I have 5 pairs of rollers that I will be using as Fosters in a open loft. However I want to raise a round or 2 off these fosters. So I paired them up to what I thought would be the best.
However I am having problems. Out of the 5 pair only 3 pairs paired up the way I wanted them too. The remaining 2 pairs have switched partners, which I thought was ok and not a big deal.
I have now introduced another new pair into the foster loft thats was paird up. However one of the cocks from the pairs that swtiched partners is ignoring his mate and trying to mate with the new hen from the new pair that was introdced. And this new hen is accepting the cock. So now I have 2 cocks that are fighting over the same hen.
What do I do?? Should I re seperate them try and give them more time with thier original partners? Or if a bird is determined and fixed on another bird will it not matter and there is nothing that can be done?
Just my opinion...The birds should be locked in the nesting boxes until all the hens in the loft lay their eggs. If the birds are NOT locked down in the nesting boxes you can never be sure who the parents really are.
Last Edited by on Mar 09, 2010 7:10 PM
Yea JohnJay I understand but these birds are fosters. I have my breeders locked away in seperate cages.
5 out of the 6 fosters however are all from the same family so I am not too worried about them switching partners. I dont know the performance of any of them so I just paired them up based on looks. Down the road I plan on switching them around. I would like to breed a round or 2 off of these pairs just to see if their parents were any good.
The 6th pair however is from a complete differnt family. So this hen that is willing to go from one cock to another is messing things up.
hay game, if you had a show coop that would be the idea to mate up pairs up and if you did you need to put the 2 cocks next to each other and the hens on the ends that way you get the right pair mated up........... ---------- Donny James "Fly The Best And Cull The Rest" "Saying One Thing;Doing Its Another" "Keep Your Head Planted In The Sky And Wings Spanned Wide" 1996 Piedmont Roller Club Lifetime Achievement Recipient Portsmouth Roller Club Participation Award System Recipient 1994 '96 '97 And 2000 2001 Limestone,Ohio Sportsman's Club Lifetime Member Recipient 2002Portsmouth Roller Club Certified Judge 2004Portsmouth Roller Club Lifetime Member Recipient "Miss Portsmouth"NBRC/90/J311 Rusty Dun Check Self Hen First Bird To Get Certified In Portsmouth Roller Club History With A Score Of 53 Judge By Joe Roe The 1993 World Cup Winner And John Bender The 1994 World Cup Winner
