Eggs

[North road racer]

Hi all, Im having trouble getting my stock birds to lay eggs. They have all been paired up for a gd time, although never previosly lay eggs together. I cant understand why this is happening, could the loft be too cold? Its really frustrating as after i lost alot of old cocks last season ive decided to concentrate on the young birds this season and will not really be racing the old uns due to lack of numbers. I normally rare between 20 and 30 youngbirds but i had planned to rare more this season, i know there is still plenty of time to rare birds but i had planned to get all the birds down at the same time in order to get 2 or 3 pairs from the birds. I have considered buying youngsters but as i my loft is run on a shoe strin budget this is unlikely to happen.Would moving some of the birds into a diffrent section help or would this disrupt them even more?

 

Any help would be great. Cheers

[phillips]

it may be down to the cold weather mate

there are alot of lofts getting the same problems just let nature take its course mate

jason

[pigeonman007]

I also have 4 pairs that are mating, feeding eachother, and carrying to the nest bowl, but no eggs from them. They have been paired for 3wks now.

[North road racer]

Im just nervous that i wont be able to get the numbers together at the right time i suppose. If i was racing my old birds aswell id spend more time concentrating on them, but i really want to have a gd season with the youngsters as last season was very hard to take as i lost alot of good birds.

 

[Ronnie]

Its prolly been to cold mate have u a light in there?

[hotrod]

Check that the hens are not fat as this will halt the laying process i dont think that the weather has anything to do with it ,try firing  them up with some small seed, and check that they have nothing wrong with them i,e canker ,cocci,worms

[North road racer]

no

[pigeonman007]

Its prolly been to cold mate have u a light in there?

 

Have light in mine, on until 9ish at night. Couple of the hens are 5yr old birds, do they take a bit longer than the younger birds to get going?

[phillips]

ive had no problems this time round but ive now had heaters fitted so all i can really put it down to is the cold weather

i would worry to much mate youve got plenty of time theres loads of fanciers not even pair up yet

jason

[little sam]

Dont Worry, Same happening to me, I split for a week then Put hen in back of box for day then when fed cocks (And water) put them in back of box but remove hen and let htme feed and water, Hen will sit with her cock, And this time they have been waking upto each other (Just a test im trying lol)  ;D ;D

[just ask me]

id spilt again for 4 days feed 50% barley put 5 ml of wheat germ oil onto a kilo of corn every day a day before pairing feed 80%mix  also if u separate knock them back to 3/4 of an ounce this should help also some conditioning seed also helps day or so before pairing not to much though and again on the day of pairing hope this helps

[Guest Vic]

I should imagine that your birds weren't seperated for long enough. For good early breeding results, the longer they are seperated , the better.  

[Guest]

dont know if iam the only one who thinks my birds feel a bit on the fat side this year and ive done nothing different from last year and some of mine havent layed yet so your not alone but plenty of time yet

[BANDIT]

I PAIRED UP 30 DECEMBER 21 PAIRS, STARTED TO LAY 9TH JANUARY NOW HAVE 16 PAIRS DOWN, THE OTHER PAIRS TOOK A FEW DAYS TO ACCEPT EACH OTHER, i ONLY SEPERATED FOR 12  DAYS AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER, WHILE APART I FED THEM 50% BARLEY DEPURITIVE AND 50% MOULTING MIX FOR THE 12 DAYS PUTTING WHEATGERM OIL AND LIQUID CALCIUM ON THE LIGHT MIX EVERYOTHER DAY ,THE BIRDS NEED TO BE THINNED DOWN BEFORE PAIRING AND THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEMS.   BANDIT

[andrew gooch]

try furti oil from colombine tube per day on there corn that will sort them out cost about 4.50 per bottle last u weeks

[andrew gooch]

i have very old stock and this is good be careful with you racers as u will bring on winter fourm.

[Guest joshdonlan]

where does everyone get their wheat germ oil from? Do the supermakrkets sell it?

[BANDIT]

YOU WILL GET IT FROM ALL GOOD PIGEON SUPPLIERS OR IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY GOING TO BLACKPOOL YOU WILL GET IT THERE, THE LIQUID CALCIUM YOU WILL GET IN YOUR LOCAL CHEMIST OYSTERCARE IS ITS NAME FOR HUMANS AND VERY GOOD FOR OUR PIGEONS BEFORE PAIRING BANDIT

[terry mccarthy]

i got 30 pairs down now 50 babys plus eggs a lot have started there 2nd round now i have no heating or anything but had lights on 1 month before pairing youngsters will be away from monday

[andrew gooch]

where does everyone get their wheat germ oil from? Do the supermakrkets sell it?

 

 

furti oil is not gust weatgerm oil it smells different and tastes different

[cowman]

i wouldn`t worry i have 7 pairs of stock birds been together all winter 1 has layed sitting 6 days now and 3 more pairs paired up in the last 2 days it has been colder than normal this year so i`m just letting them get on with it in their own time i have a light that comes on at 5am and goes off when light 8am and everything has moved in the last 3 days since increasing the light hrs .

[andrew gooch]

yes that fine but not ever body has lights like my self who was breading birds for my dad to race in old bird program in late november erly december and now 09 early jan cold weather just like every 1 else had