Boxes Pr Perches For Young Bird Loft?

[chrisbonnie]

my dad just got his new loft built today (from Park Hall Timber Products, a full report to follow )

 

so we now have to kit out both the young bird and yearling sections

 

the season gone was his first season, so he only had a small 10x8 loft, split in 2, stock in one section, all the young b irds in the other,

 

the new loft has 4 sections though, so there's more scope to play around

 

whats the best set up for the youngters, perches, boxes? what would you chaps advise?

[OLDYELLOW]

boxes more managable and easier to motivate and catch birds

[wilkins]

boxes more managable and easier to motivate and catch birds

 

 

would go with boxes and grids on them unless you scrape 2-3 times a day

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Stall perches for young birds. I would never have anything else. Great for keeping an eye on droppings and highlighting any problems. Good luck I hope it goes well.

 

Paul.

[chrisbonnie]

so, perches like this

 

 

or boxes like this

 

 

oh, and whats the darkening section on them boxes for?

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Yes Chris, perches like the top ones. The bottom ones are motivation boxes so you can play around with the youngbirds when they mature or even let them pair up. I have both kinds in my y.b section. The ones at the bottom are 'pipo' boxes and are great once the yb's start looking to pair up.