How’s the breeding going

do you know how long they have been sitting David

no i dont george, quite a while i would think, probably nearly ready to hatch .....i never write the dates down of when the eggs are laid, only when they hatch .

same here David do check after a week if they are full

i never usually bother george, if they hatch they hatch, if they dont they dont ....

must say ive had quite a few eggs not hatching this year, probably more than other years ....

same here had 4 die in the shell

plans now are not to hatch any more this year, once these ybs are gone im separating them ....

much better photo of to-days bird at Cotswold valley olr

going by the photos numbers are very low so far, i'm not interested in the prize money more than happy to get them from the final and bring them home

Nice little fella George hope he does well.

Do the OL put the electronic ring on ?.


Regards.

would think so misty

these 2 are now ready to be gifted  out

these 2 i'm keeping here

Good job George they look well and truly settled in already.

Regards.

i'm not sure if it was because she had a broken wing and was not able to cover 3 eggs 2 died in the shell this one hatched and is not from her it's from a dr ch hen i bought but would not  nest just laid any were

Would never have had three eggs in a nest George, nature knows best, rather just have one.than three.

Regards.

did not know which one to throw away at the time misty

i think im going start smashing eggs now, i dont really want any more hatching .......will be auctioning the next group of 6 this week coming hopefully .

i've just got 0ne pair nesting may try one more pair

i was going to keep one pair back for future breeding, but both the pairs that had eggs that i was going to choose from have gone cold and they have left them ....i`ll either choose from what i have or not bother keeping a couple this year .

David wrote:

i think im going start smashing eggs now, i dont really want any more hatching .......will be auctioning the next group of 6 this week coming hopefully .

If you are going to keep them paired up David why not sit pot eggs.

Keeps them happy and they know when the eggs are not going to hatch and do not develope soft food and moult better.

Regards.

i do sometime put plastic eggs under them misty, but i dont like to do it too often, as i think it can contribute to sour crop .......as you know pigeons only start to produce milk a few days before the eggs are due to hatch, and if they are continually sitting plastic eggs i dont think its good for them .

i might let them sit plastic eggs for maybe 12 days, and then take them away before they start producing milk , and as you say it will keep them happy .

George & Morgan wrote:

these 2 are now ready to be gifted  out

nice pair of ybs george ,good luck with yer one loft entries i hope you get a good run for yer money atb

Nice pair of young ones George.

Hope they go to a good home and the fancier lets you know how they go good, bad or indifferent.

Regards

get my corn from him misty

will be sorting out which ybs are ready to put on elimar at the end of the week, usually put them on around thursday to end sunday ....