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I like your nest fronts...how does the widowhood nest front work, can it be used for regular breeding?
1/2 of it's stationary and the other half can be taken completely off or hung in the middle of the box so that it cuts the box in half. I use it that way when the hens are not in there and when I pair them up. I lock the hen inside and the cock can come and go from the box.cool.I like your nest fronts...how does the widowhood nest front work, can it be used for regular breeding?
I loved it !!! Thank you for sharing !!I shot these videos last summer, but never posted them or even uploaded them to YouTube............so, here they are.
The main loft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73zStBHZ1Y
The widowhood loft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUwsMGoERs
I not sure why Renee does not, but I don't use hay or straw because I scrape everyday and you can keep an eye on droppings that way, hay and straw hold in moisture too, which bacteria like, I do use pine shavings only when the weather is wet out and the loft seems damp, I don't think it is a problem in the nest bowl though. and it does look cozy, but they really don't need it.WOW Renee! It's not a 'virtual loft' after all!Thanks for the tour. I left the tour fee on the counter...
I'm interested to see that there is no bedding on the floor or in the boxes. Is there a reason for this? Do they really not need anything? My loft looks a bit more like a .... horse stall....with a nice cushy bed of shavings. Do they not care???
Actually, no, we don't have a BIG problem with hawks. We were told when we moved here that the hawks would eat us alive............I've been here since 2001 and have lost a total of about 5 or 6 birds HERE in my yard to hawks. They get chased once in a while, but it's not a daily thing or even a weekly thing. Just once in a while, one will show up. I'll shut the birds down for a day or two and then go back to the usual routine. The past 2 years, I had my YB's on open loft from about May to the end of the YB race season. Haven't lost a bird doing that at all.Nice set up! I noticed you have a lot of tree's around you, do you have much trouble with hawks? When I was flying widowhood,I too had various coloured nest front's. I dont know why, that's what the old timers's did. I figured it was the right thing to do... your thought's?
Well, putting bedding on the floor of one loft and putting it down in 5 sections plus the individual pens (7)......that's a lot of bedding and all it would do is blow around anyway.....all out in the hallway......it would be a mess in my loft. I scrape the floor once a day...........WOW Renee! It's not a 'virtual loft' after all!Thanks for the tour. I left the tour fee on the counter...
I'm interested to see that there is no bedding on the floor or in the boxes. Is there a reason for this? Do they really not need anything? My loft looks a bit more like a .... horse stall....with a nice cushy bed of shavings. Do they not care???