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David
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:36 pm | |
| noticed this morning a few of my older hens are pairing up, shouldnt be a problem i dont think as i`ll be pairing them to their usual cocks in a couple of weeks time..........just hope they pair back up quickly, no time to loose.  |
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oldstrain
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David
Oldbird
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Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:38 pm | |
| shouldnt think so darren, these are 05 and 06 hens etc and have been paired to the same cocks for the last few years, so should be ok.  |
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Ginger
Youngbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:41 pm | |
| Dont think its that easy to spilt them up it dont allways happen like that |
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IANYOUNG
Oldbird
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Age : 60
Location : south shields
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:53 pm | |
| - DAVID wrote:
- noticed this morning a few of my older hens are pairing up, shouldnt be a problem i dont think as i`ll be pairing them to their usual cocks in a couple of weeks time..........just hope they pair back up quickly, no time to loose.
david i would split them as you want them fresh before you pair they might take a while if you dont |
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Don Webb
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:15 pm | |
| - DAVID wrote:
- noticed this morning a few of my older hens are pairing up, shouldnt be a problem i dont think as i`ll be pairing them to their usual cocks in a couple of weeks time..........just hope they pair back up quickly, no time to loose.
For me that is telling you it is time to pair them up if not then you may cause yourself problems later on |
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David
Oldbird
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Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:49 pm | |
| mmmm, no where to re home them tho.........no section spare/empty. |
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IANYOUNG
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:51 pm | |
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David
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:57 pm | |
| been thinking of it but just finished cocci treatment and doing canker this week |
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IANYOUNG
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:01 pm | |
| and , this wont harm them |
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Lightning
Hatchling
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Age : 50
Location : Hungerford
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:08 pm | |
| David, if your hens are pairing to each other now they will become eggy Then by the time you want them to pair with your cocks and you will end up having a load of clear eggs and a nightmare  |
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David
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:10 pm | |
| ah right, so do you think i`ll be best pairing now to save all this........ive 3 hens all paired to each other (05, 06, 07 birds)
ian, so would it be ok to continue treatment with the canker and then the worms...? |
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David
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:11 pm | |
| ah, just remembered, 2 of the hens will be spare anyway as im swapping the pairings for two younger hens,,,,,,,,,, |
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Lightning
Hatchling
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Location : Hungerford
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:13 pm | |
| the ideal scenario would be to split all these up and then pair when you want to......but you aint got the room to do that so i would run them together now..
How long have then hens been pairing to each other?
Also make a mental note with these as they no good as widowhood hens |
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David
Oldbird
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:16 pm | |
| hi mark, they have been pairing approx a week, then the third hen joined them about 4 days ago.........all three are stock birds which are not settled. |
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Lightning
Hatchling
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| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:18 pm | |
| start to show then to the cocks and get them to accept each other over the next couple of weeks (this should enable them to lay any unwanted eggs if they already eggy) and then pair as you previously wanted |
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David
Oldbird
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Location : Leeds
| | Subject: Re: Old hens pairing up...... Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:21 pm | |
| none of them have laid yet but i suppose they wont will they as theve only been paired about a week so far......  will me leaving it to feb i cant afford any setbacks so wondering now whats best to do... |
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