Carm
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Post by Carm on Oct 19, 2013 6:35:02 GMT -5
What do you do to get ready for the breeding season? I want to breed for January instead of the spring. What do I need to do to get the ball rolling. I have lights on a timer for when the time comes. How early/gradual do you start changing the daylight hours. I assume you bump the feed protein level up a bit also. My breeding birds stopped laying in June. They didn't lose many feathers, so it was hard to tell when or how long they were moulting. Any tips?
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Post by bamachicken on Oct 19, 2013 12:06:50 GMT -5
Carm I don't do anything really special except make sure I have hens laying steady and a Cock or Cockerel that is breeding. I check the eggs for fertility. Sometimes on the older boys you may not get good fertility until later in the Spring. The older guys seem to have favorites and so I never give them over 3 at a time.
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Post by d12chandler on Oct 19, 2013 15:44:18 GMT -5
Carm, I don't do much different either. I do a few management deals like cleaning pen and putting down fresh chips. I also worm and debug. I also trim feathers around vent. I turned my lights on today. I will be ready when they are.
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Carm
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Post by Carm on Oct 19, 2013 17:28:31 GMT -5
Thanks. If I put them under lights now, do I put the male in too? Or should he be under the lights but kept separate until they start to lay?
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Post by d12chandler on Oct 19, 2013 18:31:33 GMT -5
I put mine together, when they lay the first eggs, I'll check it to see if it's fertile.
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