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    What breed is this ???

    Quote: Yeah I have a hen with a comb thats similar she looks more like she has antannae and it's natural, no idea what breed as I have never found out what mine is, If she is laying are her eggs blue ? (properly all the way through the shell blue, not just a blue coating that can be scratched...
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    What breed is this ???

    Quote: Thanks for the complement Littleoak. I'm curious now. I may do just that next spring.
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    What breed is this ???

    Quote: You actualy made me laugh. It does resemble a turkey head !!
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    What breed is this ???

    Thank you all for the input
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    What breed is this ???

    Quote: Thanks for the reply. I'm also puzzled by the comb tipe. I just can't tell if the comb is just like that naturaly or if is been dubbed in that fashion.
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    What breed is this ???

    This hen was given to me, but I don't know what it is. Can anybody tell ?
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    why would you Dub a chicken???

    Quote: And you are totaly entitled to act with your birds according to your believes just as I'm to mine. There are many unnatural things, for example: the extrimely large combs and watless of many cocks and hens as well as their body form; also the huge amount of eggs that many can put in a...
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    why would you Dub a chicken???

    Quote: Yes, it is a coling sistem, or so its been said before, but I think you miss the poin. It does not afect the animals health in any way. I've been around chicken for as long as I can remember and there is not a single difference in the way a cock will act in the hot sumer with or with...
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    why would you Dub a chicken???

    Quote: I think Pele gave basicaly all the answers, I would like to add however the fact that in areas infected with mosquitoes, the comb could represent a bridge for sickness to the bird as I have already experienced. I would like to enfacice the fact that for us who free range for part of the...
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    2 Roo's ganging up on hens....Rehome 1 or both?

    This is a very common vehavior with comercial poultry. I've seen it several times before and I have to warn you that in many cases the cock en up killing the hen. Unfortunatelly this vehavior is not likely to stop, which is the result of poor breeding selection, so, you may want to get another...
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    Are gamefowl mean?

    Quote: He definitely appears to be an american game; a young stag to(probably close to a year old). As a general rule, American Games are gentle whith people and only agresive(Territorial) with another cocks to the point of fighting till death if none of the two back down(and this preaty much...
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    Gamefowl

    Quote: Dont be afraid my friend !! I just started my own breeding program. I love American Gamefowl for their beauty, disposition, bravery and corage, health and capasity of survival when it comes to defending his hens and territory against predators ! They are magnificent and smart birds...
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    Mobile A-Frame coop from salvage and scrap wood.

    I kind of like the idea of this triangular coops. This is the second time I see someone doing something like this. I think it is a great idea; much less material and very practical to move around to different pasture areas of the yard. I definitely will be trying this to individualy walk and...
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    Gamefowl shows !!

    Thanks for the info. Greately apreciated ! I will contact them. I'm still open to as many other sugestions as possible. If anybody else knows about other places, feel free to respond. Thanks.
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    lost 8 last night. 17 in 2 1/2 months.

    When you have predators, you have to think about all the possibilities. I lost 3 six week old chicks this year to a very clever fox. I knew he was coming around, and he had never been able to get trouhg the chicken wire until he figured that a small section on top of the 4 feet tall cage, had...
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