y are yearlings hard work

[Guest karl adams]

parted cocks from hens for 4 weeks started to lose cocks and hens played up to go in

so last week i let them all together to pair up and find a nest box 2 days later they were all paired and took to there boxes things were looking good but today cocks are now fighting for other boxes  and swapping hens never had this game with the old birds paired them up in 2days 4 days latter they all had eggs

[PIGEON_MAN]

Old birds I always part after the  racing as finished they usually keep their same nestbox as long as I have them,yearling cocks are also given a box soon as they have finished racing,might get a few problems at first but by the time it comes to breeding they all know where they should be,i then let each pair out on their own for a while the hen soon knows where she should be,never no problems then when they lay.

[lawrie]

shut the cocks in the boxes for a few days then put the hens in the box with the cocks. lock them in though. wait a few days then unlock the boxes.

[Ulsterman]

what about feeding time,.yes u can put corn in but not water unless uve lots of wee water dishes,which i havnt.

[blackdog]

what about feeding time,.yes u can put corn in but not water unless uve lots of wee water dishes,which i havnt.

 

let one pair out at a time

 

[fred smyth]

you think thats bad you wana try it with latebreds , doing my head in , one day its a cock next its a hen , im going mental paired up  2 sundays ago not one egg yet, :o :o :o

[blackdog]

you think thats bad you wana try it with latebreds , doing my head in , one day its a cock next its a hen , im going mental paired up  2 sundays ago not one egg yet, :o :o :o

 

fred, latebreds will take a bit longer to lay, how old are they mate

 

[Guest stb-]

parted cocks from hens for 4 weeks started to lose cocks and hens played up to go in

so last week i let them all together to pair up and find a nest box 2 days later they were all paired and took to there boxes things were looking good but today cocks are now fighting for other boxes  and swapping hens never had this game with the old birds paired them up in 2days 4 days latter they all had eggs

I NEVER GET EGGS AFTER 4 DAYS NORMALLY ABOUT 8 TO 10 DAYS IF THERE FITT.

 

YEARLINGS CAN GET A BIT EXITED BUT THEY NORMALLY SETTLE DOWN OK

 

 

[fancypigeon_88]

sunday after last young bird i go through my young birds an all the cocks i wont for old bird racing get put into the widowood shed on that day,

the old birds im keeping 2 race the next year i take out an lock up there box;s so the young cocks cant take them boxs, give the young cocks about a week an u will see them on the same box every time you go down there.

after a month i put the old cocks back in then middle of november i pair them all up an get them settled for when i want to pair them up for breeding.