How’s the breeding going

i think 3 years old misty no this year will be the first a sister to him raced well and yb same way bred is in olr sorry misty 2 ybs from 1st round are with local fancier

just weaned yb from broken wing hen  misty hope it looses some weight

thats a fat un george, i like to see ybs being well fed......hate to see weedy looking ones

it's now having to feed it's self

George & Morgan wrote:

it's now having to feed it's self  

Well reared young one George..

Would not worry about weight will soon find it's own level now feeding it's self.

Regards.

chap who had the 2 dr checkers will take 2 more to test will get a better photo in the week that's 11 ybs out happy with that

Hope they do well for the new owner George credit to you for rearing some crackers my self I have 11 or 12 in the nest under some other stock pairs which was floated under them and the pairs are back on eggs so hopefully will have about 22 young birds which will do me

best of luck to you next weekend Mark

had one small yb in a nest went to ring the bigger yb 6 days old could not see smaller one it was dead and bigger one was covering it

sometimes happens george, ive had the same thing ......i think a lot of the times its the parents who stand on them or it gets trampled if theres any fighting,

i dont think its necessarily because the yb is ill etc

it was very small David

These youngins well into the body moult now, not so keen on exercising now especially in cold easterly winds.

they are well into the moult colin, looking good ....

one the few times ive had a young bird team on the dark, they never wanted to exercise, i think thats why if i have another go ill leave them natural .......

looking well Colin and a very clean loft if there on darkness as ybs do it make much difference when they are old birds

George & Morgan wrote:

looking well Colin and a very clean loft if there on darkness as ybs do it make much difference when they are old birds

Not in my experience George, yearlings still act and behave like natural non-dark pigeons

i only bred 14 ybs this year but only this year do i noticed how much extra corn it takes to rear ybs they seem to eat more than old birds until weaned

it does george your right, i feed mine twice a day, on the floor in trays and also in the nest box ....its like doubling the daily intake,

i see the difference when ybs go to their new homes, the corn bill goes down drastically .

just gone to new loft to be tested  out

keeping this one for myself

Nice looking young one George.

Regards.

been weaned for a week now back in the loft  

looks like a bonny little hen to me George, well reared.

Regards.

you said it looks a gem lol

Then I will put it right George.

It is a little hen that is a little gem.

Regards.