Darkening the nest box

[Diamond Dave]

You know when you put a piece of ply over the front
- is this for the sake of the parents sitting of for the sake of the developing youngbirds.
Is there any benefit to either parents or ybs?

[MIL]

Never done it Dave to be honest

[Devo1956]

I used this to keep pair more settled when sitting, they need their rest too. remove when eggs hatch.

[NeilA]

Never done it for breeding although my cocks have have the box covered the front of the bedroom section

[Diamond Dave]

Would it stop dominant cocks from going into other nest boxes and causing havoc?

[Devo1956]

Would it stop dominant cocks from going into other nest boxes and causing havoc?

You can only try Dave, see if it works. Make sure you have time to observe.

[Andy]

Never had any part of boxes covered. I actually remove the fronts completely from the stock pairs once settled. Makes it much easier to keep boxes clean.

[NeilA]

Would it stop dominant cocks from going into other nest boxes and causing havoc?

I knew a chap cover half of them with cardboard and just put different painted shapes on the cardboard to try to prevent a pigeon flying up to the wrong box
Not done that myself

[Murray]

I used to do it, have half the nest box with a solid hinged front. The birds seemed to like it. Now I have wire fronts and the birds seem just as happy.
There is some reasoning behind it. Pigeons like a private secluded place to nest, and a solid half front gives them that.

[NeilA]

I agree Murray
I do it for my cocks so there in a private slightly darker place to spend time with the hens