Rooster killed in poster above has three brothers with similar hatch date where they are about 18 months old. All free-range even with owl issue. I had to tweak roost situation to stop owl. Owl still comes in but cannot get at roosting birds without activating anti-predator measures. Most...
I need to see more of him to say he is even a rooster. Show its back and tail. Comb, wattles and hackles that remain very under developed for a rooster that is 1 year old.
Predator not a mammal. Canine or bobcat would pack it off. Raccoon or oppossum would leave a slobbery look on feathers.
Raptor is the killer. If night time, then an owl. If during the day the most likely a hawk although owls will hunt during day this time of year, especially when sky...
My preference is to be able to hang cups or have so birds can feed from bowl outside pen. I am not worried about birds fighting through pens because the pens will be up on a table where outside birds can not stand.
Will avoid the Filipino variety.
When I saw your original description of data to be collected, it reminded me of what we do only once every two weeks; usually we have three or more people collecting the data. If you have to walk around writing, either your walking or your data is going going to get sloppy.
Have you setup your data sheet and actually gone out to collect the data you are wanting. I collect data daily with things not chicken. It is easy to attempt collecting more data than you can accumulate in the field and to process into something you can make sense of.
I would baby step it...
You can't fight fair battles in this medium. And they are generally not productive when you try. Getting more civil interactions requires the crowd. Think about what you recall of the pits. When a person got out of hand it was not law enforcement that established order. It was a larger...
To be frank, I intervened when someone was doing just at you are doing to someone else. I felt it was wrong and let them know they where being rude. I used bad words. It was not intended to make anyone feel better, rather it was to let aggressive poster know that someone had the courage to...
Very, very, very close~ He is something I had that was mostly of my Hatch-looking stock crossed with a grey toppy that carried peacomb. To boot he had some Red Jungle Fowl mixed in. Red Jungle Fowl has really similar type to my games. Culled the entire bunch and those I thought might have...