How long in Breeding Cabinet

[Harry1704]

Hi Forum

I have put down into a new Breeding cabinet the following

Australian Yellow Cock x Split Australian Yellow Hen

It will be two weeks tomorrow since they went into the cabinet. They appear to be getting along well, but no activity in the nesting box as yet.

How long should i wait before i put them back into the flight aviary?

Regards

[Misso]

hi harry1704,

with the cold weather arriving here in melbourne this week, i will be slowing down my gouldians after these last clutches fledge.

not sure what the weather is like where you are, but i would be careful your hen does not become egg bound as it will be winter by the time that start laying and rearing chicks. is the cabinet outside or in?

i normally pull the nest boxes in winter for my gouldians so as to not risk loosing clutches due to the cold etc, but everyones different.

they can stay in cabinets for as long as you want, i only keep my pairs in in long cabinets whist breeding, then for the rest of the time there back in the aviaries resting and getting exercise. iv probs had my gouldian pairs in cabinets for say 3-4 months this yr, they will go back in the aviaries soonish.

hope i have helped a little.

[djb78]

I usually put my pairs in a cabinet a month before breeding season to settle in to it before the season starts which is when I change the diet, by adding live foods seeding grasses ECT. I take my birds out of the cabinets when they're finished or I want them to finish. The best person to judge when to take them out would be you, in saying that winter is coming not the best time to breed also are they in breeding condition or are they ready. The size of your cabinet can determine how long they can stay in their, I have a pair of Cubans that's been in one for over 6 months but its a genours size 2m long 1.5m wide and 1.6m high.

[Simba]

I find it normally takes about 2 weeks for normals and 3 to 4 for mutations to settle down in cabinets before they start breeding and that's when they are in breeding condition during the summer.

Now it's getting cooler most pairs are losing interest, I would suggest if they haven't started by the end of this month to put them back in the avairy and try again next season.

[Matt]

Would this happen to be the black headed, white breasted split hen that you got from me? If so, she was mated with one of the black headed splits you got from me as well. It would be unusual for a hen to accept another mate only a couple of weeks after being split up. When I pair up my birds, I only put birds together that are in breeding condition and ready to go. I will watch them for half an hour and if both aren't showing signs of being interested in each other, I will give them a different partner. If you really want this pair to produce, I would leave them for another week or two and then split them up over winter and maybe try them again late august. You might get one clutch in before the moult.