R.I.P my best stock bird

My best stock bird layed her second egg last night I went this morning to check she had laid and thear she was as stiff as a board not thin nothing poor bitch must have had a heart attac she was only 6 year old

sorry to hear that ginge did ya stick the eggs under somefin else mate ?

Yes I did and legge wanted a pair off them as he won the breeder buyer with one i will have to keep those two if they hatch

sorry to hear this ginger, do you think it was the cold weather or as you say a heart attack etc.

I dont think it was the cold mind you the dont like the cold that much they are all hudled up to keep warm

All the youngsters look good first rings on today about twenty more to go at the moment

Ginger169 wrote:

Yes I did and legge wanted a pair off them as he won the breeder buyer with one i will have to keep those two if they hatch

best thing to do is keep em for you eh mate

Rene A wrote:

Ginger169 wrote:

Yes I did and legge wanted a pair off them as he won the breeder buyer with one i will have to keep those two if they hatch

best thing to do is keep em for you eh mate

yes i agree rene, keep the ybs for yourself ginger, give him something else.........

sorry to hear the bad news mate and keep the last two for yourself anyone would understand that.

i had one last season , it was only 2 year old. it was the mother to the cw cock in my avatar. he was 2nd club for me plus in the 200 in the combine out of 19000 birds, wish i still had her

salt block ray.....?

DAVID wrote:

salt block ray.....?

wats this salt block mate as i never heard of it

hi darren, bit of a sore subject really.....in fact i shouldnt have mentioned it but last year ray tried a salt block when his birds were rearing ybs so the droppings would be firm, but a day or so later his hen was dead and he thought the salt could have contributed to it......

saoory ray, shouldnt have mentioned it......was a delicate subject at the time.

thats the one david

ah yes, thought it would be ray...........

yes she was a loverly hen

sorry david and to you ray i did not realise

oldstrain wrote:

sorry david and to you ray i did not realise

wasnt your fault darren, you wernt to know.............in a way i shouldnt have mentioned it but then again any help or info we can give each other should be available shouldnt it as you could have been going to try it and now you have someones opinion on it of how it MIGHT have effected their bird.

Sorry to hear about the stock hen 6 seems a bit young to go mind you....I have a 1998 hen just paired her up to the widow cock she was with last year, shes not as lively as last year and hasnt laid yet after 10 days, mind all my birds are a bit slower this year, lets hope this is not her last but shes 13.

i have a couple of 2010 janssens off a 13 year old cock and he still seems pretty fertile, with the help of the "magic powder" he hopefully will go on producing for a few more years yet martyn.

Thats it david keeep the oldies going.

rudderfett wrote:

Thats it david keeep the oldies going.

oldies are the best ones at the moment martyn......... might as well get as many as possible eh.......

DAVID wrote:

i have a couple of 2010 janssens off a 13 year old cock and he still seems pretty fertile, with the help of the "magic powder" he hopefully will go on producing for a few more years yet martyn.

David as long as he can tread the hen o.k he will still breed but as time goes you may find that he will breed when the sun is about lets say May June mate as the cold weather does them no good

breed of a 16 year old cock but in the May when the weather was warmer and he was in a section on his own with his hen

yes this 13 year old is in a section on his own with a few hens.............hes raring to go....

He will be fine