Hows Breeding Going...?

hows members breeding going...? ive about 18 eggs off mine, not all of them will be hatched though.

Still to early for me round about March

we got 5 in the nest but their going out to another member and 2 others have laid expecting the racers to lay throughout the week ,going to have to take a few off them enough to let all the pairs raise a single yb each not going to take ybs off everything in the race team though

Got six to ring soon, still no more eggs though,

But its a start

Just paired some stock up,the rest at the weekend

chris perry wrote:

Got six to ring soon, still no more eggs though,

But its a start

Virtually finished down here etc. Kept one  small section going thou for a 3rd round sadly just to try & out do our beloved Ray . Cheers.

Mine just starting to lay again after the mink episode. Puts my young a little behind from the full molt scenario. ie. Early young, wean in to daylight regular hours, end of June 18 hour lights til end of season. Full molt.

It will take some doing that .out doing me lol

We're doing ok, a few minor setbacks but all in all things are looking good, get these ybs out the way and straight onto darkness, we are going to try and compete with these lads at the club with their dark ybs birds this year

Magnificent 7.....

lovely kit their hal

yes I agree , nice looking ybs there hal....I notice you have the water heater in the drinker.

heater a must for water. Not because the birds drink a lot but heck of a job when all is frozen inside the waterer! Hard to get the ice out.
The black seeds are sunflower. They do not eat them yet. Come in the wild bird seed I add to the mix.

not good at moment, paired stock 3rd jan, but those that layed didn't sit tight until 10days ago, had one hatch last night so that pair were first down and are 7 days later than I thought, cold snap put them off I think,

Lovely young birds their hal well bred I noticed the water heater as well

They look tidy Hal, credit to you mate

redrog wrote:

not good at moment, paired stock 3rd jan, but those that layed didn't sit tight until 10days ago, had one hatch last night so that pair were first down and are 7 days later than I thought, cold snap put them off I think,  

Disappointing when things don't go quite to plan Redrog etc.Text book scenario & real life can be out of kilter I would suggest at times. Especially when the weather tends to be on the crap side as such. Cheers.

we had our first racing hen lay last night ...all yearling hens

Most of the hens laying now. Minus 9 C now daytime so they will have to sit the first egg tight. The smart ones seem to know this.
Right of the pics is the plastic mesh divider. Section is 8 foot by 8 foot. Had to halve it due to small amount of birds. So I can tame them. Tame birds are not slow trappers. Bad trappers are a management issue, not a bad bird.

Your right there Hal.
I'm pairing mine tomorrow all being well

had another 2 hens lay their first egg tonight in the race section....getting their

Got my first ybs 2 days ago .about 6

Seems like its all going to plan

4 more hatched out, went in today and found shell on the floor and 4 babies in the nest, have got 2 hatched 2 weeks ago which are coming on nicely......

markevans wrote:

Seems like its all going to plan

Going to plan . Had a look on that other site etc     of photo's of some ones first round there as such. 29/36 was my tally, or 80.5% . Normal, going to plan ??? or some improvement required one could ask .
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