a few about now

eggs are starting to pop out took extra couple of days as to last year but a lot of new pairs and a lot of yearlings ...hope members breeding is going well

glad to hear it Darren, hows our one loft pairs doing...?

quite a few of mine on eggs now, went in earlier to remove trays and a smashed egg on the floor..... ah well plenty more to come I expect.......

yes potential one loft babies in the eggs another pair to lay yet though but it wont be long their making all the right signs

Race birds are laying now. Calendar is out. Marking off days I have to put dummies under them or dump them. To get set up for the first races, May 5th. 2 yearlings will maybe take a yb off. Will see, will not take young off unknown racers. (Yearlings.) 8 best racers are in the stock loft with few other proven pairs. Sched came on line today. Two 320 milers, 2 four hundered milers. All go if fit to 400 once or twice. Yearlings also.

halcanada wrote:

Race birds are laying now. Calendar is out. Marking off days I have to put dummies under them or dump them. To get set up for the first races, May 5th. 2 yearlings will maybe take a yb off. Will see, will not take young off unknown racers. (Yearlings.) 8 best racers are in the stock loft with few other proven pairs. Sched came on line today. Two 320 milers, 2 four hundered milers. All go if fit to 400 once or twice. Yearlings also.

ive got 2 eggs down some others moving straw about so i think now they have got over their illness and they are all looking well

that's a good way of assessing if they are feeling better denise , when ive had ill birds I always know they are on the mend when they start to show an interest in their mates, or building nests etc......also ive found, ill birds tend not to moult, but once they are getting better they moult.

just my opinion and observation , others might not agree

David wrote:

that's a good way of assessing if they are feeling better denise , when ive had ill birds I always know they are on the mend when they start to show an interest in their mates, or building nests etc......also ive found, ill birds tend not to moult, but once they are getting better they moult.

just my opinion and observation , others might not agree  

was like a big kid when i saw it as i expected loosing all my pigeons when i fisrt got them so im verry happy now

yes , its a nice feeling when they are all back to good health.....its depressing when they are ill, for me it takes away the enjoyment factor, because every time you go to the loft your half expecting another to be ill.

glad to hear yours are on the mend and a lot better.

Good for you Denise!

denise washington wrote:

David wrote:

that's a good way of assessing if they are feeling better denise , when ive had ill birds I always know they are on the mend when they start to show an interest in their mates, or building nests etc......also ive found, ill birds tend not to moult, but once they are getting better they moult.

just my opinion and observation , others might not agree  

was like a big kid when i saw it as i expected loosing all my pigeons when i fisrt got them so im verry happy now

Little magic type moment Denise there I suggest with your first eggs etc. No worry's also with the big kid scenario here this forum is full of those types .

That’s great news Denise. Seems like they’re on the up.

good to hear denise...had another 4 pairs lay last night a few more tonight by the looks of it hopefully by the weekend they will have all layed

oldstrain wrote:

good to hear denise...had another 4 pairs lay last night a few more tonight by the looks of it hopefully by the weekend they will have all layed

been to feed up this morning 3 more eggs so i think we can say now they have got through their illness

19 days and youll have some babies denise.......

Hope so denice but don't be to surprised if one crops up keep a close eye on the young birds out of them vaccinate as you part them off

markevans wrote:

Hope so denice but don't be to surprised if one crops up keep a close eye on the young birds out of them vaccinate as you part them off

Hi mark what do i vaccinate them with cos i will need to get it in ready

I use columbovac vaccination as it doesn't leave grease marks on the neck but that's my preferred one but nobivac is just as good same dose as the old birds Denise

David wrote:

19 days and youll have some babies denise.......

Hope fully so David for the moment thou here we won't tell Denise that our beloved Ray started out the exact same way as such.

agree mark ...give me colombovac over noblis ,make sure to take vaccine out of fridge a few hours before if using noblis as its like syringing porridge otherwise colombovac no problem

sounds like someone else as has same luck as me lol anyway thanks all for your advice will get some stuff in for my arrivals if nothing goes wrong

denise washington wrote:

sounds like someone else as has same luck as me lol anyway thanks all for your advice will get some stuff in for my arrivals if nothing goes wrong

Best I suggest Denise being first time around etc you get some one to help you there with experience if possible, when given your birds a vaccine shot as such.

Boosey wrote:

That’s great news Denise. Seems like they’re on the up.

Hi Boosey they are all looking good now lad whos been helping me while they have been ill said he expexted loosing bigest part of them come to have a look at them yesterday and hes very pleased with them when eggs hatch he said he will treat them for me so things are looking better for me now

glad to hear the good news denise, like I said in an earlier post, I find ill birds tend not to lay.....so your birds laying is, for me, a good sign they are on the mend and all is well......

Well done Denise, you've done a great job in brining them back to full health

Yes well done Denise on getting on top of the situation so quickly could have been a lot worse so full credit to you hope you get plenty of young birds out of them some photos would be nice