Young Hens Motivation

September 12, 2014

High this is a way I was taught many years ago to motivate hens if you are tempted to try any crazy young bird training programme try this if you ain't having a good season don't go trying these scarey methods try this the art to it is to get all hens to believe the egg in the nest is theirs it works with old hens but young hens is best put an older mild mannered cock in the young bird pen with a selection of young hens when he has picked out his first girlfriend put her and another hen he hasn't showed to in a spare section making sure they don't pair up themselves within a few days he will pick another swap the first hen with the second hen and let this go on for as long as is needed allow entrance to one nest box don't let the two hens see each other getting it on with the cock but see the hen you put in with the first hen let her watch both with the cock u would alternate at least once a day after ten days u should have an egg off at least one of them while this is going on the hen who was keeping the hens company while they were away from the cock is also shown to the cock let her get frisky with him over the two days it takes each of the other hens to lay there eggs so as the number 1 hen is sat on the nest the number 2 hen is in the aviary or a spare section only leave one egg in the nest as they lay now the week they lay they don't go training or racing 8 days after the last egg arrives from the first 2 the spare hen should lay in the same nest as the first two now she stays on the egg you dispose of hers so three hens believe they are mated to the cock and on the nest at arrival home from work say 5pm I put the cock back in his own section and I alternate the hens sitting on the nest the hen who laid last gets less time on the egg and she don't go to the race after she lays till the following week give them as much time on the egg as you can fit in then an hour before the race put the race basket with the first 2 that laid eggs in the section so they can see the last one to lay on the nest take them to the race pool both on arrival alternate the nights between the three and reintroduce the cock some hens will go three days with out sitting the egg others go stale but if you tweet it and can get to the next race with all three still sitting you have a good chance and u let them all run together 30 mins before basketing but make sure if they show to the cock that means it ain't going to sit the egg but you can start the process again always having at least one hen sitting in the other ones nest box don't let them fight and if you get it right they hold feather and if the egg hatches it goes up a gear and if the stock are still paired you can throw in a chipping egg and let them all sit it when I get it right I can have three motivated hens all sitting the same youngster and if you do it right they will live in harmony like this I've had all three hens sitting in the nest together don't let that mislead you they race better like that and don't let them fight it's a waste of energy if they fight it doesn't really work it's about thought manipulation you can slip eggs under them and they will just keep sitting them and they hold feather if one ain't as fast as the others let it win a set up training chuck now and again to keep the others on there toes I do that on a Thursday and the other two give u a good show normally on the saturday it sounds complicated but it ain't can get a bit crowded in the nest box though and as soon as one gets off the other two rush to beat each other to sit on the nest do not try this over the longer races unless you are absolutely sure they have been feeding right as they can get a little sticky on the nest and they will go with out feed of there own choosing just take them off the nest so they swap and eat