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Hi guys as many are aware i suffered a hawk strike a few weeks back i have bought a kit of rollers only to notice that their droppings are all very wartery i got 10 on the 10th and 5 today the 12th 1 of them that came 2day with a 10day old yb in tow and the chap said i got the mate by mistake only my trouble is i cant figure out which as they are all very similar not sure if the 1 that came with yb is cock or hen any advice on what to do about yb and also about dropping i am in a right tizz over it the birds are all lovely look in great condition apart from droppings

I would think the loose dropping are down to stress from moving.

the parent bird shud still feed the youngster

Quoted from Freebird

I would think the loose dropping are down to stress from moving.

i was hoping some1 would say that do you think it could be a change in food they are getting more mixture now ie maize and peas with wheat

do u think that the yb will be raised ok on its own it doesn't need sitting now but still needs feeding its crop was empty when i got it home so i stoked a few grains in just incase

is there a defanate way to sex these birds as i am trying to get a round of ybs from them or at least get them to lay before i let them fly out

Quoted from Freebird

I would think the loose dropping are down to stress from moving.

Yes and also the change of feeding and maybe even your water condition

this may sound silly nut my birds get volvic water i need to get vite and minerals what sould i get and what worm treatment should i get for them

Quoted from jimmy_84

this may sound silly nut my birds get volvic water i need to get vite and minerals what sould i get and what worm treatment should i get for them

You are overdoing it with the volvic, you and Chickadee would get on fine volvic water to eash down the manuka honey

i give them that as i drink it cant stand tap water even the dogs get it tap water got funny taste to it what grit and minerals and wormer shoud i give them

Quoted from jimmy_84

i give them that as i drink it cant stand tap water even the dogs get it tap water got funny taste to it what grit and minerals and wormer shoud i give them

We give pigeon grit and and king patricks black minerals although not all the time, if I am using type 1 hardcore, builders sand or gravel mix they love picking at that from the trailers, we use harkers, harka verm liquid wormer but not during breeding period

Quoted from jimmy_84

i give them that as i drink it cant stand tap water even the dogs get it tap water got funny taste to it what grit and minerals and wormer shoud i give them

Ahahahaha! Move tae Bonny Scotland man. The water is jist braw an free! Give them 3 or 4 days an they'll be fine. Not experienced enough to comment on the young bird though and rollers are hard to sex. Just have to let them get on with it I think.

cheers duncan

cheers freebird

i can tell with racers and fantails but these are difficult

Quoted from Freebird

Ahahahaha! Move tae Bonny Scotland man. The water is jist braw an free! Give them 3 or 4 days an they'll be fine. Not experienced enough to comment on the young bird though and rollers are hard to sex. Just have to let them get on with it I think.

would love to but my misses wont leave where we live now my dad wants us to move over to ireland to live near him and help run his buissnes but she wont

Quoted from jimmy_84

would love to but my misses wont leave where we live now my dad wants us to move over to ireland to live near him and help run his buissnes but she wont

Ah1 now, Irland sounds good to me. The folk, the scenery, the Creack ( don't know if that's spelt right ) My wife would go in a blink, but hey what am I sayin', Bonny Scotland, Bonny Scotland, Bonny Scotland, Ahahahaha! and yer doos would have the skits again!!!

true LOL they are good birds and my dads place comes with 2 acres of land imagine loft size there

Quoted from DOVEScot

You are overdoing it with the volvic, you and Chickadee would get on fine volvic water to eash down the manuka honey

"Oh yes' !!!!!!! But none of that cheap honey now   for our wee ckickadee's birds. Like most of us peasants here.
Enjoy.

Well the birds seem keen to pair they are all ocupying boxes in there pairs so i will keep u all informed i have had to feed the YB again as its crop was empty also had to syringe feed it water am i doing the right thing the parent bird that came with it has paired up maybe to origanal mate and they are in same box as YB will just keep an eye on them

Also do you think that when they all go down on eggs i should let them sit and hatch both eggs or should i put a dummy egg under them and let them single rear as i not sure if they will be good parents

Quoted from jimmy_84

Well the birds seem keen to pair they are all ocupying boxes in there pairs so i will keep u all informed i have had to feed the YB again as its crop was empty also had to syringe feed it water am i doing the right thing the parent bird that came with it has paired up maybe to origanal mate and they are in same box as YB will just keep an eye on them

Also do you think that when they all go down on eggs i should let them sit and hatch both eggs or should i put a dummy egg under them and let them single rear as i not sure if they will be good parents

i would let them keep the 2 that way you know what is good and what ent in bringing them up

cheers i only bred from my racers once before hawk strike and was told that rollers were bad at rearing the young i had them before but never bred from them as i went to keeping racers but this time i'm going to stick with the rollers and i'm saving to get another loft up and running where i will also keep fantails and rollers but that wont be for a while yet cause got a new baby due in 12 weeks another son to get interested in keeping pigeons maybe 1 day my boys will be top roller guys or maybe even racers LOL  

lol you never know i started with rollers then racers and tipplers i race every week and compatiton tipplers now and again but i only do it all for fun dont care if i am last every week as long as thay come