PROFILE

When I bought a 25% share of the John Wilson stud in October 07 it was obvious that some  Huxley & Marchant blood was present. I had already obtained a number of birds from a couple of sources which were Huxley and Marchant bloodline. When I paired some of these two lines together for the 08 season the quality of some of the young showed an improvement. I would say that around 90% of my birds are now made up of John Wilson / Huxley & Marchant.

2011  Breeding   Season

I have had a late start to the breeding season this year not pairing up until the 9th January 2011 due to being away for Christmas and New Year. I paired up my usual 10 pairs to start with working up to a total of 15 pairs.

The only outcrosses that came in were from the line of Alan Marchant. As John Wilsons line was already heavily mixed with Alan's birds the out crosses were probably related in some way and did not present as much of a risk to the overall stud. 

The breeding season is now well under way and things are going well. I have just had one setback with a hen that has feather plucked the chicks at around 15 days. I have removed her and the cock will now finish rearing them. I am very pleased with the quality of the chicks from the first round.

The early signs of the breeding program look very promising.

It is now the middle of September and I have rung 148 chicks. I think the overall quality is very good.