getting ready to pair up

[micko and jack]

getting ready to start pairing up the fantails

some garden

some show

the show birds have VERY BIG TAILS

should i

A cut 6 tail feathers each-side

B pull 6 tail feathers each-side

to aid mating

micko

[OLDYELLOW]

c ask kirky he knows about the fans

[OLDYELLOW]

never had any trouble with the fantails  mating  & i found they really do make good  parents to their young , they ll breed all year round  if you let them  so keep them in check  a bit

 

Indians arent as parental

[Peckedhen]

I've never trimmed garden fantails - they have no problem filling their eggs.

[OLDYELLOW]

garden fantails are brilliant breeders

[THE FIFER]

yes garden fantils ok, indian ones not good rearers, best puting their eggs under others,

[steve]

if they are the exibition type id cut the tails

[kirky]

some do cut tails on indians i never did and still bred ok only mistake i made was i paired them too early when cold weather and thay tend to come off ybs early, so i lost ybs due to cold,

[Guest beautyhomer]

micko,

 

don't pull them they will only grow back within 6 weeks.Cut them if you want to and then pull the cut stubs if you intend showing them at least 8 weeks before your first show.