widdowhood cocks

[madmaxlofts]

what have i done wrong its my second year ov doing widdowhood

my pigeons are moulting and loosing wing feathers

i paired up early in december

took 1 round off them

and split the hens

 

could it be because i took the hens away in feb and the cocks have been doing nowt until last week

or could it be the warm weather we have had, i have doubts about this

 

[Guest]

Did you have lights on in the shed when you paired in december

[madmaxlofts]

no lights in shed

yes did take hens away

[Guest]

hmmm???

[madmaxlofts]

ive got 1 blue bar and had a look at him coz he came back a bit late hes cast 2 flights eather side

[madmaxlofts]

or could it be because my shed never gets any shade from morn till night

[CHUNK73]

my cocks have just done this but i used lights one cock dropped 2 flights in one wing and 3 in the other all the cocks have gone round the face just starting to clear up know mine was the lights wont make the same mistake again does anyone think they will still race ok

[Sajfos]

Very strange goings on !!

Two of My Widowers dropped their 1st Flight after sitting 2 & 4 Days respectively on their secong Round of eggs .

No lights in My case .

I have never had this before .

They seem to be holding their second flights however .

Would be interested in comparing notes as the season progresses ?

 

Steve ...

[madmaxlofts]

went to club tonight and ased a few widdowhood men

they recken it must be the lights but ive had none on

they said basicly my seasons knackered before i start

sick as ....

[Wiley]

i would ave said its lights if ur sun hits ur shed all day id think about darking on the old birds maybe, but sound like damage is already done

[stevebelbin]

It has been unusually mild this winter and that may have triggered it!! Normally when you repair the second time to train the cocks back to the hens and let them sit 8-10 days it holds the wing moult back till about June time, any longer than 10 days sitting and they seem to moult earlier. Would never use lights in the winter on widowhood cocks apart from 30mins in the morn to allow me to clean them out.

[DFisher]

mild weather i would think, i dont believe it would affect them racing up to 300 miles or so