LittleJohn
76 posts
Apr 17, 2009
8:13 AM
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My first round of birds have hatched, and my oldest young ones, parents... already laid the first egg of their second round.
Do I need to move the young out of the nest so that they wont get messed with by the older birds, or will they kick em out on their own?
I have two nest bowls in the nest area, and the new egg is in a seperate bowl than the two yb's.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
LittleJohn
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TT
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404 posts
Apr 17, 2009
8:27 AM
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LJ,
If you have a second nest bowl you will be ok, I have my pairs laying eggs with in 20-25 days of hatching the previous round, I dont pull the youngsters out until i see the feathers under the wing covering most of there skin and the tail is usually 2-2.5 inches long, Also watch the youngsters, when you see them starting to peck at things on the floor of the nest box (usually dried pooh) then they now know what there beak is for and you can move them out
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Tony...
"Color is not an option"
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LittleJohn
77 posts
Apr 17, 2009
8:59 AM
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here is a picture taken a couple days ago that will show where their feather development is at
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pat66
325 posts
Apr 17, 2009
9:13 AM
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John, From the looks of that bird another week and they should be ready to pull!
Nice bellneck by the way!
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Pat
Last Edited by on Apr 17, 2009 9:14 AM
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Ballrollers
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1869 posts
Apr 17, 2009
9:15 AM
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LittleJohn,
As a general rule, I move my squeakers to the floor 15-18 days after they hatch, tail is about 2-3 inches long and they are starting to feather out good under the wing. The time to move them, is more dependant on their physical development than anything else. It's no fun having squeakers in a new nest with the parents on new eggs, as this will cause you to lose eggs sometimes. Once on the floor, they may need a sheltered place to hide if a cock becomes belligerent, usually an area 4- 5 inches high is required to keep cocks from pecking down on squeaks. I like to place a board or a tray on the floor, besides the normal feeder for the breeders, so the squeaks can see the parents pick up seed and learn to eat. Once I see them feeding themselves, they are placed in the weaning pen away from the parents. My favorite seed to give then is straight wheat at first...then Austrian peas in a week or so, but always separate so you don't develope birds that like to eat only small seeds. If you can break then to eat peas, they will usually eat any seed put in the tray and feeding for performance becomes much easier later. There are many methods to wean squeaks but it all revolves around them feeding themselves. Hope this helps.
Cliff
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LittleJohn
78 posts
Apr 17, 2009
9:54 AM
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Thanks for the info.
Pat, if you ever decide to give some bells a try, let me know, I will have a couple extra this year. Just down the road...
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PR_rollers
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2860 posts
Apr 17, 2009
10:18 AM
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Hey little John I take my babies away like Cliff at 18 days old but I put them with parents still to be fed so I know they had their fill..check it out these are 20 days old learning to eat by watching there parents I always give protien mix they learn to eat it by going for the smaller grains..I also put them out side to get sun for a couple of minutes and at 25 days I put them in front of trap to learn to come in by watching the flyers come down and trap. I always shake the feed can when they eating or parents feeding them I don't whistle because I don't want the other birds getting confuse when they are not eating you know because I feed these little guys more times a day than the flyers.when they with the team I just whistle and shake can and they learn quick..check them out learning to eat..after wards stick their beaks in the water so they learn to drink on their own once they learn I know its time to really separate..
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Last Edited by on Apr 17, 2009 10:20 AM
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Lipper
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518 posts
Apr 17, 2009
10:39 AM
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Mike Trevis
The Bigger the Dream the Bigger the Leap
I pull my squabs at 18 days and put them on the floor for 2-3 days to make sure they are eating and drinking. Then I put them in the kit box..I have never had a problem with them not eating. I have had to show some of them where the water is though..
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pat66
328 posts
Apr 17, 2009
1:59 PM
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Thanks John,
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Pat
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