I have just come from the loft and moved my last 3 babies to the YB loft. I always just leave my pairs on dummy eggs until I wean off the last baby and then move both the hen and the cock to their respective sections. You CAN remove the hen and leave the cock to finish raising the babies as early as 2 weeks old. I've had to do that a few times for one reason or another. If you've just got that one breeding pair in the breeding loft, which means that part of the day, the hen will be the only hen in that section and will get harrassed continuously by the other cocks while he sits on the eggs, then I would remove her when the babies are 2 weeks to about 18 days old.
Widowhood flyers that let their pairs raise babies, remove the hen and leave the babies with the cock to raise OR some move one baby to the hen section and leave one with the cock. They also do this when the babies are about 2 weeks old..........so, bottom line, it can be done and it's really up to you how you want to handle it.
Widowhood flyers that let their pairs raise babies, remove the hen and leave the babies with the cock to raise OR some move one baby to the hen section and leave one with the cock. They also do this when the babies are about 2 weeks old..........so, bottom line, it can be done and it's really up to you how you want to handle it.
