Good morning everyone! New here and I think it'd take me 10 years to read all the posts in this thread lol.
I'm not "new" to BYC, I just made a new account because I couldn't remember my login. Plus I wanted to have a page for my farm.
Anyway, I hope everyone's having a good morning. I have a somewhat busy day at work today. After work, I plan on continuing to work on calming my growouts down. I show chickens and ducks and one of the parts of showing is making sure the birds are calm and easy to handle. This process can be easy or hard, depending on the breed and their temperment.
I handle each bird individually for about a minute each. I look over their wings, feathers, and check them for any problems like mice/lice, stubs, or injuries. It's a process, but it's worth it in the long run.
I also plan on banding them here soon. I think I got lucky this breeding season and ended up with an even number of pullets and cockerels.
Have a great day!