Newbie 08
9 posts
Aug 05, 2008
3:00 PM
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approx how old before the young ones start to try and mate
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quickspin
797 posts
Aug 05, 2008
3:12 PM
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If they are in a kit cage full of sun light in around 3-4 months or sooner some times. You don't want that because they will just want to mate and not fly or perform. They will land early and if the hen lands the cock will land too. You will have problems and then the whole kit will do the same. You might have a hen with a egg and rolling and she might hit and there's the end for that hen. It takes one cock to start to want to mess with the hens and then that's it. I remouve those cock as soons as I see them doing it.
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SALAS LOFT
Last Edited by on Aug 05, 2008 3:22 PM
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rollsoffury
169 posts
Aug 05, 2008
3:15 PM
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I have got them start breeding at about six months or when you notice they are interested.
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Roll it
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CVRC
426 posts
Aug 05, 2008
7:12 PM
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having a cock and hen kit would minimize these problems....
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CVR
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sundance
715 posts
Aug 05, 2008
7:25 PM
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If a bird is that young, it probably has`nt proved itself yet in the air. Why are you thinking about breeding a bird so young.? just curious.
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Butch @
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PR_rollers
1472 posts
Aug 05, 2008
8:11 PM
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I agree with Butch,,I have birds here 10-Month now and i still haven't bred them until I'm sure they will be stable maybe a year and a half i will mate them.but patience is the key.
----------I always remember these words Pensom always said the youngster will be only as young as its mother.something like that.I have a bird here that is an 06 I still haven't bred it because I have seen some bad traits in it that I personally don't want to see repeating itself in the breeding pen.so it remains a kit birds.
Ralph
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Newbie 08
10 posts
Aug 06, 2008
12:23 PM
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not intending to breed the young ones at all. I'm just starting out and all my birds= 17 are under 90 days old with the exception of a mated pair which are about a year and a half. Just wondering should i keep the hens seperated from the males to keep them from mating until I can see how they fly and coordinate the mating?
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sundance
725 posts
Aug 06, 2008
2:39 PM
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if they`re in a kitbox with a wire floor, they probably wont be any hanky panky going on. I dont think they`ll try any way for anouther 3 or 4 months. 90 days is nothing to worry about.
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Butch @
Sundance Roller Lofts
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Newbie 08
11 posts
Aug 06, 2008
3:26 PM
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thanks Sundance by the way my nick name is Butch as well. I have had the young ones now for a week been feeding them twice a day moving them in a aviery daily and letting them trap back into the kit loft. They seem to be doing that very well they are aware of feeding time when I whisle. Do you think it would be wise to let a few of them out the aviery which have traps back in as well as traps to the kit cage?? want to start training and seeing if they are aware of home??
Last Edited by on Aug 06, 2008 3:28 PM
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PR_rollers
1479 posts
Aug 06, 2008
8:59 PM
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At 60 days they should be out flying...get them out if you have then train to your call and make sure they are on a empty stomach once you have them out, remember patience is the key ..feel them out.
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Ralph
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gotspin7
1662 posts
Aug 07, 2008
4:27 AM
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Mine start of the nest it seems like!...LOL..My birds start young real young at about 3 months not all but most.
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Sal Ortiz
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