Thankfully, I don’t have a rooster. However, they get to go free range every day. Last year, I kept them in the garage in large crates to train them for the show.
Should I start crate-ing them a month or two before the show? Or spare them the boredom and only make it a week or two before the show?
This year, I’m going to be a senior showperson for exhibition and showmanship in the upcoming junior competitions.
I have purebred Ameraucanas, which I showed last year when they were very young pullets.
This year, they are going to be hens, and I don’t have much experience with preparing...