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[gordi.b]

bought a 5yr old jan arde cock in october , he never looked settled and won.t even look a a hen ,took him out nest boxend and left him with two hens . he just sits on the perch no interest whatsoever , he is in perfect condition .

[OLDYELLOW]

he might not like the hens , id of boxed him up on his own fer a few days , as well as hens fer a few days then put together

[tiger]

if you got a spare section pop him in wi hen and see what happens

[fletch]

put them in a spare section and just leave them to there own thing

[DJWa]

bought a 5yr old jan arde cock in october , he never looked settled and won.t even look a a hen ,took him out nest boxend and left him with two hens . he just sits on the perch no interest whatsoever , he is in perfect condition .

 

leave him in wi the 2 hens and feed him a wee drop hemp seed

soon fire him up

[kirky]

bought a 5yr old jan arde cock in october , he never looked settled and won.t even look a a hen ,took him out nest boxend and left him with two hens . he just sits on the perch no interest whatsoever , he is in perfect condition .

have had 1or2 the same i tried several ways, but found it best to put cock in a section on his own for up to a week then put the hen in you want him to pair to leave her with him for a couple of hours them take her out do this for a couple of days should work,

[billt]

Can't see why he would be sitting on a perch ignoring hens if he was in perfect condition

[gulkie]

try putting the cock and hen in a basket for two or three days

never known it not to work.

[Ian McKay]

Sure it's a cock :emoticon-0179-headbang:

[billt]

Wonder if he could have been paired to the same hen for several years, some of us old-timers become very fond of our old dutch

[Guest geordiejen]

ive never known of a cock bird sulking over an old hen.if theirs a hen strutting her stuff my cock birds would be down on it like lightning.

[frosty]

did he come from louellas by any chance ????????????

[gordi.b]

thanks for reply,s guys ,got him on his own in section, will try him in a couple of days , cheers guys

[blaz]

5 year old my guess is he is home sick and will come out of it sooner or later

[jimmy_bulger]

if you got hen boxes put the fker in solitary for 7 days then put a hen in the box next door, let her be next door for 4 days then go open both boxes and leave em to it.

[david]

did he come from louellas by any chance ????????????

 

 

I experienced the same thing with cocks from louella that were very well bred...listless and looked a little lacking vitality...even moulting at odd times.

 

In 2 words i would say Shagged useless!!

These birds are bulled night and day in never ending artificial light.Stands to reason the body clock is knocked to pieces.

It has taken some of my stock doos that i purchased from louella many ,many months to hit reality.

 

Just an opinion but i think a valid one!

 

 

DAVID

[gordi.b]

thanks david , got him on nhis own at moment hopefully he will get very lonely and perk up a bit, cheers

[redpied1967]

have had 1or2 the same i tried several ways, but found it best to put cock in a section on his own for up to a week then put the hen in you want him to pair to leave her with him for a couple of hours them take her out do this for a couple of days should work,

listen to kirky will do the trick let him settle he dont no if he coming or going