yang501424
356 posts
Aug 06, 2009
12:21 PM
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I was wondering what is causing the parents to fight over to sit on the eggs or the young birds. What do you do to prevent this or there is no cure. Any suggestion? What did you do when this happen to you. I know its only certain birds that do this.
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quickspin
1053 posts
Aug 06, 2009
1:02 PM
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Are you sure they are fighting to sit on the eggs or the cock wants something else?
I had a cock doing the same thing so I had to give him a rest.
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yang501424
357 posts
Aug 06, 2009
1:27 PM
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Yes the cock would be on the nest sitting and when the hen try to come in the nest the cock would beat her up.
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Electric-man
2426 posts
Aug 06, 2009
2:32 PM
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I have a parlor roller cockbird that sits on the eggs all night. They fight all the time over who sets on the nest. His daughter rolled up to 200' last year and then she hit the fence. Had to grab her just to stop her from hurting herself rolling against the fence. Figure I'll keep using him!
Never witnessed my BRs doing this!
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Val
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pat66
380 posts
Aug 06, 2009
6:26 PM
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Ying, MAYBE! it is not her eggs or mate? is it an open loft ?
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Pat
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yang501424
358 posts
Aug 06, 2009
6:30 PM
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Pat I breed in individuals only and this has happen to maybe 2 or 3 of my pairs. The eggs are theirs and the mate is his.
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Jerry Allen
GOLD MEMBER
359 posts
Aug 06, 2009
6:43 PM
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Keep a close eye on the eggs. If the fighting becomes to intense
the eggs will be destroyed. You could try and take the cock out for
break and see if the hen will set her turn, then place the cock back
in around 10 or 11 am.
How many times have they been paired together?
Maybe he is just Mr. Super Dad.
Had a cock one time that would try to feed "All" of the young birds
when they were first placed on the floor.
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RodSD
321 posts
Aug 06, 2009
7:02 PM
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That happens because some parents are so possessive or too dedicated. I noticed that in some of my homers. Basically one of the parents believe it is his or her turn, but the other parent don't budge. I just put food in the nest box and sometimes put it close to the nest bowl so that the super dedicated bird can eat. I just left them alone because sooner or later they will get "it"--take turns. New young breeders might do this.
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yang501424
359 posts
Aug 06, 2009
7:29 PM
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Rod I was thinking the same thing too that they are too dedicated and possessive. And yes you are right these are new breeders that are doing this.
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tou_vang
523 posts
Aug 06, 2009
8:23 PM
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kool post ying, one of my pair was doing the same thing too and i wanted to know y.....thnxs for the info.
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yang501424
360 posts
Aug 06, 2009
8:47 PM
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!@#$& one of my squab just die and one of them have scratches on them and hopefully it will survive. I did take the cock out during the morning and put it back in the afternoon. It was fine during the afternoon but I just went to check up on it again before dark and both of the parents must be fighting like cats and dogs. The squab was only 2 days old and they must of step on them during fighting and scratch them with their claws.
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rtwilliams
GOLD MEMBER
431 posts
Aug 06, 2009
9:12 PM
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Try another nest, even put fake eggs in it so they both have something to do? Just an idea.
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3249 posts
Aug 07, 2009
7:14 PM
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Good idea from RT or just take the hen out if pops wants to do all the work let him or when they both go eat take turns on them this way the young get its protein from both parents ...its better than leaving them both in and lose the young...good luck..
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Ralph.
Life comes down to the choices you make, and then living with the results.
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