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George & Morgan
Oldbird
Posts : 8060
Join date : 2011-02-14
Age : 78
Location : west Oxfordshire
| | Subject: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:01 pm | |
| have a yearling cock 1st round he would not stop driving his hen even after she laid so lost that round now the hen has gone down again this time he won't take his turn sitting on the eggs do I move the eggs or leave a few more days would like ybs off the pair george |
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oldstrain
Oldbird
Posts : 16306
Join date : 2011-01-03
Location : the magic roundabout
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:14 pm | |
| how long since she layed 2nd egg George...have you tried locking him in the box when its his turn to sit ...just a thought ,never had this problem before |
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George & Morgan
Oldbird
Posts : 8060
Join date : 2011-02-14
Age : 78
Location : west Oxfordshire
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:53 pm | |
| yesterday i'm thinking he don't know the nest box i'm sure that's the reason |
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oldstrain
Oldbird
Posts : 16306
Join date : 2011-01-03
Location : the magic roundabout
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:07 pm | |
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- yesterday i'm thinking he don't know the nest box i'm sure that's the reason
put a piece of card on the front of his box between slots of the nest box front |
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peel bros
Oldbird
Posts : 13064
Join date : 2009-03-27
Age : 59
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:18 pm | |
| i would take the them off them and put them under something else. |
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George & Morgan
Oldbird
Posts : 8060
Join date : 2011-02-14
Age : 78
Location : west Oxfordshire
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:26 pm | |
| just can't believe how stupid I have been I thought they had taken on top off the box can see now the hen went into a box and the cock can't see this might close off the top ad see if he goe's in the box  |
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oldstrain
Oldbird
Posts : 16306
Join date : 2011-01-03
Location : the magic roundabout
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:39 pm | |
| raise the boxes George and close off much better if they are off the ground ...has she gone in the top box |
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David
Oldbird
Posts : 43266
Join date : 2009-03-18
Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:03 pm | |
| - oldstrain wrote:
- raise the boxes George and close off much better if they are off the ground ...has she gone in the top box
yes I agree Darren, much easier to raise the boxes up as far as you can.........shouldn't need to box in. |
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George & Morgan
Oldbird
Posts : 8060
Join date : 2011-02-14
Age : 78
Location : west Oxfordshire
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:17 pm | |
| they are off the floor and a pair have nest there I know have plywood so box off the top |
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oldstrain
Oldbird
Posts : 16306
Join date : 2011-01-03
Location : the magic roundabout
| | Subject: Re: will he settle down Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:36 pm | |
| ah rite I put mine on the back wall fixed as high as possible to the gap at the top and then fill in the top of the boxes with timber leaving a 2 inch gap ...don't like rearing babies out of a nest box as they can fall and get scalped atb |
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Knackered
Oldbird
Posts : 14506
Join date : 2013-03-11
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