The Trap Nesting Thread

[Lollipop]

Lemme get this straight. Your sole purpose in building these nests is to find out who is laying and who is not? Perhaps you wanna find out who is laying which egg? If all you wanna do is find out who is laying and who isn`t, there is a much simpler and easier way. Just feel the bones under their vent. A full size hen, like the ones pictured, will have enough space between the bones to lay 3 fingertips in there. Pullets somewhat less room and bantams even less. Easiest way is to pick them off the roost at night. Now, if it`s who is laying which egg, then all ya gotta do is pen the hens alone for a day or so. Maybe you have another reason, or just like creating things for your girls. Enlighten me..........Pop

 

[MANOZ]

hi pop, well its for many reasons ....1 is for knowing who laid which egg......i'm gonna keep a log of each bird i own. the trap nest is to take any guess work out......the one's who lays lesser eggs will be culled from flock.....the idea is to establish a high yielding egg laying flock...then breed from those.....from my research, its how the egg industry was established....for instance i wouldnt use azil for egg layers because they lay less than 100 eggs a year most lay less than 50

 

[MANOZ]

hey pop lets say you had a trio of those reza' you like.......u put them in a pen ......by using a trap nest in there pen u know what bird laid what egg.......and dont tell me it doesnt matter.....because azil hens will hatch anything.......so u really dont know until they hatch.....with a trap nest there is no doubt

 

[MANOZ]

http://books.google.com/books?id=Qzp9TNc0FOgC&pg=PA35&dq=trap+nest&hl=en&ei=BfZfTojyIqeLsAKz1Lkk&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCTigAQ#v=onepage&q=trap%20nest&f=false


here is a book written in the early 1900's----"eggs and egg farms"

 

[MANOZ]

and another written in 1915 if i'm not mistaken "a simple trap nest for poultry"

http://books.google.com/books?id=dc4za6H0AMgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=trap+nest&hl=en&ei=qyVcTv_VLsOJsAKUqvAt&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q&f=false


these very rare and old books are in public domain and free so just click the link if u wanna read futher into it

 

[KrisH]

Would also be great if you want offspring from a particular bird or birds. One roo with all hens and incubate from only the hens you want .

 

[MANOZ]

robert u are so right about that.......this is why i'm re-introducing this method

 

[MANOZ]

my research didnt miss the cock fighters either pop.......here's a link where they are discussing it there with illustrations


http://www.sabong.net.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=41887&highlight=trap+nest

 

[MANOZ]

a 1909 booklet http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/3743/no_7_ocr.pdf;jsessionid=4398682D550B861C7080140C2E228D90?sequence=1

this was a common thing back then......if the people of the past improved their whole flocks with this method we should be able to do the same ,today

 

[MANOZ]

moving forward, o.k. so i decided that maybe my boxes were to flimsy so i made one with tounge and groove boards like mentioned in link above

the thing is solid as can be......and it doubles as a chair when i'm tired....lol