Slipping eggs

[thomasd]

I have a few stock birds laid on 26th and i have a few racers laid on 23th and 24th can i slip the eggs from the stock to the racers or does it have to be on the same day

[pjc]

a couple of days each way won't hurt.

[adam owen]

i think up to 2 days shud be ok but after tha u mite struggle due to the fact of the soft food and milk forming

[thomasd]

thanks lads

[thomasd]

In my racing loft i have a good pair that have laid on the 26th dec filled i also have another pair laid on the same day 26th dec but eggs r clear is it ok to slip the eggs from the good pair and take another round off them

[aye ready]

me personally i would let the 2 pairs sit 10 days then slip the good eggs under the foster pair and let your good pair go back down on their next set of eggs

[Guest]

In my racing loft i have a good pair that have laid on the 26th dec filled i also have another pair laid on the same day 26th dec but eggs r clear is it ok to slip the eggs from the good pair and take another round off them

yes , but i would put pot eggs under them , if shes a good stock hen you dont want her trying to lay again too soon .  andy.

 

[thomasd]

thanks

[Guest bigbok]

well it depends on the sitters i like them to be on the day coz my birds tend to need a day extra to get out of the eggs but in this weather they may sit a little longer leave the pair you want the eggs taken from on pot eggs in case you need to move em back and do date the eggs so you can move em again

sometimes i have moved eggs under a few pairs to get  them one time chicks as well

[Guest bigbok]

In my racing loft i have a good pair that have laid on the 26th dec filled i also have another pair laid on the same day 26th dec but eggs r clear is it ok to slip the eggs from the good pair and take another round off them

 

go for it ideal opportunity to get a few extra

[David048]

yes i agree with the majority on this one, a couple of days either way is fine.

[adam owen]

In my racing loft i have a good pair that have laid on the 26th dec filled i also have another pair laid on the same day 26th dec but eggs r clear is it ok to slip the eggs from the good pair and take another round off them

 

y dnt u chuck the duff ones out slip a good egg and pot egg under them so they are single rairing  a differant nest and let her lay again when she has raired this one tha way it aint to soon from last eggs also all your rounds will be in one hit rather in bits and peices thas wen u get problams adding babys ect

[blaz]

if the birds layed on the 26th dec the eggs should have hatched by now

[Guest stb-]

if the birds layed on the 26th dec the eggs should have hatched by now

 

gary they should have by now but that was posted on 2nd january  

 

pay attention you  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[blaz]

if the birds layed on the 26th dec the eggs should have hatched by now

 

this coment still stand

[Guest stb-]

 

this coment still stand

 

Maybe he will post to say slipping the eggs worked out , they should be getting rung :)

[Guest IB]

I didn't see the thread go up, but would like to add from my own experience, I slip eggs a lot, as I usually single rear. Few days either way isn't a problem. Its sitting eggs that causes milk to form, so they'll always have it, you have no problem with that. Problems might occur when eggs are due to hatch after the foster pair's. You need to know your pigeons and know how long that pair will sit overdue. I've had mine rise 1 bleeding day before the youngster was due out, I could hear it chipping away, so watch that one.

 

The other is the breeding pair. Don't take eggs away until sitting 10 days. If hen goes down any earlier than that, you risk damage to the 'egg works' it could end out in the nest with the egg. I've never had that, I took heed of Derick Norden's warning that this happened to him, said so on SNFC video the year he was 1st & 2nd Reims.