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    A trick that we're still missing

    Jan 17, 2024 5 minutes

    BUDGERIGARS

    USING a cock with more than one hen during a season is a good idea. I have always liked to use an outcross cock with at least two hens as quickly as possible, so to be able to pair a half-brother to a half-sister within a year. It is not only the outcross cock that I like to see produce plenty of youngsters in a season.

    I have always found that the best youngsters come from the best pairs. This subject takes me back to the time when I was in my last year as a novice. That year, I used my best six cocks with as many hens as possible. From those six cocks, I produced 96 babies before I used another cock that season. I was determined

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