Excange YBs.....?

has anyone got their exchange ybs in the nest or ready to go to the new owner yet.....?

mine will be going in about a week to ten days

whos getting yours ian...?

gareth david

what are they off ian, same as mine last year ...?

no they are off the pair that bred my youngbird national winner which is the hen that bred yours

that pencil cock is paired nicely to a lefebre hen, they are due to lay in the next few days hopefully.............expecting some nice ybs off them.

ian wrote:

gareth david

cant wait ian

mine are due out shortly peel bros having mine

ray got mine last year, this year martyn/rudderfet will be receiving two from me whilst i will be getting two from steve /sgw brown........

ian wrote:

no they are off the pair that bred my youngbird national winner which is the hen that bred yours

Ian which national did you win UNC, WDA

David my first youngsters hatched today, so wont be needing mine for a while at least 6 weeks. Cant remember who,s getting mine but they havent been laid yet, but should be this week, Im later breeding this year. but cant wait for the exchange birds to get racing this year.

think it says somewhere on site don, im sure it was in the yb auction ken held for club funds last year when ian donated two ybs off the hen.

rudderfett wrote:

David my first youngsters hatched today, so wont be needing mine for a while at least 6 weeks. Cant remember who,s getting mine but they havent been laid yet, but should be this week, Im later breeding this year. but cant wait for the exchange birds to get racing this year.

hi martyn, i only paired up 5th feb which was last week..........most are nearly settled down and looking ready to lay so will these be ok for you...?

great minds think a like david, My stock birds were only paired last week too, its only thewidow cocks that are starting to hatch out. things will work out just fine...thanks

most of mine look as tho they will be laying soon, altho i know this doesnt always work out this way........but hopefully i should get some to lay in the next few days and two of these will be the exchange ybs.

My widows took ages to lay, first eggs took about a week but the last lot were 3 weeks and longer, my stock birds were paired 3 weeks after and have almost laid the same time, so they went down quick, cant understand what made the difference.

all my stock birds seem ok but the old bird racers are all 2010 yearlings so im just a bit worried about these laying

Yes I think thats my problem with the widows, they are all either yearling hens or cocks or both, they do always take longer unless they had eggs as youngsters while racing.

you might have a point there martyn, the ones which look as tho they are due to lay all had eggs as ybs.............

I have 3 yearling hens all had eggs as youngsters and went down faster than older hens within 10 days, so maybe good thing to let them lays in the first year?

well mine have been paired 9 days so im expecting something soon........altho i know some of them did take a day or two to accept there new mates so it might take a few days extra with some.