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by nitro4lf
Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:03 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: this guy must be pulling my chian
Replies: 0
Views: 1157

this guy must be pulling my chian

hello not new but first post to the forum i was talking to a breeder (pomona, CA fair) the other day and he told me he had a IRN and a Rosella breed together and that he would sell me the couple for 5,000 i told him to take a hike :lol: i don't believe that these two species can breed or can they. a...
by nitro4lf
Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:46 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: ? on breeding IRN's & why mom killing offspring
Replies: 10
Views: 5101

I inspedcted them last seasson and the mother killed the offspring so this time i didnt even want to peek at the nest box until after about a month and a half when she laid the last egg's so if there were chicks they would be about 2-3 weeks old so i could hand feed but 2 days before inspecting i no...
by nitro4lf
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:37 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: ? on breeding IRN's & why mom killing offspring
Replies: 10
Views: 5101

? on breeding IRN's & why mom killing offspring

i have had a pair of IRN's for about 5 years, last year i had a clutch of about 4 eggs but only 1 was born and the rest were fertile but the female killed off the only baby that hatched and she left the nest so the other babys died in the egg's This season the same thing happended is it that she is ...
by nitro4lf
Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:22 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: hi does any one know how to make a nest box or an incubator
Replies: 3
Views: 2953

i make all my nest boxes for my birds and also for my irn's a large clock nest box would work dimensions are 12"W X 24"H X 12"D entrance hole is about 4" hole
by nitro4lf
Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:14 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: ? on tags or rings
Replies: 2
Views: 1417

? on tags or rings

does any one know how to get the tags or rings that are on some of the IR'S feet the ones that tell you there info. like age and stuff like that all i can get are some plastic ones but they seem uncomtherbal to some of the cockatails i have put on i just ended up taking them off. but the metal ones ...
by nitro4lf
Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:06 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: hello new to this forum hatching question
Replies: 7
Views: 2746

hey

just finished checking the eggs out of all of them there was one that had a dead baby chick and the others seemed to be infertile they just had a white liquid inside like water. so what im going to do is plump them up for next season ? does this mean that my IRN'S are an infirtile pair or just wasnt...
by nitro4lf
Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:01 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: hello new to this forum hatching question
Replies: 7
Views: 2746

il try to check the eggs if theres any embryos today after work but if there are embryos should i just leave them there or still take them. I have a brooder can i put the eggs in there to incubate or should i invest in an incubator (does any one know of an inexpensive one)
by nitro4lf
Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:06 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: hello new to this forum hatching question
Replies: 7
Views: 2746

hello new to this forum hatching question

i have a pair of irn's the male is a split and the female is a green they have laid their firs clutch of the season about 5 eggs but is been about 53 days since the first egg was laid and still no chicks i know thier hatching period is 23 days but i dont know what to do they seem fine male feeds the...