iowarollers
177 posts
Mar 21, 2009
11:01 AM
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I have had these birds going on 4 weeks and no eggs hmmm kevin
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Oldfart
917 posts
Mar 21, 2009
11:21 AM
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kevin, Unless you know for a fact one is a hen it could be two cock's.
Thom
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donnie james
341 posts
Mar 21, 2009
11:28 AM
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kevin sounds like to me you got 2 cocks mated up donny james
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iowarollers
178 posts
Mar 21, 2009
12:18 PM
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I don't know I have check on them all 4 birds and my 2 males pelvic bones are tight and the 2 that I just got are females their pelvic bones are open who knows. could the vents need trimming on the males and if so how the hell do ya do that lols this is all new to me i have heard people on here talk about it but do not know how thanks Kevin
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Pararoller
63 posts
Mar 21, 2009
12:33 PM
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iowarollers, are these young or last years birds they could b 2 cock on cocks and pelvic bone aren't always true like one gentleman told me only will know when they laid eggs.
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iowarollers
179 posts
Mar 21, 2009
12:49 PM
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ya the males are young just about 1 yrs old so i might be a lil in a hurry who knows i got my females from Lipper and a another gentlemen Kevin
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0221
119 posts
Mar 21, 2009
3:47 PM
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try staying out of the cage. just go in when you feed them. If You don't know the difference between a cock and a hen watch them after the evening feeding or ask someone in your area for help. good luck.
Last Edited by on Mar 21, 2009 3:53 PM
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
2728 posts
Mar 21, 2009
4:03 PM
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Kevin take one out and leave him alone in his cage the one you think is a male for a couple of hours or a day feed then up and put the other one in and see if he start cooing her.keep an eye if he does a complete circle usually the males does the complete circle and the hen does the half a circle just try it won't hurt to.. if anything then put a hen that you know is a hen to see what happens.play around with it ..if you have a pic post it up so we can see them both..
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Ralph.
miss opportunity are the curse of potential well if opportunity is not knocking you build the door...
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Pararoller
67 posts
Mar 21, 2009
4:14 PM
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i was told cock has a bigger head and hen tend to have a smaller and slanted or not as round not sure just was told
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iowarollers
181 posts
Mar 21, 2009
6:11 PM
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i was not keeping food in front of them constantly and have got all the info on what to do on feeding now that i have the feed down like i am suppose to we will see what happens i got a pair of yellow bars and the female is acting a lil different today and is sitting in her nest bowl alot so i will keep i on them too i just want to thank all of you for all the helpful info kevin
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Electric-man
2271 posts
Mar 21, 2009
6:15 PM
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I'm betting the hen lays soon if shes setting in the nest! Good luck!
Whats the temp like there lately?
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Val
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iowarollers
183 posts
Mar 21, 2009
7:36 PM
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high 50s low 60s 65 today we see what happens kevin
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harrison
517 posts
Mar 22, 2009
8:05 AM
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H guys.
I was having the same problem with my birds and when they did end up laying they left them to go cold.
In the end I ended up splitting my pairs for a few weeks and then put them back in the breeders again.(Cocks first for 1week then the hens follow)
I tried the feeding Twice daily with a hand full of hemp before each feed and bingo.
This time they all laid within 2 days of eachother so its all go from here.
I have had one broken egg and apart from that they all seem settled and just doing there jobs.
Isnt it mad how the pigeons mostly sit in the same direction?
My birds sit on there eggs facing towards the front of the boxes in line with the right hand side corner.
Basickly there back ends are in the back left corner and there heads the front right corner.
and nearly all my birds are sat on the eggs this way?
any strange reason?
thanks guys harrison uk.
Last Edited by on Mar 22, 2009 9:24 AM
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Pumpkin Man
73 posts
Mar 22, 2009
7:05 PM
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Iowa,
If you just have the two birds in a pen it makes it easier to tell. If they are both cock birds one of them will be the dominant bird and he will have claimed the nest box. The subordinate cock may look like a hen and just be staying out of the top cock's way. Cock birds coo longer and more vigorous and prance around and will drag their tails. If there is a hen and a dominant cock the hen will let him chase her, she will drag her tail too sometimes but she won't blow her crop up and coo as much. If they are both cocks one will just stay out of the boss cock's way. Watch their body language. If they were both hens they would be laying whether or not a cock is in their pen if all other conditions (plenty of feed and clean water) long day length or artificial light etc.
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winwardrollers
198 posts
Mar 24, 2009
7:33 AM
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Iowaroller
If you wormed them and.. over dosed it.. they will not lay for a few months. Hopefully they have not started to cycle..more protein will help that.
bwinward
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harrison
549 posts
Mar 24, 2009
3:49 PM
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Last year I bought a pair of birds in and they came with 2 squeekers.
They whent straight down in one of my boxes and raised 2 more young.
They were a blue pide cock and check hen.
I lost the cock and have still got the hen.
I tried to pair her up to a cock and she had non of it.
I put her in the kit box and she paird up srtaight away (TO A HEN) I started thinking that I could be wrong and that this could be the cock but I ended up with 4 eggs in one nest pan.
I have her in a cage now with a cock and she will not have any of it?
The young from last year are ace and I realy want to breed out of her but it just aint happerning.
I have tried keeping her away from other birds but still no look.
Could anyone tell me what I could do ?
She will get smashed all over the box by a cock but never gives her self up?
PLEASE HELP.
yours in roll harrison uk hull.
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