sorting birds out

started to-day to sort the birds out very hard first to go was broken wing hen she and the cock ruled the floor got one yb out racing this year next have to look at a olr hen i bought 2 years ago no eggs from her then a cock i collected injured  4 ybs from him lost training last year then the 13 year old cock not filling eggs olr hen has now gone no eggs last year or this year

i need to start reducing mine now, got far too many ........ i did however notice an old cock today whose foot was swollen, and the ring was tight digging into his leg ..... must have been like this and getting worse for a while without me noticing it, anyway i took the decision to cut the ring off other than that it could have died or lost its foot in agony .

seems a lot happier now , hopefully it will make a full recovery .

how is he to-day David

hobbling about george, but eating well and happy enough ........ ive locked him in his box for a while to give him chance to recover, just wished i`d noticed earlier as ive no idea how long its been swelling up

hope all goes well David

he seems happier in himself george, but the damage is done i think, so making a full recovery is out of the question i think........ but as long as he gets about and has some quality of life he is safe here.

i have 2 ybs to dispose of they were never right have a 12 day yb pick it up with one hand you can tell it's ok

sorry you have to do it george, but sometimes they just dont grow as they should eh ......

and difficult to tell from a photo

sorry to hear that george they looked ok but as you say its hard to tell ,you would know best after handling them

George & Morgan wrote:

started to-day to sort the birds out very hard first to go was broken wing hen she and the cock ruled the floor got one yb out racing this year next have to look at a olr hen i bought 2 years ago no eggs from her then a cock i collected injured  4 ybs from him lost training last year then the 13 year old cock not filling eggs olr hen has now gone no eggs last year or this year

Just life I'm   in a pigeon type environment George I suggest No sense, having a loft full of old timer types etc around our age as such .

been glad of the rest this year from breeding ybs, makes you realise the amount of work and effort we put into rearing them then dealing with the selling/courier side of things .