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Production and Business => Propagation - Advanced Science => Topic started by: German short-hair owner on April 14, 2010, 03:14:36 PM
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s85 I've read up and searched this site and couldn't find anything close to an answer on this. I have three ringed-neck pheasant hens and two roosters. I have separated the roosters with their own hens and have been successful in getting eggs for a week. In theory, I should be getting twice as many eggs from the rooster with two hens but I'm not even getting as many as from the single hen. Should I switch the roosters to try to increase production or just leave as they are?
Also, how long can I keep the eggs before incubation? I have them at 55 deg and about 70 percent humidity (which is what I found on this site). I'd like my incubator to be as full as it possibly can be.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
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s85 I've read up and searched this site and couldn't find anything close to an answer on this. I have three ringed-neck pheasant hens and two roosters. I have separated the roosters with their own hens and have been successful in getting eggs for a week. In theory, I should be getting twice as many eggs from the rooster with two hens but I'm not even getting as many as from the single hen. Should I switch the roosters to try to increase production or just leave as they are?
Also, how long can I keep the eggs before incubation? I have them at 55 deg and about 70 percent humidity (which is what I found on this site). I'd like my incubator to be as full as it possibly can be.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
Every hen is different, you may have a late starter or late layer. That not all bad because that hen may lay longer into the summer.
I would not change anything leave the roosters alone and let them settle down.
Make sure you are feeding them "Game Bird Layena" or any game bird feed that's around 20% protein.
Keep the eggs for no longer than 7 days before putting them into the incubator.
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You start moving birds around during breeding season, and you may end up having a blood bath....
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What he said ^... n3st
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:?: Day 24 in the incubator and we have moving eggs and cracks. Fingers crossed!!! :?: