Birds Settling In

[Guest redlad24]

Ive bought two lofts and got them last weekend and after a few alternations hope to put 20 whood cocks in sat and hens to the other loft, i am wondering how long you would leave them in b4 letting them fly out, it is about 15 ft from their old loft and around a corner, be quite new to them and they havent been out since early sept

[Guest redlad24]

any1?

[dal2]

Is the old loft still there?

[fletch]

is the loft in the same garden (location) if it is i would give them a few days then make sure they hungry and they will come for food

[Guest IB]

It's a very long time since I've done this - 40+ years - but I think we gave them a week in the new loft and then let them out. Don't recall any bother getting them back in.

[Guest redlad24]

yes the old loft is still there, there will be an aviary added on to this in the next few weeks,there will be a wire mesh door on the new loft so they can see their surroundings, i suppose this should help a little

[joncro55]

The wire mesh or wire cloth as some call it should be a good help for them.

 

Psychologically being able to see this may help.

 

-J

http://www.bwire.com/

[marmite]

if only 15ft from old loft shouldnt really be a prob just like moving them from 1 section to another really just make sure they are hungry they will soon get the idea of new shed lol

[Guest Owen]

I do not see a problem. Obviously you need to see that they are a bit hungry but I would not think there would be any problem. Just leave the door open to the new loft and allow them to fly in and out in return for some trapping seed or peanuts. I have to settle the yearling cocks to the widowhood loft every year and, although it is not something to be done in a hurry, they will soon take to the new loft. I always leave a few cocks inside locked in the nest boxes to create a nicer attmosphere but I doubt if that is really needed. The alternitive is to leave this job until you pair up, which is only a short time away, and then it will be easy because the cocks will be attracted by the hens or vise versa.

[THE FIFER]

probably take a bit of time but they should be ok