paired up racers

paired up our racers today letting them pick their own mates ...bedlam is a understatement a few have already settled now though but still plenty activity in their ...4 ybs hatched last few days in the stock section of 6 pairs another 2 tonight hopefully ,how are other members doing or what are your plans atb

I'm probably pairing up within first 2 weeks of Feb

Still looking to pair our race birds up on the 26th Jan - that is if we have any hens to pair up.

Today another 'hen' decided it was a cock (or at least it thinks so) - I really do NOT want to breed birds as late as we did last year - too much trouble!

So now we are down to 6 hens and 15 cocks.

I think I am going to select the best 6 cocks from our race team and then let them choose their mates.

And race the rest of the cocks on a 'sort of' celibate system.

We will see - I could get better advice or come up with a brain-wave before then.

The two lots of eggs I had to put under foster parents at the beginning of breeding, because other cocks were trying to claim their boxes, are all fertile and the two couples in question, have laid their second round over the past 3 days. So things are looking up.

Phil

Not pairings race team this year keeping them separate and train them up separate then on Friday night just let them in together for a few minutes and off to the race

oldstrain wrote:

paired up our racers today letting them pick their own mates ...bedlam is a understatement a few have already settled now though but still plenty activity in their ...4 ybs hatched last few days in the stock section of 6 pairs another 2 tonight hopefully ,how are other members doing or what are your plans atb

Bedlam "smile, smile" I can relate to that O/S etc. Many a time the first round doesn't quite turn out like the text book tell's us as such. Cheers.

another 2 chipped out last night and another pair laid

Yes we had another lay her first egg last night.

First eggs due to hatch on 22nd Jan.

Phil

just perfect for darkies... laying now phil

Not a good start as I expected, out of 7 pair of racers only 3 pair laid,
My tumblers went down the same time and eggs everywhere .

Oh well, see what happens over he next week or so

Give um time Chris new loft new environment and its been cold and damp

Don't get too despondent Chris - they will come around.

Are your birds a 'Love Match', or did you choose the pairs and put them together yourself. That can make a difference.

I still have two pairs that get on together OK, (no fighting or pecking) but I have never seen them copulating and they don't seem too bothered about making a nest.

Keep cool and don't loose your nerve!

Phil

hang in their chris it took nearly 2 months for new stock to lay here they need to settle as mark says if it was spring things would be moving a lot quicker but its been cold so give them more time m8 they will come good I still have 2 pair to lay here but they are going through the motions now at last atb

Not alot I can do, just have to let nature take its course, was expecting more but that's pigeons for you, lol.

chris perry wrote:

Not alot I can do, just have to let nature take its course, was expecting more but that's pigeons for you, lol.

Your right Chris, it is what it is, I've just put rings on our first chicks and I've 2 pairs not laid yet, just let em get on with it, it'll happen soon enough