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I have not started breeding but has kept the hens and cocks apart for a while. This weekend I have put the cocks back in the aviary. Any sugestions on when to put the Hens in.

rpetersen wrote:I have not started breeding but has kept the hens and cocks apart for a while. This weekend I have put the cocks back in the aviary. Any sugestions on when to put the Hens in.

I would have put them all in at the same time,now you will have all the cocks knowing their new aviary before the hens.Letting the hens in there now,they will be dominated for roosting space and feed etc.
Letting them all go together works out the pecking order and pairing dominance for each particular pr. Craig

Graig thanks for the reply. As I am breeding Gouldians I thought the Cock birds needs to be introduced to the aviary at first so that they could sort out the dominance before adding the hens. I think I will have to add the hens as soon as possible.