I raise chicks outside from day one without no heat source they use each other body heat to stay warm after about day 2 of them being outside in the weather there more use to it and handle it just fine and I mean I’ve had some do fine in 40 degrees after the first week of it being like 60 or...
I know this post was 7 years ago but id get gamefowls like yellow leg hatch but make sure the gamefowl rooster can’t get to another rooster there fight to the death normally so you want to have 1 rooster with a flock of hens if you want them to be free range 24/7 but id get a extra rooster or 2...
Well with that breed it might not help much with gamefowls you make them fly pens but If they fly that good yet you lower it and higher it when your rooster flies to the roosts like you want them to available but use there wing muscles and over time there get stronger wings and you make a thing...
If you raise chicks outside it gets them use to the weather which I’ve noticed they don’t need heat if they get use to the weather I mean my broody hens don’t sit on the chicks during the day besides maybe once for a few mins but other then that they don’t get heat from her besides at night and...
I normally raise gamefowls and I raise them outside If I don’t let a hen raise them then I’ll make sure there fully dried in the incubator and then put them in the cage outside without no heat they use there body heat and I’ve noticed they do better and get use to the weather and cold faster and...
There be just fine I’ve had hens raise chicks in winter where it’s In the single digits or negative I mean it’s better for them not to have chicks during winter cause how cold it is but I’ve had chicks get raised in winter and be just fine there also from what I’ve seen they get use to the cold...
There gamefowls mine start fighting at 2-4 weeks old and tries to kill each other atleast the stags some of the pullets can’t be kept with other pullets but some can but as soon as they start fighting and I mean there fight until one’s dead or bleeding and injured so as soon as I notice they...
I don’t know how to really explain it but if you paint the wire black it should look like there’s no wire but like if your really close to it you’ll still see the wire but like if you search up a video about painting wire black you’ll see what I mean
Depend on breed but normally there medium size while laying breeds normally lay large eggs and gamefowl hens lay 12-20 eggs a year so they wouldn’t be the best to have for eggs but here’s a pic of the eggs my gamefowl hen is broody on them less I would take a better pic
I dub mine when there about 10 months old to a year old some times at 8 months old it depended how fast they developed there combs and how fast they grow it all depends but I wouldn’t dub under 8 months old but I raise gamefowls so I dub them around 8 months to a year old normally at a year old...