Birds together

Put my birds together this afternoon, will leave them aweek then split till rady for pairing for real, might have to alter one or two if they dont take to each other, its better to find out now than wait, this way i find i have no trouble when it comes to the real thing
Ken

yes i like the idea ken, was going to do it last week but as you know my back has been bad......might give it a go tommorrow if i can as i have some new pairings and i think this will help them settle down and pair easier when its for real. will also be using some pairs as feeders this year i think as i prefer to breed more from my stock birds rather than untried yearlings.....

The first round of eggs from my stock are always floated under the race birds, only select a few race birds to breed from
Ken

yes i agree ken, thats what ill be doing this year.......ones i know whats what for another year then ill breed off selected pairings of the best performers.

The lights are now on in the sheds to extend the day light hours,
Ken

what does this do ken, make them more active and ecourage them to pair up thinking its summer ?

Thats all david ur just kidding them that spring is on the way by extending the daylight hours
Ken

do you use any floor covering for warmth during winter breeding ken.........or for ease or cleaning out ?

No just scrape out twice aday, its what i do with the nest bowls lol
Ken

polystyrene chippings or something like that ?

Ken

or a duvet......15 tog

Ken

nest felts are quite good

Yes i agree Ian
Ken

ken do you use straw or tobbaco stalks

Hi Ian i use tobbaco stalks, cut down to about 4 inches, My nest bowls are wrapped in newspaper first, then a layer of shavings, on top nest felts then let the birds build the nest with the stalks
Ken

no chance of youngbirds getting cold or stressed good method might try this myself

used to wrap nestbowls in newspaer years ago ken, forgot all about it till youve just reminded me....put newspaper in the nestbox too and when it got too much droppings on it id just remove the paper and replace it. think we used sand as well in the bottom of the bowl as well.

DAVID wrote:

used to wrap nestbowls in newspaer years ago ken, forgot all about it till youve just reminded me....put newspaper in the nestbox too and when it got too much droppings on it id just remove the paper and replace it. think we used sand as well in the bottom of the bowl as well.

I see you are still having trouble with you P David

I use to drop my H's but im ok now. David you really have to stop dropping p everwhere


NAPPY CHRISTMAS whoops lost me H then

used to drop your h`s ?...........bet thats not all you used to drop amanda............P.M.S.L.....

Oh noooooooooo IM A GOOD GIRL I AM

The funniest thing i dropped was my aunts false leg.
I was doing my jake the pake impersonation useing Aunt Sheila's leg. When i finished i took my bow.
I was running to give Aunt Sheila her leg back when i dropped it and broke two of the attachments at the top.

Thats not the best bit......She took it to the guy at the hospital who said it would take a week to fix. Sadly her spare was too tight so he lent her one that did fit....
Thats still not the best bit......

The one he lent her was BLACK

When my dad see it he fell about laughing and asked what it was like being a half-cast

She was a great sport, always up for a laugh, and great at practical jokes