2011 Youngsters

Well had a quick look earlier and weve got 26 hatched and the other 16 should be out by the middle of next week................very happy

excellent, well done mark............think your the first ive heard of this year to have eggs hatch out.

thats a good hatch considering all the bad weather we have had well done mate

Well done mate

DAVID wrote:

excellent, well done mark............think your the first ive heard of this year to have eggs hatch out.

did lose a few, one old hen only filled one, another pair of yearlings only filled one and a hen in the race loft kept going in the next box along and fighting resulting in both lots of eggs not hatching

why do you think it is that one egg in the nest hatches and the other doesnt ....?

could have been first egg laid and not covered when the frost was on just an opinion

wonder if eggs can freeze if not incubated correctly.....?

birdy2011 wrote:

could have been first egg laid and not covered when the frost was on just an opinion

could be..................i know the old hen only filled one in her first nest last year?

Main thing for me is the parents to the NFC winner are back together this year, both "02" pigeons and first round hatched and they now laid up again

put 2 fresh laid ones in freezer then try to hatch um see what happens

birdy2011 wrote:

put 2 fresh laid ones in freezer then try to hatch um see what happens

bit of an extreme experriment eh...........

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

but let me know


i was asked today about swapping the first for a dummy and nearly 90% of remaining will be hens, same with keeping the first and swapping the 2nd majority will be cocks.................i have heard similar before but didnt have the answer for the lad?????

but we dont want to be breeding dummies mark

have you never been tempted to try it mark ? altho if it was true you could choose how many cocks and hens you wanted..........providing you didnt loose any tho.

birdy, you`ll be experrimenting with cloning next..................

what about putting the first eggs laid from 2 pairs together then the second 2 eggs laid together and see if you get 2 cocks and 2 hens ie first 2 may be cocks or hens just to test it

Plenty of dummies bred each year in every loft

think if i was a die hard widowhood flier i would look into this in more detail, but we race the hens so ideally want even split

birdy2011 wrote:

what about putting the first eggs laid from 2 pairs together then the second 2 eggs laid together and see if you get 2 cocks and 2 hens ie first 2 may be cocks or hens just to test it

be the perfect way to test it..........you would want two severly different pairs ie 2 reds together and say 2 blues together at least then you would still know who the parents were

Ours are all Blues, Cheqs with the odd WF

you might get a red or mealy from me for the oneloft mark............. are they allowed

NO REDS, MEALYS, WHITES OR GRIZZLES ALLOWED

ill second that one

thats ok mark there hawk bait anyway ill try and get 2 blacks lol

No discrimination at the one loft

but the funny coloured ones will be let out first to see if any hawks about

winners come in all colours as you all know, or you will do when mine wins the national.............

p m s l mark