THE FIFER Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 when will you be pairing your race birds and stock birds, and your methods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDCHEQHEN Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Stock birds were paired yesterday, we had a few new stock cocks ( bred them ourselves last year for stock) and there are two new stock hens ( former racers, both now 4 years old)They paired without any problems (touch wood)The section next to it is the widowhood section of 8 boxes, we raced widowhood cocks last year, this year we're racing widowhood hens - they were paired today. Seven of the hens were in that section last year, so there is one new addition. The largest section-for roundabout cocks and hens, will be paired later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neila Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I am trying work it so my 2nd round hatch mid April as these often prove to be my best babies and compete with fanciers who fly darkness youngsters I work around 70 days back from that so if I want them to hatch the 20th April I will pair 8 th of Feb as that a Saturday I have just started to put a few pairs that I am changing partners to allow together for a few hours each Racers I don't breed from so I mostly love mating, any that are here at the end of the yearling season have to have taken fed cards or in a few of the hens cases that don't race be out of my main 3 stock pairs so what they pick don't matter . I may put 2 of the race cocks eggs under a stock pair to test them as breeders So racers will go together at the same time as stock and I will remove the hen once they have sat 15 days that should be early March so 5 or 6 weeks to get them going Before the season starts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattydoos79 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Will be pairing up February and got new loft with 3 sections so 2 sections will have the nestboxes for my first attempt at widowhood and the other section for the hens when it comes to racing I do the hens with the cocks short time to motivate them before basketing for race. So I’m learning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neila Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Will be pairing up February and got new loft with 3 sections so 2 sections will have the nestboxes for my first attempt at widowhood and the other section for the hens when it comes to racing I do the hens with the cocks short time to motivate them before basketing for race. So I’m learning Best of luck with your plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 hoping to pair stock in a week or so ? 0nly 6 birds flying out , 3 cocks and hens , hope to pair them when ive built a race section ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 hoping to pair stock in a week or so ? 0nly 6 birds flying out , 3 cocks and hens , hope to pair them when ive built a race section ! you will get there m8, doing well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 you will get there m8, doing well thank you FIFER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 House is getting on well, why is the loft not completed first? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 House is getting on well, why is the loft not completed first? :D old loft was first ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neneland Posted February 25, 2020 Report Share Posted February 25, 2020 For the first time in my 42yrs in the sport, I bred my 2020 youngsters in December, and I have to say I am somewhat impressed with them so far. I have a new 3 section loft with one section housing 9 pair of stock. I have not bred off any of the race team this year. In the past, I have often found later bred (end April start May) youngsters perform well and the moult doesn't effect the season. My intention, as with previous years, is to send the youngsters to the come back races towards the end of the old bird season, I find this helps reduce losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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