Hello all,,
To get you a clear picture of the situation i'll first explain to you the cage setup, it is a 2 decker cage, almost 6 X 2 foot, with very decent height for the birds to hop around and stretch their wings, i have in each decker a pair of jacobins, very cute birds but very bad parents, they laid eggs a couple of times but never hatched any, they dont know how to sit on the eggs and almost always one of the eggs will not be placed correctly underneath the nesting bird...anyways...i knew they are bad parents and was planning to bring another pair that are good at parenting to foster the eggs...
so, couple of days back i tried to move both pairs in the same cage and all hell broke lose, the 2 cocks started a fight more fierce than a real cock fight, i tried to seperate them a hundred times and it didnt work, i tried to cage them next to each other so they will get used to the change but whenever the barrier is gone they'll immediately get at it, i let them fight for some time thinking that they might work it out but they nearly died without even stopping for a second, finally i had no other option but to put each back to its place....
once about 20 years back, i raised pigeons for a couple of years and i had a cage filled with 10-15 pairs, and i never had such a problem...what are your input on this? is this normal? what can i do to put the 2 pairs together?
Thanks...
To get you a clear picture of the situation i'll first explain to you the cage setup, it is a 2 decker cage, almost 6 X 2 foot, with very decent height for the birds to hop around and stretch their wings, i have in each decker a pair of jacobins, very cute birds but very bad parents, they laid eggs a couple of times but never hatched any, they dont know how to sit on the eggs and almost always one of the eggs will not be placed correctly underneath the nesting bird...anyways...i knew they are bad parents and was planning to bring another pair that are good at parenting to foster the eggs...
so, couple of days back i tried to move both pairs in the same cage and all hell broke lose, the 2 cocks started a fight more fierce than a real cock fight, i tried to seperate them a hundred times and it didnt work, i tried to cage them next to each other so they will get used to the change but whenever the barrier is gone they'll immediately get at it, i let them fight for some time thinking that they might work it out but they nearly died without even stopping for a second, finally i had no other option but to put each back to its place....
once about 20 years back, i raised pigeons for a couple of years and i had a cage filled with 10-15 pairs, and i never had such a problem...what are your input on this? is this normal? what can i do to put the 2 pairs together?
Thanks...