Young Cocks

[PATTY BHOY]

Young cocks been put in the nest box section 20 in total,and its mayhem. :crying:

[adam owen]

they will calm down mate

[Guest Owen]

I am not a bit surprised. It is best to just leave them to sort it out but you need to make sure that no bird gets trapped in the box while being attacked by another. When I used to race widowhood I shut the cocks in their boxes because it stopped the fighting and bullying which ruined the birds for racing. These days the birds are in there section from straight after the racing and they have a lot more boxes than they need.

Owen

[aye ready]

split mine about a week ago pat from the young bird loft into the main racing loft went down in the grey dark to shut up lofts and found up to 3 young cocks all sitting on the one box,they're not long settling down and they've all got their own box now with boxes to spare

[PATTY BHOY]

split mine about a week ago pat from the young bird loft into the main racing loft went down in the grey dark to shut up lofts and found up to 3 young cocks all sitting on the one box,they're not long settling down and they've all got their own box now with boxes to spare

 

 

I`ll have 4 boxes spare once they pick their own Martin.

[eastcoaster]

I`m the opposite hy hens are causing havoc,jumping box to box fighting the cocks like never before , hate this time be glad when down on eggs.

[RyanDavidson]

happy new yr patty,,my young birds all took there own box had all started to pair up so a split them in october ..av got 13 cocks n 13 hens to race,, av gave the cocks couple short tosses recently and been letting hens in with them for 10 mins before a basket them and they get 15min together wen they are back, it ends up looking like av got 26 cocks as the hens are just as exicted as the cocks.

[DJWa]

I`ll have 4 boxes spare once they pick their own Martin.

 

i would shut up 4 of the bottom boxes

and if a cock tries to claim 2 boxes shut his box and open

one of the bottom ones

 

jmo dave

[andyyy]

I`m the opposite hy hens are causing havoc,jumping box to box fighting the cocks like never before , hate this time be glad when down on eggs.

Mine are the same, one hen was hogging boxes like youd think the cocks would act