I have a couple game chickens that will be used for some videos later. They are a three year old cock and a pullet just shy of one year. During this effort they will produce a brood to be used for display purposes. We recently constructed a wooden deck on the west end of house that has a railing that varies from 6 to 15 feet above ground. During much of the day the birds are confined together in a 4' x 5' x 5' pen roughly 60 feet from west end of deck. At end of each work day I will be releasing the birds to free-range in yard. It took some work to get cock's territory boundary out of contact with cockyard.
The birds will be enticed to fly up from ground to a point on railing that is about 12' above the ground. The rooster is one that readily flies to hand when called although the pullet is a bit shy. I am trying to get rooster to entice her to fly up for the meal worms. Rooster is a bit underweight which is part of reason he was selected for this effort. He will be babied nutritionally with large particle feeds to compensate for his bill damage.
Complications to this effort include dogs, kids and an exceptional free-range forage base.
The birds will be enticed to fly up from ground to a point on railing that is about 12' above the ground. The rooster is one that readily flies to hand when called although the pullet is a bit shy. I am trying to get rooster to entice her to fly up for the meal worms. Rooster is a bit underweight which is part of reason he was selected for this effort. He will be babied nutritionally with large particle feeds to compensate for his bill damage.
Complications to this effort include dogs, kids and an exceptional free-range forage base.
