young bird info

[blaz]

did you know 9 out of 10 of the 1st hatched are cocks.IE 2 pigeon eggs 1st to hatch is a cock 9 out of 10 times.

[Guest Davy Fleming]

INTERESTED IN HOW YOU COME TO THAT CONCLUSION BLAZ

[greenlands]

Something wrong somewhere,bred 30 young birds this year,20 hens and 10 cocks ??????????

Lindsay

[mark proctor]

did you know 9 out of 10 of the 1st hatched are cocks.IE 2 pigeon eggs 1st to hatch is a cock 9 out of 10 times.

 

that is true...

[Guest Davy Fleming]

not disputing that but just wondering about it as never heard anyone say this before but not knocking it

[blaz]

i come to that conclusion via top Belgium widowhood fanciers and also Geoff cooper. i do my home work before i pass on any tips

[adam owen]

i no some 1 who only wants to race cocks and as chucked the 2nd egg away to just have cocks bred out of twenty eggs he had 17 cocks 3 hens

[Guest Davy Fleming]

never knew that blaz but find it interesting

[Guest IB]

i no some 1 who only wants to race cocks and as chucked the 2nd egg away to just have cocks bred out of twenty eggs he had 17 cocks 3 hens

 

No offence, but I don't think that's the same thing suggested in the thread? Thread is about the first egg to hatch, nothing said about it also being the 1st egg laid?

 

And with respect, Blaz, I would also ask same question ~ how can anyone say with any authority which of the pair of eggs hatched first? Don't they usually hatch fairly close together, and in the middle of the night, when most of us are in our pit dreaming of meeting champions in the nest in the morning?  

[ribble]

I was told if you take eggs away as soon as laid for 48hr, and then put them back under parents they will be cocks.

[rick]

Something wrong somewhere,bred 30 young birds this year,20 hens and 10 cocks ??????????

Lindsay

 

know wat u mean mate im left with 12 hens and 2 cocks from my ybs,   :(

[shweet]

Is there anyway of telling cocks from hens when very young and in the nest ?

[owen101]

i may be wrong but i was told about

the feet being hot or cold

and the shape of the egg

 

im nt sure myself maybe some1 else will no

[WELSH WIZARD]

i was told that it was the 1st egg layed was a cock dont really know how true it is though.

[greenlands]

Is there anyway of telling cocks from hens when very young and in the nest ?

 

There was a theory about a magnet on a piece of thread ???????? maybe someone can help with that one.

Lindsay

 

[WELSH WIZARD]

there was advert at onetime in the bhw selling the same thery as the needle and cotton for a tenner.dare i say what a rip off

[Guest Owen]

I have read that if you take the second egg laid away you will end up with 90% cocks. I tried it this year and sure enough I have mostly cocks. In fact I only have 2 hens left from the young birds. There are 12 cocks. I lost a little under 50% of the youngsters and I have no idea what ratios there were before the losses.