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by grunto
Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:56 am
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Help hand rearing - Eastern Suburbs, Melbourne, Australia
Replies: 3
Views: 1565

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...
by grunto
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...
by grunto
Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: Breeding IRNs
Topic: Help With Breeding
Replies: 0
Views: 1022

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...