Paired Up And Cold Weather.

[THE FIFER]

how many of you are paired up, and any chilled eggs with this cold spell, and does it affect the young birds if any, 0r the birds, sitting, do you take any steps to keep birds from the cold ,

[greenlands]

Stock birds all hatched bar one egg that was cracked,young birds now feathered,racers starting to hatch on the 14th,so will tell you better in a week or so.

[neila]

Stock all sitting about a week

One pair of eggs cracker through fighting so they will go down again

Racers sat but will replace with dummy eggs apart from a couple of pairs I'm going to float

[bibendium]

absolute disaster

8 yb out of 30 eggs race loft think I had intruder lost a pair of eggs in one box and others left to go cold all race loft now back down

 

stock loft I made an A88e of it by introducing a lot of new birds too late i think havent a yb out that loft yet and some pairs just going down now.

 

is what it is will get there

[ALF]

Paired them up the week before Blackpool still 4 or 5 pair no laid including a stock pair that were paired together last year

The racers that huvnae laid have had it now too late

We should be ringing our 1st 20 this week

[greenlands]

So far I'm happy,12 pair of racers,had to dispose of a cock,so lost their eggs,one egg broke,19 ybs and one pair to hatch on the 23rd.

[peter dempsey]

not paired up but plenty of 10 mile tosses all roads to Rome bets of luck for the coming season

[neila]

not paired up but plenty of 10 mile tosses all roads to Rome bets of luck for the coming season

 

You training already Peter ?

If so is that your normal system only mine will not go out to March

[neneland]

my stock birds (9 pair) went down in December and apart from the odd cracked egg and a couple of week youngsters (outed), very happy as they are now out flying strongly looking in good health. 11 early bred and 10 2nd round for the One Lofts and breeder/buyer.

 

The loft isn't heated and I think the cold helps them sit tighter. Also I feed in the nest box once hatched to deter them from leaving the youngsters.

 

up and over nestboxes which might keep from getting as cold as an open fronted??