Hows everyones plans going so far

i have got 40 little bundles of yellow fluff in the nestpans so well happy so far

I 30 eggs at the moment one no good 29 ready to hatch but some will be sorted befor they hatch

rung 3 youngbirds and have another30 pair down on eggs so going well

did you pair racers and stock up at the same time ian or different times........

same time david this is so i can float some of the stock in the race loft and let the stock go down again earlier

ah right, i was wanting to do this but because im waiting to pair in feb it doesnt leave me much options but to get just one round off each really.......

leaving them till feb this year david i dont see the point of pairing up ealry my second round youngsters was geting better results than the first rounders and they were all off the same pairs

DAVID wrote:

ah right, i was wanting to do this but because im waiting to pair in feb it doesnt leave me much options but to get just one round off each really.......

David if you do what Ian and a lot more do you can get 2 rounds out of the stock birds and the youngsters will only be about 20 days different in age

just that i would need to float the stock eggs under racers which themselves will only be rearing one round, and i could do with testing their own young really.

Stock paired up few probs with some of the new stock i got in were late breds so not to fresh, Got first eggs yesterday so all systems go phil

was going ok till i lost 5 show racers off the loft today, god knows were there gone

who needs to cull, just let them out!

not been out since november and all they did was walk the garden , give em a nest pan and they learn to fly

Got Four eggs in the pans not even enough for an omelette ;-)

it will be mid february before i pair up birds birds are looking well
i still have'nt got my yb loft up yet will have to get cracking this week

Snap same with the loft here cant put it up till it arrives though going to put mine on a flat roof I'll have to invest in some ladders too !

Gaz Leicester wrote:

Snap same with the loft here cant put it up till it arrives though going to put mine on a flat roof I'll have to invest in some ladders too !

did think of putting my new one on the garage roof too, but decided the wind might be too strong where i am as it seems to be a bit of a wind tunnel round the side of my house........

would have liked it up there though.

still pairing 5th feb for me, the young cocks are charging around the loft and ready to pair up now, but will hang on till feb...

not long now David, soon be here

i know mark, cant wait.............the older hens are pairing up to each other so im keen to get them paired a.s.a.p.

even the 2010 cocks are raring to go..........

LOL.....give in to the temptation and get em paired LOL

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO

LOL LOL LOL

yes david you be glad when they are all paired why wait acouple of weeks when they are ready now

yes david you be glad when they are all paired why wait acouple of weeks when they are ready now

just read on other topic about your hens pairing together,,,,,,,,dont want to temp fate but you will end up in nightmare position of having hens lay or at least eggy when you do pair and load of clear eggs

or even hens not interested in the cocks

two of the hens will be spare but the other will be paired up............if i put this one in with the 2020 hens for a week will this stop the eggs being infertile...?