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2 weeks before and through out breeding with the cooler tempertures it keeps well for up to 3 days and i stir it through thoroughly and it takes the appearance of week milk grated cuttle fish can be added also ( disolve with lemon juice but not at same time as the yoghurt ) , as for yoghurts used it must be a live natural yoghurt can be found in most supermarkets i use Longley farm one from morrisions Linseed is good to use sparingly during raising young birds as aids there development a couple of egg cups full to feed per day is enough for 30 birds or there abouts

another consideration is stock birds if kept as prisoners bones thin and lack calcium, in order to lay nice healthy eggs with nice shell , i give my birds live natural yoghurt in there drinker and this helps to get nice shinny eggs

however pairing up time can be stressfull for the birds and canker can flair up during the pairing up period , some cope better than others and individual treatment of pairs when they've sat both eggs if need be this is to ensure the health of the adults to be A1 as the young birds need there parents to be in the best shape to rear them well in the wild if parent ail the nest would be unviable sometimes only one yb surviving , if your birds arent right for the job before rearing they will struggle wet nests ectra

will be taking a dropping sample to my Avian vets very shortly and a bird for swabs , they seem to be in good healthy state and at this time of year as not very warm should have very little to ail from and no cross contamination from the baskets , all medicines i use are from my vet as most off the shelf products are only half the strength as prescription only medicines , so that people treating blind dont over use the products but if half strength then aint doing birds much good by treating blind and it not been the correct strength for the job

up early goodnight

i think the reason is once there ranging well they need putting in the basket like all young they either learn the ropes quick or there development is retarded jmo

ill post it on utube ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

i tend to look at what ybs they've left behind first if none left i try to find fault in the parents if go through moult well id split them , if were struggling when rest of birds werent id get shut there and then its just the matter of finding a suitable partner but after 3 pairings time to get shut , one fancier told me you need to breed 3 rounds off a pair to see if any good as a pair , but simply small lofts cant do that and need to select very carefuly but have noticed within the 3 rounds off a pair one pair of the ybs will be much better than the other two

lovely looking birds love the top two

again ????? he was told off last year and then put show racer on them will certainly deter people buying his birds just shooting oneself in the foot might of been a Delbar show racer

the lad i got them off has sold up hence i bought the 3 cocks and there hens ill try and get better pictures of them once there settled in the first picture is of the Firebird

indeed will after ask your better half how you handle might get slapped it tried to handle myself ;D ;D ;D ;D

or alternatively contact thefifer

i believe so if can give members name then can get admin to send one out

RIP Im sure hell be missed by all that knew him , our thoughts are with all his friends and family at this sad time

here they are and 3 cracking hens with them

he must be fast he was here at breakfast was quoted dinner lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D , bet hes bred a few winners lol

very nice

prefer the english trumpeter

i thought the 70's space hopper was all the rage

no probs if calling this way pop in ;-) im sure i can lend you a scrapper and bucket

Think Chris went upwards , also getting me some or has some for me i get most straights from a farm near Skipsea the barley and wheat is local tho

where are you at ? might get them closer

as long as your paying carrage maybe as a bit of intrest you could put one in next year and name it pigeon basics.com uk and we can all watch its progress

good luck Rocky