breeding

[beko]

i hate this time of year all stock pairs sitting due to to hatch and you get one total get that ruins it for you last all great this morning an blood bath to say im pee off is an under statment will have to start again sick hows everyone else breeding going so far

[Guest MBpigeonguy]

still waiting for it to get warmer,

[chasey123]

i had 2 eggs smashed and had kull 1 coz it filled up with air and *expletive removed* getrid of it

[JSTOON]

Did yoy mean that it had an air sack?

[chasey123]

yea it filled up round its head n crop poor thing

[snowy]

i hate this time of year all stock pairs sitting due to to hatch and you get one total get that ruins it for you last all great this morning an blood bath to say im pee off is an under statment will have to start again sick hows everyone else breeding going so far

 

at the moment, just trying to pair up a loft full of whites & near whites! mostly late breds from last year. been 2 weeks now & only 2 eggs (1 pair). but my original stock birds (putmans & kirkpatricks) they all have laid with no trouble.

it is a nightmare with yearlings & late breds though. (so confusing, tried hemp & everything))

oh well we will see. no rush :-/

[snowy]

white loft

[me]

 

at the moment, just trying to pair up a loft full of whites & near whites! mostly late breds from last year. been 2 weeks now & only 2 eggs (1 pair). but my original stock birds (putmans & kirkpatricks) they all have laid with no trouble.

it is a nightmare with yearlings & late breds though. (so confusing, tried hemp & everything))

oh well we will see. no rush :-/[/quote

 

Trying to mate up a loft full of late breds the first week in January? - THINK ABOUT IT!!

 

[jn2004d]

Paired up just after xmas day and about 90%of birds down still having some problems with yearlings but well see

[THE PRIEST]

Have been paired about 10 days. I only wanted to breed of one pair in the race loft and yes you guessed it the hen was the only one to be beaten to a pulp.

She was scalped down the back of her neck this after a couple of days together when they were fine. Sods law when its the one you want to bread off.

[JSTOON]

Dont ever kill one again mate if this happens, there is a quick an easy solution. In 1990 we had this happen to one of our very best cocks, whom we was getting reday for the nantes national. I took him to a good old fancier who sdaly is no longer with us. He proceeded to take a knitting needle, and shoved it straght through the birds crop ie in one side, out the otherso that the knitting needle was being held by the crop. Straight away the air dispersed through the holes, and the cock wwas chuckjed into the air and flagged for half hour, hey presto gone. 15th national the week after. Ive goty one of my best stock cocks whom this happens to every year, each time its back ont with the knitting needle. Harsh, yes, but it cures it, and its better than the cull.