http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/ The Roller Canary Journal Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:56:37 GMT http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5176 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5176 Reminder from: rollercanaryjournal Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/cal Regular Meeting of the Oakland International Roller Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:13:58 GMT Justin Agrella http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5175 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5175 Intersting. I have no idea what our bands are in reference to other club's bands. How thick are your bands? I had no problem banding my young ones this year Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:03:26 GMT r.wild@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5174 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5174 Yes Ed. They are 1 mm wider. They take a little getting use to. Most of the breeders liked them. We ordered the same size for 2010. Rw2 ... From: "edwin_nagy" Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:01:16 GMT edwin_nagy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5173 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5173 Are the new bands we are using this year wider,I can't recall the last time I've had such a difficult time banding. Any ideas? Thanks Ed Nagy Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:55:51 GMT birdman9336@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5172 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5172 Thank you all for the input. I had 35 out 50 infertile. I may have been over zealous with my pre breeding conditioning. The majority of the males are 3 to 5 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:26:32 GMT Edi Ivan http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5171 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5171 It is possible that the year before the hen was over used, laying eggs 4 or 5 times, even more. If you bought it from a person you do not know most probably Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:28:36 GMT Justin Agrella http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5170 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5170 How old is the hen? She could be either too young or too old. You have tried about everything I can think of. That is all I can come up with. Regards, Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:25:12 GMT Boppfarms@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5169 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5169 Ed. Linda Hogan suggested giving vitamin E one day per week when I had this problem several years ago, seems to work. Birds should not be to fat going Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:46:39 GMT UgoDamiani@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5168 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5168 what about a hens I try so many males , nothing she does not make no nest, , I try everything that I know, egg food , fresh egg, 14 hours of light , any Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:07:11 GMT rmay897970@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5167 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5167 Hey Ed.? Is it possible your males were too fat, I had problems with one male I put to six hens and all the eggs were infertile.? I put him in a really large Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:16:34 GMT edwin_nagy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5166 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5166 The fertility rate is 30% for two rounds. Any suggestions? Thanks Ed Nagy Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:57:49 GMT http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5165 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5165 Reminder from: rollercanaryjournal Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/cal Regular Meeting of the Oakland International Roller Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:52:18 GMT Justin Agrella http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5164 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5164 I think it has more to do with what the birds were raised with. It takes a long time to get birds to eat something that they are not used to. Rather than Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:32:49 GMT Randy Dean http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5163 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5163 Hi Justin, Just one note on your post about Oatmeal, I used to give my birds Quick Oats(from the Grocery store) and put them in a seperate dish, and they eat Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:21:32 GMT Justin Agrella http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5162 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rollercanaryjournal/message/5162 I was corresponding with a person regarding her birds and offered some answers to her questions and a few comments. I thought I might share those here for