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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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...
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...
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.
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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...
I would like to know if there is anybody out there that knows anything about a place or facility in Florida conditioned to show poultry, that can be used to plan Gamefowl shows and that will accept this birds as well as the bantam tipe of the breed.
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I think that my wrong use of terms to reffere to the OEGB have created some confution. Thats my bad. Acording to what I can see, must people agree that the bird loock like wheaten in color and the legs are slate. Is not that I'm trying to get a bird with black or darck legs, the problem seems to...
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Check again. This cuts sometimes look like the chunk of skin is gone but usualy it is not. Try puling the skin up and if it stretches with no problem, then you will know that is just a cut and not the hole chunk of skin gone; dont be afraid, this will not hurt; the stitching however, if...
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You can not drug chicken. Anesthetics in chicken are most likely to kill them. That I learned right here in BYC. They are very pain tolerant and strong as well. A fox injured two of my 6 week old chicks. One got the skin of the leg reaped open exposing the entire leg...
Looks like the skeen is cut open. This may sound bad to you; but you are going to have to steach the skeen back together. Two of my 6 week old chicks survived a fox atac and I had to do this my self. Put alcohol in the wound, get yourselve a nidle and strong string, deep them in alcohol for a...