how many cocks

how big is your widow hood sects length width and how many cks in it sean

mine is 6 x 6 sean and there are 12 widowhood boxes.........

not racing widowhood , but roundabout , 12 unconventional boxes 12 in a 6 x 5 ft section and the same size section for 12 hens , this a team of 24 old birds maximising my chances and not wasting a bird. also maybe a spare cock and hen floater in each ection as a motivational tool and fill in . but this year i will only have a handfull tosend as old birds so them sections are for breeding so it will all be natural i guess. until the youngans start.

only 2 members replyed come on folk reply lets get a discusion going sean

18x 6 24 widowhood cocks

ian wrote:

18x 6 24 widowhood cocks

thats a very big sect ion Ian sean

have read most of the top widowhood flyers use a narrown loft and in small sections for some reason, according to them mine is too wide at 6ft

Had 16 boxes in a 10x6 section with 12 cocks in that section at anyone time

David wrote:

have read most of the top widowhood flyers use a narrown loft and in small sections for some reason, according to them mine is too wide at 6ft

david you have hit the nail on the head ideal size is 6-6 x 4-6 for 12 cks i have been to some lofts where the lofts are only 4ft wide and these lofts win out of turn in very strong competision there is a reason for the width of these lofts but thats for another thread sean

My widow loft is 8x7 and has 16 boxes with 16 cocks in.

David wrote:

have read most of the top widowhood flyers use a narrown loft and in small sections for some reason, according to them mine is too wide at 6ft

yes but by the time you get your boxes in theres not that much room

seanl wrote:

David wrote:

have read most of the top widowhood flyers use a narrown loft and in small sections for some reason, according to them mine is too wide at 6ft

david you have hit the nail on the head ideal size is 6-6 x 4-6 for 12 cks i have been to some lofts where the lofts are only 4ft wide and these lofts win out of turn in very strong competision there is a reason for the width of these lofts but thats for another thread sean

what nonsense doesnt matter what size your loft is as long as they are not overcrowded just got to get them healthy fit and motivated

ian wrote:

seanl wrote:

David wrote:

have read most of the top widowhood flyers use a narrown loft and in small sections for some reason, according to them mine is too wide at 6ft

david you have hit the nail on the head ideal size is 6-6 x 4-6 for 12 cks i have been to some lofts where the lofts are only 4ft wide and these lofts win out of turn in very strong competision there is a reason for the width of these lofts but thats for another thread sean

what nonsense doesnt matter what size your loft is as long as they are not overcrowded just got to get them healthy fit and motivated

results speak for themselves.................PMSL

how can you fit 12 boxes in a 6ft section you need at least 90inches long to fit 3 lots of 4 nest boxes

ian, i have two 6 x 6 sections , both with 12 widowhood boxes fitted.......murray and mills make them smaller than the standard size specially to fit 6 ft sections.......

anyone who makes their own boxes can also make them to this size, simply by dividing the 6ft width into three.........


your a joiner, i dont need to explain to you do i......

i have turned my boxes around so they sit deep instead of wide and dropped them to 24 inch plenty of room an only the need of one front

David wrote:

too small for me them boxes not standard size, david i can makes boxes a foot wide but does,nt make it right does it every one to there own ,all iam saying i want mine to have plenty room

they dont need plenty of room ian.........what you wanting to fit in, a three piece suite

so do you overcrowd them , thats your opinion and this is mine

my boxes are 20 wide 20 deep up and over this saves 10 inch on the other boxes standard size that is with a 2 foot dowl partion so the birds a prety much close to me and they dont shoot of the boxes they tend to go back into the deep boxes to be honest you dont want more than 12 cocks to a section although ive seen lofts with 24 to a section but keeping them calm and happy is the main thing

i dont think 12 cocks in a 6 x 6 section is over crowding, if there was any more cocks in this space, then yes they would be over crowded.........personally i think 12 cocks is just right, the size of the nestbox has nothing to do with it at the end of the day...

all to there own ill only keep 8 cocks in a section

David wrote:

i dont think 12 cocks in a 6 x 6 section is over crowding, if there was any more cocks in this space, then yes they would be over crowded.........personally i think 12 cocks is just right, the size of the nestbox has nothing to do with it at the end of the day...

yes the size of the nest box has a lot to do with it thats why they make box fronts a certain size if you havent got the width then make them deeper

if the nest box is too small then the youngsters sometime fall and damage themselves each to there own only my opinion