Here Is A Wee Tip

[walterboswell59]

ive talked before about the benifit of storing eggs from your best birds ie more class yb in your loft ive just rung a pair from my wee jena hen that has scored 3 times in the snfc paired to my 18th sect alencon 1st sect clermont snfc this pair of yb will be kept for stock but i cant stop the hen from laying again in the next week or two and i dont want to move the cock or the hen to another section were there have been birds with sickness and i dont want the pair to rear any more so they can get on with the moult they will be paired together next year but not till last week in march so will be lucky to get six off them so instead of throwing the eggs out i will lift the first one soon as its layed and replace with a dummy then same with the second both eggs will be put in an egg box and packed with tissue paper and put on top a cuboard in a bedroom just at room temp if you pack the the egg box right you can just turn the box over every other day instead of turning the egg to stop the yoke sinking and sticking to the inside of the shell once a week give the tissue a fine mist spray with water to stop the eggs drying out ive done this offten with great sucess just make sure the room is not heating up and cooling down to much i have kept them like this from two to 8 weeks till i paired up the feeders but the longer you keep them the hatchability rate drops so im streching it a bit as it will be 10 or 12 weeks before i may have a pair down to catch them but if i get one out the two or be lucky and get both ill be over the moon as its another one or two yb off my best birds that would have been put in the bin and costs nothing better chance with 4 four or six but i dont want her laying anymore this year ill let you know how i get on with storing them so long something to think about i also do the the same thing but for a shorter store time by paring the best stock pairs in december and storing there eggs till mid january so the eggs are only 2 to 4 weeks old when put under feeders with allmost all hatching

[gulkie]

Walter a matÄ™ of minÄ™ tried this a number of years ago And the longest he managed

To store them for was 16 weeks after that they wouldnt hatch.

[geordie1234]

Good tip Walter

[TheHigg]

i got a couple of eggs from walters number 2 stock pair done what he told me for about 2 week waiting for a hen to lay that i paired up she took her time laying however one hatched on tuesday so thats me got something to put by for the future cheers walter

[Guest chad3646]

i got a couple of eggs from walters number 2 stock pair done what he told me for about 2 week waiting for a hen to lay that i paired up she took her time laying however one hatched on tuesday so thats me got something to put by for the future cheers walter

 

 

think you are a bit late on breeding

[scott mca]

Great tip Walter well done Joe one for the stock loft

[TheHigg]

Great tip Walter well done Joe one for the stock loft

something special to put away mate

[Guest chad3646]

Great tip Walter well done Joe one for the stock loft

 

a take it you are another new start

 

 

talking about stress early on on another thread, laying eggs and rearing is the most stressful time

 

give the birds a rest expletive remove