Early Pairers

[The White Rapido Man]

how are you 'early pairers getting on'?????

 

Mine were put together on the 08.12.07...after a couple of weeks of windng them up and upto now.......only got one egg out of 17 pairs......

 

nest have been built  -  pairings are solid - and birds in cracking nick...... I'm guessing the hot and cold snaps are putting the off.

 

Other lcoal fanciers are having the same problem........I'm abit disappointed really as I'm usually  chipping out around now!!!!

 

Is this a national porblem???

 

ar well.....such is life  

[snowy]

maybe the cold snaps & also have you got lighting in your loft?? to make the hours of lightness longer,??

[Guest j.bamling]

cold does not make any diferance in my opinion i have about 50 ybs in the nest now they are only a few days old mind you but they layed very well only a few blank eggs off old birds ect which will have to go next year but apart from that very good !!!

[Okitsme]

Hi,

 

I paired up the first week in December and hatched the first one out today. Got more to hacth tomorrow and then two more pairs next week. All in all everything is going smoothly.

[Guest dogeon]

mines doing fine, i paired up 14 pairs on the 6th dec and have got 20 eggs now, i do have a light on in the loft thats on a timer and turns off at 8.30pm and comes on at 6.30am  i've also got a night light ready for when i have the yougsters just a dim one so they can find there way when the main light goes off

[Guest SMUDGER PETE]

IV GOT 30 EGG 15 PAIR GET SOME YOUNGSTERS AROUND THE 5TH OF JAN KEEP IT WARM AND LIGHTING ON UNTILL 9PM

[Taylorsloft]

paired up 7 pair of stock on 09/12  all laid by 27th

[The White Rapido Man]

........very strange.

 

I dont not have lighting in the loft but its never been a poblem yestur-year......

 

After revisitng the loft I can only sumize that the hens are too heavy..so I'm goin to feed em on barley and peas for a few days...and see if this helps!!!!    

[George UK]

i always cut the vent feathers

and show the cock bird another hen it gets him a bit frisky with his hen  lol

[George UK]

white reodo have yo still go a pair of birds for sale

just thought i would ask

happy new year

 

 

[The White Rapido Man]

white reodo have yo still go a pair of birds for sale

just thought i would ask

happy new year

 

 

Sorry .....Not at the moment George, but you I undertsand your circunstances, and will try and sort you out with a pair of YB's later on in the year, if thats ok with you.

 

cheers mate

[The White Rapido Man]

oh..............tyhe oeas and barley worked.....

 

3 days on that..this morning........several eggs  ;D

[antwerptom03]

Banded my first round YB's hours after i recieved my rings  from our club secretary on december 27th. I turned the lights on 24 hrs a day first week of november then paired thanksgiving weekend. First time breeding this early just to see how it would go and so far so good.. even with our recent sub zero weather the birds have been doing great! Not sure i'll breed this early next year but i wanted to give it try and see how the early youngsters will do

[George UK]

thank you rapido you are a gent

happy new year to you n the family

George

ps

yes i can wait for a pair thank you bro

[phillips]

i paired 18 pairs on the 10th december they laid very well ive got 19 ybs in the nest and eggs chipping to ,this fellow broke out today dont get me wrong i have had some clear eggs 3 but this is expected

[Guest karl adams]

i paird up on the 6 dec got eggs on the 12 dec first young birds chiped on the  1 jan  now got 26 young and still got eggs to chip

[George UK]

hi karl happy new year mate

i can't pair up only got one bird left lol

[lefty26]

have 3 pairs on egg