gentle johnnie
26 posts
Apr 23, 2009
3:19 PM
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got my birds from cliff just over three weeks ago and have first eggs now waiting for other two pair and three pair of feeder to lay so can toss and get every one on same time, also let kit birds out for first time all trap in as soon as i whistle and shook feed can will do same tomorrow with kit then take off masking tape- can hardly wait to see them fly
Gentle Johnnie "Angels of the Sky Loft"
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donnie james
404 posts
Apr 23, 2009
3:24 PM
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hay johnnie congrats and now you got your young birds trapping and you got the hardest part over with and now your on your way...................donny james
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rtwilliams
GOLD MEMBER
395 posts
Apr 23, 2009
10:10 PM
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Johnie
Congrats, Cliff has some good stuff, they should be good.
Do not know if you tought of this, but for some help for the other pairs, and next year. I breed my foster first. Get them on a set of eggs, Toss eggs and then put fake eggs (Tony Sells them) under the foster pairs. Then put your good pairs together. Most pairs will have eggs in 12 days or so. After your good stuff has been together for 3 days, yank the wood eggs. The two sets should lay close together. You do not really need the fake eggs if you are willing to toss them at 3 to 4 days old. In this manner you do not waste your good eggs.
I will let my foster raise the first round on occassion to replace older foster, or to get more fosters also.
by doing this I have not thrown away good breeder pair eggs, except at the end of the season, when I break them up.
Just an idea to think about
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RT Williams
Last Edited by on Apr 23, 2009 10:12 PM
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gentle johnnie
29 posts
Apr 24, 2009
2:29 PM
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thanks rt didn't have fosters to start with but have them know will have to toss this time but will try that next year for sure GOD BLESS!!
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Gentle Johnnie "Angels of the Sky Loft"
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