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- Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:56 am
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Help hand rearing - Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne, Australia
- Replies: 3
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Re: Help hand rearing - Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne, Australia
I pulled the clutch because the parents killed the first clutch this season (4 babies). I just didn't want the second clutch to suffer the same fate. I actually hatched them in an incubator (pulled the eggs after 20 days). I have hand reared day old babies for a number of seasons now (I have two pai...
- Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:25 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Help hand rearing - Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne, Australia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1565
Help hand rearing - Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne, Australia
Hi, I have a clutch of baby IRNs which I have pulled from the nest (as the parents killed the last clutch). They are only two days old. I had hoped to hand rear them (I have done this previously) but due to a combination of work and travel, I am unable to do so over a number of days over the next fe...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: Breeding IRNs
- Topic: Help With Breeding
- Replies: 0
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Help With Breeding
I am hoping someone can help. I have 3 IRN pairs. The first pair mate each year and typically produce 3 - 4 eggs in a clutch. Normally 2 - 4 hatch but the hen doesn't feed them and they die. They then breed again (in the same season), produce another clutch and same result. Three years ago I grabbed...