Strange Cock Bird

[Wiley]

As some may know a bought a pair of pigeon of pigeons at Blackpool. Both appear very healthy....but at this one I am scratching my head. The cock bird doesn't seem very interested the way a cock of his age should be....when put in with a hen he coos for a short time, and looks keen, after a couple of minutes he gives up even trying. He is in a shed with 10 spare hens I thought that might liven him up make him sexually active but not a peep. Quiet frustrating as the rest of my stock went down on two eggs in 10 days. I've also been putting wheat germ oil on his feed to see if that does much, but nothing. I'm at my wits end? Any of the old hands or fancier who's experienced something similar can shed any light? I may have to get a test done on him but his droppings, eyes and throat, and good regular drop of down suggests there's nothing wrong with him.

[clockman]

Maybe he's gay,

[greenlands]

Put him in a spare section with ONE hen and leave in peace,he'll find out what it's for. :emoticon-0138-thinking:

[Kyleakin Lofts]

What age is he?

Were they bought as a matched pair?

How long had they been paired together?

 

Just a few questions that intrigue me at this stage.

[ghostrider]

Put him in a spare box for a few days(cooler)away from the rest.

I had the same problem with a cock abit back,so off he went to a henbox in the garage for a few days(SULK MODE)

An old pigeon fancier told me that,and it worked for me!

or maybe when the weather picks up,he might turn into breeding mode

 

Atb

[frankdooman]

The only time I had that was when I got a 3 year old cock from a friend tried to pair him to about 8 different hens with no luck even tried to get a match with the hen he was paired to in his own loft eventually gave up he was down on eggs within 8 days back in his own loft some just don't like the upset

[walterboswell59]

As some may know a bought a pair of pigeon of pigeons at Blackpool. Both appear very healthy....but at this one I am scratching my head. The cock bird doesn't seem very interested the way a cock of his age should be....when put in with a hen he coos for a short time, and looks keen, after a couple of minutes he gives up even trying. He is in a shed with 10 spare hens I thought that might liven him up make him sexually active but not a peep. Quiet frustrating as the rest of my stock went down on two eggs in 10 days. I've also been putting wheat germ oil on his feed to see if that does much, but nothing. I'm at my wits end? Any of the old hands or fancier who's experienced something similar can shed any light? I may have to get a test done on him but his droppings, eyes and throat, and good regular drop of down suggests there's nothing wrong with him.

sounds like hes a she wiley try putting a board against the wall in the hen section see if he claims it and with what hen

[seabreeze]

its called fretting,some will some wont ,these sort of pigeons a very hard to break,usually they are the kind of pigeons that are hard to lose racing,they would fly threw a brick wall to get home,it will take 8/10 weeks to settle to a nest but just be patient thell be fine.

[eastcoaster]

I bought an 8 yr old cock at Kerr stainthorpe sale he was the same ! It took him 4months. To get over the move to my loft , he is fine now and what a great pigeon out of j Allan symington.

[fletch]

i had a hen the same mate we took out of race loft and put in the stock loft

she would not pair and in the end we put her in the spare section and left her for a few months

she soon paired up when she got used to the surroundings

was to late to breed from her last year but she laid well this year

 

i just feel that some birds don't take moving lofts to easy and they take time adjust to there new surroundings

 

just give him time mate he will be ok

[paddymac]

I was gifted an 12 year old Kuper cock a few years back and tried to pair him to various hens but he wasn't interested and spent the whole season sitting on top of the boxes in the stock loft. I got a Brinkman hen at Blackpool the following season and he took to her no problems and I got 3 nests off them that year. I loaned him to a friend and he did the same thing in his loft, nothing and it carried on into the 2nd season with no change so I suggested he take the Brinkman hen that he was paired too in my loft and it wasn't too long before he was back in the nest box. He continued filling his eggs until he was 16 years old.

[showman]

......the way a cock of his age should be....

 

What age is he ?

How long has he been paired ?

[Guest chad3646]

as we all know you get the odd cock that wont pair up with anything, the reason i dont know

 

but what i will say is i have bred all sorts of birds finches, parrakeets foreign and the pigeon in my opinion is the easiest bird of all to breed

[ForestForever74]

Maybe he's gay,

 

evolution changes everything and we have had some strange experience as well!

[Wiley]

What age is he ?

How long has he been paired ?

 

He is 3 yr old, and I would say 99.9% he isn't a hen, I gave him a freshen up for 7 days and that never worked. His very keen to the box he settled to but, as I said if you put a rank hen in with him he shows interest only for a little while and then gives up like its hard days work.

[tiger]

He is 3 yr old, and I would say 99.9% he isn't a hen, I gave him a freshen up for 7 days and that never worked. His very keen to the box he settled to but, as I said if you put a rank hen in with him he shows interest only for a little while and then gives up like its hard days work.

take the hen away for 2 or 3 days then put her back in at night time in the dark and it will doo the trick

[sammy]

He is 3 yr old, and I would say 99.9% he isn't a hen, I gave him a freshen up for 7 days and that never worked. His very keen to the box he settled to but, as I said if you put a rank hen in with him he shows interest only for a little while and then gives up like its hard days work.

ryan three smarties down his throat for a week then see it go B) good luck mate

[paddymac]

ryan three smarties down his throat for a week then see it go B) good luck mate

Is that the little blue ones sammy :emoticon-0136-giggle:

[REDCHEQHEN]

We have a problem with a 2 year old (mealie) cock bought at Blackpoool - he was paired to a hen in a spare section, then put in the stock loft with her, she was used to the spare box - he has claimed the box - and won't let her in it!!

 

They are now back in the spare section...................

Problems, problems...........

[greenlands]

Ryan I have a cock turning out to be the same,he has his box and nothing dare go near him,even two spare hens get chased away,the only difference he chases every hen there is on the loft floor,he'll get the hang of it before long.

[Kyleakin Lofts]

At 3 year old he knows what he should do, so it is probably down to the move, unless he has been off-loaded. What about the hen you bought? Was it his hen, etc.

[Wiley]

The hen is a multiple scoring young bird fella, so she is a yearling now

[Kyleakin Lofts]

The hen is a multiple scoring young bird fella, so she is a yearling now

 

I would say in that case that it is just down to patience and hope he decides to settle in his new home.

[big blue bar]

Wiley i had the same this is what i did and it worked for me. If you have a spare section put him in it for a couple of days on his own ( remember to shut up his box ) then introduce the hen to him and see what happens .