dubbing our chickens today

[ChuckenGirl]

yuppers we are dubbing our chickens today and we read alot on it we just need to know 2 things:
will they fight right afterwards?
and this is off topic
but is it illegal in the state of maryland to dub chickens?

 

[ksacres]

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That is absolutely not true. We have temps every winter in the negatives and even with tight housing (no drafts) ample food and water, frostbite can and does occur. OE have males have VERY large combs and wattles, and are very prone to frostbite.

Dubbing is not purely decorative, it serves a purpose. Taking off combs and wattles when the bird is young and healthy is far preferable to losing them due to cold or injury which is a long, slow, and painful process.

Clean cuts always heal faster, and dubbing means healing wthout dead tissues sending toxins through the body.

 

[prariechiken]

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Sorry, but dubbing is a SHOW STANDARD equating this to cockfighting is like equating the ownership of pitbulls, mastiffs, etc. to dog fighting, lets not perpetuate any misconceptions and misunderstandings here please...

 

[MissPrissy]

Are you asking about dispatching and processing your cockerals?

 

[BirdBrain]

I think he means trimming their combs. Am I right?

 

[MissPrissy]

D'oh! I knew that! I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning

That is a very cruel thing to do. It is also taking off the wattles as well.

Why do you want to do that to your chickens?


Just a note - WHG is a girl.

 

[GAhen]

YUK!

 

[MissPrissy]

I know nothing about modern game birds. But I don't understand why it is done to them. Someone explain how it makes them better for showing.

 

[BirdBrain]

I thought she might be a girl after I wrote that. AAAARGH

WHG,Why are you planning to dub them?

 

[ChuckenGirl]

lol thank you mp.
and we have to take ff there comb. becasue the frostbite is extremly bad. and we want to show them and its a qualifacation for a chicken to be dubbed. i dont want to do it. but if it wasnt for the frostbite i wouldnt do it