THE FIFER Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 do you float eggs if so why and when, and what birds do you use as floaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenlands Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Float them where possible from stock to certain racers,after stock have sat about a week,reason, I want more of my hopefully better breeders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorious Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 do i float eggs yes, why, to get more young ones of my better pairs as quickly as possible for racing ther put under my unproven racers maybe yearlings etc but only took away from the pair after 7 days sitting on them my birds are maybe paired at different times , i float eggs because i dont keep many birds thats my only reason really and to produce more youngsters out of my better pairs, i hope this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big blue bar Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I did it with the widows only took y/birds off the ones that have scored .I have 16 pairs of widows this year i ve managed to get a single under the lot of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 do i float eggs yes, why, to get more young ones of my better pairs as quickly as possible for racing ther put under my unproven racers maybe yearlings etc but only took away from the pair after 7 days sitting on them my birds are maybe paired at different times , i float eggs because i dont keep many birds thats my only reason really and to produce more youngsters out of my better pairs, i hope this makes sense. yes good m8, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 i certainly hope too , depends a lot on when the "yearling" racers i have lay ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IB Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I usually only breed from a selected few, floating one egg from each pair under foster parents in the race team, so that my race team gets to rear a single youngster before racing begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhEtToStar Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I only ever float 1 pair of eggs every year to give my old pigeon something to rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony C Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Float the first round of eggs from stock under my racers. I float them after they've sat them between 8-10 days so the hen can build her calcium levels back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Float the first round of eggs from stock under my racers. I float them after they've sat them between 8-10 days so the hen can build her calcium levels back up. a good one m8, I often wondered if it was harming taking eggs away too quick, the same would go for leaving them too long letting the birds get on soft food, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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