Recent content by jdfog2

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Get some Bielefelders - they seem to live by the feeders :)

We have 3 GL Wyandotte young hens and they are "easy keepers" so far. I barely even notice them amongst the others. They are relatively quiet and calm. They are coop mates with 3 Buff Orpingtons, 4 Bielefelders, and 3 Barred Rocks. All of them seem to get along well but the Buff Orps and one of...

Yes. I plan to put the cages they are currently in inside the chicken tractor and keep them there several days. Worked well when I put some Barred Rocks in with our Bielefelders. Tractors are 10 x 7 feet. There are 21 in one and 31 (smaller/younger) in one. The 2 girls will go back into the...

Nice writeup and photos. Those bagged birds look great. I am buying a plucker and had decided it would probably be a Kitchener as well. I came to that from reading reviews on Amazon. Plus, reviews for many other brands had pics of dented / damaged in shipping pluckers. I don't care to spend...

Thank you for the response. JD

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Hi all, I goofed and used bluekote on two pullets (Buff Orps) about a month ago. Both had badly broken skin on the backs of their necks from being aggressively treated by a Cockerel that turned into a rooster seemingly overnight. So the girls are in two separate dog cages in my pole barn. I...

My wife and I did 3 cockerels a few weeks ago. July 4th weekend. My first time in 45 years or so. I was 17 the last time...I was 8 the first time. Seriously, you can do it. But, without equipment (plucked especially) that's gonna take time to do all of those. No shame in using a butcher. But...

"the big problem with treats" - spot on! the post above was written by someone that has it figured out! I started out 40+ years ago with treats. Learned quickly from someone else that trained a lot of successful bird dogs other methods. All of those require consistency and patience. But...

Pretty much agree with this ! I'm 62 years old so I've been around a while and have had several dogs. I currently have (or maybe they have me), two Labs. And a German Shepherd. And one of our son's German Shepherd's lives with us. So we have 4 dogs in our house. All 4 are amazing. I used to...

Really like those coops

Replying "better late than never" Been busy from well befoe sunrise to 11pm everyday lately. Here's a couple sort of recent pics. I will try to remember to take mire the next few days. Been melting in this heat and humidity.

I wrote a lengthy post a day or two ago regarding having had to "hospitalize" 2 pullets a cockerel /roo had torn up very badly. This morning just after 0600 when I arrived at barn to take care of them I found a small egg in one of their cages. Still warm. She (Buff Orp) seemed proud of it...