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I saw this posted somewhere on BYC a couple of years ago, and I get a huge kick out of it every time I see it! Neat stuff to be sure!
During World War II everyone was encouraged to have a "Victory Garden", so that we would be self sufficient. That included raising chickens. In OK the schools were not funded unless they had one chicken show a year and the Dept of Defense put out one of the best Poultry Books ever written.
Walt
Just had a flash back in one of the old poultry books I once read around the 1930s. If you have a broody hen and want to break her up put her in a wire cage with a wire floor like rabbit wire kind. Lets say its 18 inches square or a little larger. Put feed and water in there for her to eat. Hang this from say the celling. Every time you come buy her you hit the cage and make her dance around in the air. Do this ten to twenty times a day when you pass this cage. In no time she will stop being broody. I think the logic on the open air floor and cage was to break her of her hen fever or broodiness. Then when she stops clucking put her back into the main pen she came out of.One on the tricks to breaking a broody is not to allow her a place to nestle and get warm and cozy.So don't use bedding. I am not saying make to uncomfortable but she needs a bit of an airy place with sunlight. When I break up a broody I will place her in a 2'x2' wire cage that is on a stand which allows air under her (Of course with food and water). It usually takes 3 days to get her broke. It is not as cold here but chickens are more hardy that we give them credit for. I don't use any supplemental heat during the winter unless it gets very cold, but 15-18 degrees is about as cold as we get.
Good luck
Ron
Happy today to see 2 eggs from one of my Farthing (formerly Terry Britt line) Buff Orp hens. They never got going real good last year. One of my friends says these older hens start up early and pitter out by May. So I hope my Akers cock has covered that hen.
Last year I had my Akers cock on my Akers/Britt(Farthing) hen that is my avatar. They produced this cockerel amonst 9 others. Only hatched out 20 Buffs total from this pair.
Bob I remember you saying you liked the tighter feathered look. I think this is about what you were talking about. Tail maybe a bit high. Doug told me you always need to keep a high tail angle bird. Cause over time an Orp line will slowly have the angle level off unless you have a bird like this.
Here is a rear end view on the Akers cock I got from Doug 3 years ago at the Greenville Show.
He has done well with this one hen. Now it time to see what he can do with these 2 Farthing hens.
I like the wide load rear end on this boy. And love those thick legs.
I like the stockiness of that roo.