Widowers feeding babies

Races start in 2 weeks. Taking my widowers off for a toss and then seperate them later today. Some are still feeding babies......is feeding babies for a week too much to ask if you plan to send them.

hi mate , can,t you put the old hens in with the yb for a bit till there finished
rearing them then the cocks will have two weeks of rest with out the yb .

kev d wrote:

hi mate , can,t you put the old hens in with the yb for a bit till there finished
rearing them then the cocks will have two weeks of rest with out the yb .

I could put the babies on the floor with the hens....would that work?

how old are the ybs ? some fanciers seperate the widow cocks and their hens when the ybs are 14 days old, they put the hens in with the ybs and all the hens feed all the ybs regardless of whos they are, some even seperate the cocks and hens and leave the ybs with the cocks, but they are nearly ready to wean age......if this is your first race i wouldnt worry too much about them feeding if they are more or less ready to wean.....JMO

raftree wrote:

kev d wrote:

hi mate , can,t you put the old hens in with the yb for a bit till there finished
rearing them then the cocks will have two weeks of rest with out the yb .

I could put the babies on the floor with the hens....would that work?

Yes it will work Raftee

personally i think if the ybs are over three week old the hens wont be too bothered about feeding them, as its mainly the cocks which feed the ybs when they get towards weaning age.............maybe not in all cases i know, but ive tried it and this is just my experience.

i think if you do need to seperate the cocks and hens the ybs would be better fed by the cocks........JMO