go through the driving procees quicker to lay more eggs again