Bob Blosl's Heritage Large Fowl Thread

[Chris09]

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To me the easiest and least expensive method would be to buy some pigeon "entries"/doors....not sure what they call them. They are a bunch of rods that only move inward. Just make a box for them to lay in and put this door on the front. They can go in and they can't go out. You let them out and make any notes you need to make. I think this set up will work well with what you want to do. Some of the trap nests I have seen are like an engineers nightmare. The pigeon door can be mounted on anything.

Walt

There just called traps or bob traps. I have a few that I was going to use on a trap-nest for hens but never got to it.
Here is a link to a trap.
http://www.jedds.com/-strse-1506/JEDDS-Mfg./Detail.bok

These would also work there rodless bobs
http://www.jedds.com/-strse-664/RODLESS-STEEL-BOB/Detail.bok

Chris

 

[OwensMom]

Arielle, thanks for asking the question. I've been wanting to know how to do this.
Fowlman01 would 4 fingers be usual for standard birds?

 

[centrarchid]

Chris,

How does the rodless bob work? The bob track I am guessing requires box to be built which will give lots of flexibility in term of how whole fits into coop wall.

Could you use you bobs so yo can tell me what you think?

AND HAVE YOU USED THE BLUE BARRELS WITH TEATHERS FOR ROOSTERS? This summer I want setup trial to use with hens that are to be teathered and rooster to be free. Flock mating will then be possible with confidence of dam's ID. Never used teathers except for short confinement of brood cocks and they ended up roosting on tractor tires or in doghouse.

Jim

 

[WallTenters]

Owens - read "The Call of The Hen" ... it's available free online through google books, or many libraries have a copy. It's an oldie, but great book if you're looking into culling for production. Great information in there on capacity and other traits that contribute to egg laying. Four-six fingers would be good for a LF hen that's laying consistently, but a pullet may start out with just two fingers and move up to three or four her first year.

 

[fowlman01]

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Your fingers or mine? Just think about what size the egg is going to be and go from there. It is very approximate.

Walt

 

[OwensMom]

Thanks WallTenters. Just the info that I was looking for. I'll be busy reading that soon.

 

[buffalogal]

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Try this: http://eieio.org/workingirls.htm

 

[OwensMom]

Good point Walt. Will start getting some experience checking relative pelvis width.

 

[buffalogal]

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six fingers? Um, isn't that about the size of human cervix fully dilated ready to give birth?

 

[OwensMom]

buffalogal, more good info thanks