Fr.mike
44 posts
Dec 30, 2005
10:32 AM
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Hey All! Ok I got my first birds.Five pair from Steve Agent.They are norm reed line birds.I also have ten very young birds comming from Ruby rollers.
I have a basic goal the first breading season of finding out what birds in the (Reed) bunch have the goods.All of the (Agent/Reed) birds have been flown and were kept by Steve --All good performers. Steve has recemended the pairs he believes would do the best.I believe it would be the better part of wisdom to stick with his suggestion.
My question: How would you go about this?
A-wouldyou keep all the recemended pairs together the entire season--fly everything ?
B-Breed two rounds and switch ?
C-( Iam new at this so please bear with me-Iam trying to minamize the shell game Lol)---With either plan--how do I put my finger on the cocks or hens that are really holding the good cards?
Now as to the Ruby's--All are very young and probably wont be ready to breed until sometime in April/early May.If I get two rounds I will be Happy--seeing that they will be new to the mateing game.I am assuming Tony will make his suggestions as far as pairs go.
How would you go about determining which birds out of the ten unflown babys have the goods?
A.-Get as many rounds as you can-fly every thing--keep the best as holdovers Then breed the same pairs the next season before making any decisions?
As I said my main goal is to find the best out of both lots and then narrow down the breeders to the very best---and to my way of thinking only then will I REALLY have begun.
I am very open to your Sage advise
Thank you all for your time and imput
Mike
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