widowhood cock motivation

[slatey]

this thread is on another forum just wonderd what fanciers did on here

[speedbird]

what did the other forum have to say? some say never to show hens & dont get em too excited before race as this uses too much nervous energy ive done both & also put cocks in basket then let them see the hens go in wow whatch em go mad!!!! also cock in the box with there hen send training & put bowl & straw in the cock thinks the hens back i have had winning results with all of the above i suppose it depends on the bird your trying to motivate anyone else got any views on this topic???

[Guest]

Ive won puttin the cocks in the basket and letting the hens in the loft as you describe, but you can only do this once or twice in the season, as it winds them up too much. Ive used a mirror in the box to wind a bird up on a friday. Two hens to one cock. Two cocks to one hen. A good trick I was reading about lately is to have a small mesh box, with mesh on all sides (a settling cage would do), then put one hen in it and leave the cocks for ten mins, and which ever one takes control of the top, make that your pooler. At the moment I havent even shown them their hens or bowls B4 the race, as I know their nowhere near on form yet, so will save the tricks for when I know there ready, or its just a waste of time.

[Mike Lycett]

No hens been used in our loft on a Friday yet

[AlanWilkins]

if you need extra motivation this early you have a problem the bowl n the hen this early is all you need start messing at the end of the year if you need to not now

[andy]

I NEVER SHOW THE HEN ON A FRIDAY UNTIL AT LEAST THE FIFTH OR SIXTH RACE, ONLY THE BOWL, BOWLS ARE NOT LEFT IN THE LOFT ALL WEEK & TURNED OVER ON A FRIDAY, KEEP THEM WELL AWAY.....WHEN COCKS RETURN LEAVE THEM WITH HENS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS & GIVE THEM THE RUN OF THE LOFT TOGETHER, DONT KEEP THEM LOCKED IN THEIR BOXES, LET THEM HAVE SOME FUN ITS BETTER THAN BEING LOCKED IN THE BEDROOM!!!!!!!!