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Hi, I am just setting up my bird house equipment ready for next years breeding and would like to know which Incubator and Brooder I should consider?
Many thanks
David

Hi Kandiceeeli. thanks for the comments. The main structure was used for a number of years when we bred Labrador dogs, as we no longer breed dogs I converted the puppy houses into night shelters and the dog runs into three flights. I used 40mm x 40mm hard wood timber with 16g mesh on the inside of t...

Thanks Mikeb, I will try Mark Jones later today
David

Johan, Thanks for the input.
I was thinking of the 'L' shape, only because I did not like the idea of the birds coming straight down onto the eggs / chicks
David

Hi,
Just thought I would post a picture of my recently completed Bird room and flights. Three flight with two Bird Room Night Shelters.
Hope to start breeding in January / February, Sorry about the washing line!
More pictures of my birds to follow
David

Hi, this is a newbie calling! Finished my bird house and flights two days before I collected my six birds (three pairs) in mid August. Never had Ringnecks before but always up for a challenge. I intend to breed, but, two of my pairs are experienced adults and should be OK the third pair are only Ma...

Hi Ush2611,very many thanks, just what I needed. Your mentor in the North East, would it be Chris Smith near Hull? If so we have something in common, I purchased all my six birds from him back in August. Finished the Bird Rooms and Flights two days before collection - a bit tight time wise!! Again t...

Many thanks,
I will keep my fingers crossed for your third baby!
David

Hi, I would like some explanation please. I have read that some breeders keep their pairs together all year round and at the same time keep the breeding boxes in place all year round, presumably, leaving it up to the birds to decide when to breed. Other breeders place the birds together at the begin...

Buks, Many thanks for the info.
Looks as though you may have your hands full in a few days / weeks time.
Regards
David

Kappa, Many thanks.
I will look at my print outs from the Genetic Calculator, I think I may have got it right!!!!!
David

Hi, I have looked at many books and topics on the web and there would appear to as many people with ideas as to the shape and size of IRN nest boxes as there are IRN. Can someone advise which is the most successful and what size / shape it should be? Vertical, 'L' shaped, etc. etc. Very many thanks ...

Hi, as a newbie to IRN breeding I would like some assistance in finding out what colour offspring I am likely to get from the following pairings: Pair 1 1-0 Cleartail Blue / Opaline (Father Cleartail Blue / Opaline, Mother, Cleartail Green / Blue) 0-1 Cleartail Violet (Father, Cleartail Violet, Moth...