Mating up.

Put them together today. Choose their own mates. Some newspaper in the nest bowls. Few marijuana twigs, dried grass. 13 red cocks. 8 white hens plus reds. 1 blue pied hen. Other loft 5 pair, bc and bb.s. Going to get really cold so first eggs laid I will mark the box number on the eggs then put them in an egg carton. Bring in the house sit them on top of the fridge. 2 days later take them back. Should cut down on mortality. Reds and whites. Gonna be colourful young!

hope all goes well with the breeding hal ..........

halcanada wrote:

Put them together today. Choose their own mates.  Some newspaper in the nest bowls. Few marijuana twigs, dried grass.  13 red cocks. 8 white hens plus reds. 1 blue pied hen.  Other loft 5 pair, bc and bb.s. Going to get really cold so first eggs laid I will mark the box number on the eggs then put them in an egg carton. Bring in the house sit them on top of the fridge. 2 days later take them back. Should cut down on mortality. Reds and whites. Gonna be colourful young!

Why not do it your way there etc Hal I say, as truth be told as such, those that spend hours & hours I'm getting their pairings right, actually get it all wrong more times than not I suggest on average.

ive just let mine choose their own mates the last few years, odd few ive put together with certain birds .......if im in time for breeding this year i `m thinking of me choosing a few different pairings, see what happens ....

David wrote:

ive just let mine choose their own mates the last few years, odd few ive put together with certain birds .......if im in time for breeding this year i `m thinking of me choosing a few different pairings, see what happens ....

that's exactly what we do to david ,racers pick there own mates as to any breeders on last chance saloon all proven breeders are kept together and any experimental pairings are put together to ,makes life easier and some pairings surprise you

Think if you had a loft of healthy well bred pigeons and let them choose their mates you would have just as many good and bad ones as any other method.

The studs would breed all good ones otherwise.


Regards.