Hows the breeding season going

[TAWhatley]

Peter .. such beautiful and magnificnt birds .. thank you for the pics!

Terry

[upcd]

I so happy everybody is doing with thier breeding. And my what beautiful Birds you all have.

[pigeonmama]

Hi, all,
Breeding season for me, ummm, well I did make it out to the loft yesterday, first time since Sunday's surgery. As of last night I had two pair each with a single egg, and one pair with two eggs. One pair lost an egg while I was in the hospital(Good pair of birds, drat!). I will go look at my birds as soon as I get the pep. I have one couple month old bird out there that I hand raised, and two little monsters that I'm hand feeding now. I have a few more pairs of birds coming soon. Won't let there be many more eggs laid/set as I don't want to over crowd my loft, just enough to show/sell later this year.
Daryl

[re lee]

Well here it is amost May 1st. My birds have been together for 2 months. I have 15 youngbirds and 2 more fertile eggs. I planned on raising 65. But It looks like I will not get that number. Might get close. I will breed thu july. So If they hit well I will be close. Have had several infertile rounds to deal with. And weather has been going up and down. But I will settle for the numbers I get. Can not expect more. How many young birds have you anybody raise this year. I do have a friend that has raised about 200 so far. But he has 60 pair to breed from.

[TaylorGS]

I have four eggs in one nest box. I know that those might not hatch, this is the seconde time. hmm...
Taylor

[Birdmom4ever]

Taylor, if you have four eggs in one nest you probably have a pair of hens. It usually happens with young hens who don't have cock-birds available.

[mistenle]

My neighbor had a pair of hens, the first 4 eggs were infertile but they obviously got smart because the next four hatched though they only raised 3 of the babies.

[pigeonmama]

Went out and candled tonight. Four out of six are developing, and the other two, well, it's too early to tell. Will keep you posted. Very wet and cold up here right now. I don't think summer will ever come.
Daryl

[Birdmom4ever]

We're eagerly awaiting our very first nun chicks. It's exciting because we weren't sure they would produce. We bought the pair for my son in October and the hen, Guinevere, turned out to have aspergillosis. She was on anti-fungal medication for four long months. It's very toxic and the vet told us there was a possibility it would destroy her fertility. But she tolerated the medication well and began to lay while still on it. We saved this set of eggs, her second set since she finished her meds. The vet declared her aspergillus free, though we have to check to make sure it doesn't recur. On his advice, we're not letting them raise the chicks themselves this year, but fostering them to another pair. I candled the eggs and both have good looking embryos inside.

[halfwatt]

Cant seem to breed them fast enough!!!!!!!

[halfwatt]

Hi everyone, my breeding season is going pretty good, trying to up my stock of breeders and raise some young for the young bird show this fall.....

[Doves1111]

It is already May 20th and I'm STILL getting infertile eggs from my 2 pair of fantails. I've trimmed their tails and vent feather (several times)...
they get fed 16% protein breeders pigeon feed...pigeon pellets...vitamins (Red Cell) added in their water a few times a week...high calcium grit...greens and wheat bread. There are plenty of windows for sunshine and air and also an attached flight.
The 2 pair were separated until recently...now they are together in the same loft with ringneck doves, but no other pigeons but themselves.
Can someone please tell me what am I doing wrong???

Dawn

[upcd]

I raise Indain fantails and fantails. They are harder to breed. I trimmed the ends of the tail and if there's no babies. I cut all the tail feathers. Must be careful other birds aren't interupting the breeding pairs special moment. I have put birds in a seperate cage to see if they are fertal. Sometimes I trade mates.

[PapaPigeon]

I'm breeding some show rollers and it's been a slow start. They are on their 4th round, and still none fertile. They were on worm meds, and just moved otuside, I'm hoping that will get them "stimulated." lol.

[re lee]

Try trimming all but 6 of the tail feathers. And trim them as short as you can. Then how old are the birds.