May 2013

5 May

Pleased April is behind us looks like May will determine the overall success for the season. Plenty of eggs set at the moment and a fair few chicks but not where I'd like to be with them at this time. Think with the move earlier in the year and the weather plus the addition of some unwelcome northern mite in a couple of nests it's been a tough old start, still a strong May will make all of the difference.

Pleased that the young I have got are off pairs that I wanted birds off, including this pair again who I've put together for the third year in succession. The previous two years this pair have bred colour winners for me, obviously hoping for a third year!

Clear line seem to be producing the goods for me, hope to have a strong team there. More updates soon!

I really like this pair, the hen is the bird on the homepage of my site, the cock her half brother.

These two young are the first round off this pair in 2013, a variegated and a dark bird, there a couple of weeks old and the hen having been mated again is in the process of building up again