help wanted cant understand

[paul l]

help wanted cant understand my birds been paired up since december and not a sign of a singel egg yet wouldint mind but most of bird im breeding with gave me my ybs last yr what could the problem be can anyone help ta

[aarden]

are there any signs,have they made any nest,are they running there hens

[paul l]

ye there runing the hens doing everthing but no eggs for 5 to 6 wks now

[THE FIFER]

could be the weather, its too cold and changeable, could just be nature striking in.

[Guest neil]

seperate them for a week,cut back on the grub big time for the first 4 days then increase slowly towards day 7,repair and allow acces to good grit and some minerals ?(fresh after feeding)

[bewted]

do you have some extra lights in the loft to make it appear as though its longer days ?

 

             only a guess !!!!

[Fair Play]

One of the most common reasons for hens not laying is hens being overweight,  and becoming egg bound and sometimes lack of calcium (grit/mineral deficiency) and have you seen the cock treading the hens sometimes other cocks will interfere and the process is not carried properly.

I am sure others on the site are more knowledgeable than me and will advise accordingly

[steve d]

As Fair Play states birds being overweight, lack of grit or could it simply be there are to many birds in the loft. I would seperate and get the hens out for a fly if possible, then smash up some cuttlefish into powder and add it to the corn using cod liver oil for a week then try and repair again, good luck ;)

[superstar]

agree with the overweight ideas, split up like suggested and put the hens on a strick diet of depuritive for a week or so then try again im sure they will soon go down then

[carlsberg]

i had same problem with mine so i fed them just on barley then 2 weeks later they started coming down ,now all have laid so hens must have been overweight.[fed barley cos i read a post on here] good luck anyway hope they lay soon

[jimbobboy]

Jimbobboy:  Know what you mean!!!  I've got same problem with mine!!!  Males chasing , cooing etc.  Hens seem dis-interested!!  Going to take PB members advice!!   Try again St. Val. Day

[Guest IB]

Its a long time ago now, but remember having same problem in my first ever year breeding - put the birds up in February, and the OB racing had started (April) before they started laying. They were probably badly overweight.

 

Wouldn't split them now. Change feeding now to 50% barley increasing to 100% barley within 3/4 days: and ration food to 1 ounce per pigeon. 2 weeks should be enough to get results, hopefully, with eggs appearing nearing end of that period.

[swilcox]

Are they fat?? Best to split and repair in 2 weeks.

[jimmy white]

Are they fat?? Best to split and repair in 2 weeks.

 

i would ask the same,, and would agree in seperating them for a while [youll be quicker in the end] keep the fat off them , plenty shavings, tobacco stalks when re-pairing them , give them a little hemp seed each day untill pairing    and good luck

[Guest karl adams]

i would give them some wheat germ oil on there feed to

[Guest speckled]

agree spit put  the hens &  the cocks on strick diet, put the wheat germ oil on  the coen tootazly  agree karl, nothing like getting  the hens hormones unstuck lol in other  words be patient, give then plenty baths. start  again never, no" cupids "arrow  will srtric,k  come valentines day  whan ya  repair. Speck ;D

[Guest j v ward]

if you think thy are to fat put cider viniger in there water for 2 weeks it burns off internal fat

[paul l]

thanks all will take all on board and let u now  how it goes

[Guest shadow]

got to agree with the other forum members the hens are overweight split them up and increase the barley and feed no more than one and a half onces per day

[paul l]

went out today and i got 4 eggs must be a birthday presents

[Guest slugmonkey]

I got fat hens and eggs everywhere I dont put birds together till feb 14th but all my racing lofts have birds down on eggs already we have had a lot of cold and snow so its kinda suprising that they are laying already

I LIKE fat hen's this time of year I think the hens stay in better shape if they are carrying a little weight going into breeding season the babys are raised nicer if the hens are a little heavy ! they feed better

I don't know why you arent getting eggs yet but I dont belive that its because the hens are fat ! I think it may be too early but what ever the reason I wouldnt cut the feed when I am trying to breed this sounds like an invitation to disaster to me, this is the most important time to make sure they are properly nourished !!! I have had everybody on probiotics and loads of vit and mineral supplements for the last 3 weeks I have 4 kinds of grit down now and also have been using peanut oil, brewers yeast, baby milk powder, and trying a few other things as well I cannot imagine cutting back on feed or giving barley now !!!

[venus]

not readly and to cold

[Guest shadow]

I got fat hens and eggs everywhere I dont put birds together till feb 14th but all my racing lofts have birds down on eggs already we have had a lot of cold and snow so its kinda suprising that they are laying already

I LIKE fat hen's this time of year I think the hens stay in better shape if they are carrying a little weight going into breeding season the babys are raised nicer if the hens are a little heavy ! they feed better

I don't know why you arent getting eggs yet but I dont belive that its because the hens are fat ! I think it may be too early but what ever the reason I wouldnt cut the feed when I am trying to breed this sounds like an invitation to disaster to me, this is the most important time to make sure they are properly nourished !!! I have had everybody on probiotics and loads of vit and mineral supplements for the last 3 weeks I have 4 kinds of grit down now and also have been using peanut oil, brewers yeast, baby milk powder, and trying a few other things as well I cannot imagine cutting back on feed or giving barley now !!!

 

sorry can not agree with having FAT hens can lead to alsorts of complications ??)

 

 

[Guest slugmonkey]

Like fat healthy babys ?

I guess this is what makes pigeon racing one guy says fat one says skinny LOL

one says feed the other says starve

[billy wilson]

i bought a hen off rex doe for stock years ago from his old dark breed,this hen was always massive when come to pair her up and guess what she was always the first hen to lay every year,i think if the hen is ready to pair and she,s straight down for the cock,then they should lay alright mine have been paired at home 6 pairs,and i think they will go down over the next three days they are also prisoners.forgot to say paired them up last sunday

                                                                 billy