➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[sdm111]

Also it's gamefowl

 

[Morrigan]

Good morning!

Well my huddle box either worked brilliantly, or it was a complete disaster. I checked right before bed and again right before dawn. They were all in the box both times. Last night, they were sleeping near the doors and I heard a couple of peeps.

This morning, it was colder and they had moved to the middle of the box. I couldn't see a single chick. When I shone my flash light in, I heard a little rustling and a couple of peeps. I hope they are all OK in there and didn't squish each other. I didn't want to lift the box up and let all the heat out, so I'm crossing my fingers until is it warm enough and light enough that they start coming back out.

 

[Morrigan]

They were bred strictly to fight and kill any other male and bred to not quit fighting at any cost till their last breath also know as gameness. They will seek out one another for the sole purpose to engage and kill

They are really striking birds. I'm sorry if you already explained this, but are all your birds rescues from fighting rings? Or are you breeding them? I assume they do not attack hens, lol.

 

[dpenning]

They were bred strictly to fight and kill any other male and bred to not quit fighting at any cost till their last breath also know as gameness. They will seek out one another for the sole purpose to engage and kill

So do you have to keep all these beautiful boys in individual pens?

 

[Morrigan]

@Morrigan Would you mind keeping track of how much feed you go through for your meaties for me?

This was for my batch of 28 meaties. They were processed in batches starting at 8 weeks and ending at 13 weeks. All feed was also shared by 12 bird laying flock. The layers probably ate 15% (?) of the total feed. .

50 lbs of unmedicated chick food

550 lbs (11.5 bags) purina flock raiser

75 lbs mixed of whole wheat and barley (made into fodder)

I ended up with approximately 190 lbs of chicken meat. It would have been more efficient had I processed some of them sooner, but the birds were doing great and I enjoyed having them around.

 

[adrikeen]

WHOA! Those are big roads!

Guess I'm used to like the quaint little downtown with one lane each and a main stretch LOL but I'm in New England so there's a lot of those

Hmm, below you, here in DE, most roads are 2 lanes on each side and any left as one lane are being expanded to two. Our highway is 4 but the area where it splits to 295 and 495 is constantly expanding....I want to say it's up to 8 lanes across now. However, with all the lanes...it's still a parking lot in the morning and in the evening.

 

[adrikeen]

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OMG...I just snorted my coffee....

 

[sdm111]

So do you have to keep all these beautiful boys in individual pens?

the males yes at about 5 mo they need to be separated if not sooner.
Females if kept together since hatch, usually you can keep them together until one goes broody
Pairs or trios usually if kept together since hatch they are ok
Once they are broke up even for a day or so the females won't co exist again if you try to put them back together it's like they never saw one another.
Pairing stags and pullets up that have not been kept together since hatch usually does not work. The stag is not sexually mature so he will kill her cause he don't know any better. After 1.5-2yrs you should be able to pair but gotta watch them They may be fine for days or weeks then one does something to piss off the other and it's on. The females fight just like the males.
I don't own alot of birds most come from people (the male from one person and female from another) I breed them like so:
Person a brings a cock he wants bred
Person b brings a hen they would like bred to a's cock.
I keep both in their own pen. Let's say Monday I'll put the cock in with the hen (not the hen with the cock cause the main reason they fight is territory and cocks are very territorial) watch him mate 2 or 3 times (maybe one minute) take the cock out. Throw the hens eggs tues and wed start leaving or collecting Thursday depending on if ima let her set or if ima use a broody. The next Sunday I'll mate them again then the male goes home and the hen is let to lay a clutch. When she goes broody either I let her and her and her kids go home at a day old or she goes home and I hatch with broodies. That's how I do it. I can keep a few if I want when they hatch most times I dont. You just gotta really know how to take care of them and it comes with time. I myself only own about 25 or so.

 

[Morrigan]

I myself only own about 25 or so.

From the way you describe it, 25 seems like a pretty big time commitment.

 

[sdm111]

From the way you describe it, 25 seems like a pretty big time commitment.

it is but its worth it. That's also why alot of people get mentored too.
Also in regards to what I was saying the other day about peddlers and people not spending too much money when first getting into games before you get some experience knowing what you're seeing this ad is on eBay right now

I sent them a message. They are claiming to sell blue face hatch eggs. The chicken pictured is in no way a pure blue face hatch. It may have hatch in it but it's obviously s grey. Now if someone didn't know any better if they buy some take time to hatch some spend money and time raising them thinking they are hatch they are going to be very disappointed after all that time and money they do research or someone tell them they don't have what they say.

This is a blue face hatch they look nothing alike. I even made sure to say "pure" in my question. This is what I was talking about when Cyprus had her fit. My bad I was trying to look out for someone and save the heartache