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good idea. If i had thought about it, they are in a pecan orchard and putting them under the trees more could help a lot. if anyone else has any ideas, home rememdies etc. im open

any suggestions on helping them beat the heat? That could be it, its been hot and we have had a ton of rain lately. one of the hens was giving swimming lessons a few days ago.

I have thirty one laying hens, Buffs and RIR, that started laying in early February and for the first 5 1/2 months produced two or more dozen a day and now have dropped off to a dozen. I do have a few broody hens (3) but beyond that nothing has really changed. I have them in a poultry netting...

Ive been on here for about a year now but din't know there was a Georgia page. Just a little intro: I live in Wilkinson County, have about 200 chickens (about 80 layers and 120 Capons for meat) We free range eggs and have pastured capons. I learned how to caponize about a year ago, got fairly...

this has been a pretty popular thread for caponizing. Great info. I have done quite a few now, and learned a hard lesson last week. I had about 35 set aside to caponize. We started around noon on Wednesday (because I get off early that day) and with a helper it took us about 3 hours set up...

Kassaundra, this thread is awesome. Great pics and instructions. I hope im not switching gears too much. I bought the kit from china a while back and paid more money than what is being charged now. Mainly because he didn't have all the kinks with paypal worked out and shipping was...

I'm trying my best to get some people who have successfully raised capons to give me some advice. I really appreciate those you who have sent pm. It has been real helpful. I'm trying to get as many people as possible to weigh in. If you have done any caponizing and can give me any advice on...

I would like to get some help from seasoned "caponizers" So far I have caponized about 75 chickens and have 11 of those that are 5 months old. Unfortunately two dogs killed 65 of my capons in one night. I feel confident doing the surgery because I've done so many but I'm a bit clueless on...

I was hoping I could get some help from some of you guys on this thread. I have caponized about 70 birdS so far and become some what efficient but am still a COMPLETE novice at raising them. Some of my first could be slips because two or three are very rooster like. They were RIR and Barred...

Well I have caponized about 75 chickens now. Unfortunately some didn't make it but quite honestly I killed two on purpose thinking they were going to bleed out and I didn't want them to suffer. One that I thought was dead I laid aside and then 10 minutes later looked and he was standing next to...

I love this thread I have 50 new chicks, 18 of which are cockerells soley for the purpose of caponizing. you guys talked about straws, forceps, spreaders and several diff tools... looking back after a few months any recommendations on tools, what to get what not to? what to augment? what to...