empty eggs

[adam owen]

checked sum eggs today and had 7 empty eggs this year ive had 13 empty eggs why tho one yearling cock aint filled two rounds

[jimmy white]

could be the cold,,,, but worth testing for paratyphoid,,,, just to rule that out

[Guest IB]

The birds are maybe not getting peace to tread. Yearlings especially might not have cottoned on that they need to be a bit discrete about it, otherwise every other bird in the loft will be around them trying to stop the pair treading.

 

For the first 3/4 days after pairing up I let each pair out of their boxes into an empty section of the loft, on their own. They've also plenty blank spots in the loft where others can't see them.

[Guest youngboy]

yes some time when cocks try to thread other cocks inturuped them!! happened to me so i used to lock them in until feeding time to leave him do his thing haha!! or could it be he has not enough vit E!!!

[alex young]

The birds are maybe not getting peace to tread. Yearlings especially might not have cottoned on that they need to be a bit discrete about it, otherwise every other bird in the loft will be around them trying to stop the pair treading.

 

For the first 3/4 days after pairing up I let each pair out of their boxes into an empty section of the loft, on their own. They've also plenty blank spots in the loft where others can't see them.

This is most likely to be the cause of clear eggs, my birds are let out of their boxes one pair at a time until they lay their second egg. It is time consuming but you don't have clear eggs and you are certain of their parentage.