dubbing (if you don't like it don't click it)

[RAREROO]

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I like to dub my American Game when they are around breeding age.

Chris

OK Thanks Chris, thats what I was thinking too.

 

[blackred]

We dub about 30-40 Modern game bantams, 20-30 OE bantams and about 10 Large OE every year for showing.
We gather as many as we can(10-12) the day before and put them up in small (2'x2') coops so that we can easily catch them with out much stress. We zip tie the legs together and wrap them in a towel to keep them as quiet as possible. My wife holds them while I perform the work.
We have something like a plastic Ketchup bottle with cold water in it that we will hose down the comb at first before we start. The water also has Hydrogen Peroxide mixed in with it. I also keep the scissors in a can of water with Hydrogen Peroxide in it to wash them off between dubbings.
When we are thru we hose them down again with the cold HP water and put them back in the coop and leave them till the next day. After 24 hours we will take the cockerel and put Neosporin on the dubbing and put him back out on the ground with all his friends.

I prefer curved scissors on the wattles because you can get the dubbing closer and it turns out smoother. On the comb I prefer straight scissors on the OE and curved on the Modern. The OE needs to be straight across the top and the Modern needs to be as close as possible.

Bob

 

[RAREROO]

I also wrapped a towel tight around the body of my roo to keep him from sqirming around and making me injure him with the scissors.

 

[95yj]

did it last night. I used a straight bladed pair of really sharp dog grooming scissors. I'm not sure if they were good dubs or not. On all of them i think i cut too deep because they were pulling away and now it looks like they have holes in their necks, and i'm not positive that i cut everything that i should've but overall i think it was a pretty good job, or i ruined the birds chances in any show forever, either way only time will tell.

 

[RAREROO]

Do you have pics ? Maybe someone who has done it can help critique your job. Though they probably still have dried blood on them and look messy now. And like your title says, if people dont want to see or read about dubbing they shouldnt click on this thread.

 

[95yj]

i tried taking pics, but they were too blurry to be of any use. and interestingly there's very little blood, usually its black and caked all over their faces, but this time i saw none, I'm kind of hoping that i didn't completely miss the ear lobe and cut something else. Next time i see the guy who usually does it for me i'll bring them and see if i did it right...

 

[blackred]

I left out a couple of things:

The next morning I will look the bird over to see about anything that I might have missed or need to correct. It usually is quite apparent by then.
And like others I always dub in the cool of the night

 

[cracked_egg]

Not to hijack the thread, but what is dubbing? Can someone post pics of a bird that has been dubbed and one that hasn't (a before and after would be great)... Do they only dub for showing? Do all breeds have to be dubbed? Do roosters and hens have to be dubbed? I'm really curious, I thought "dubbing" was their beaks but I see it isn't.

(Ps, promise I won't be offended by it! Since the title suggest some one like it, I figured its a hot topic, but I'm in a group that still cuts tails, crops ears, and cuts horse tails... )

 

[RAREROO]

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Dubbing is cutting the combs and wattles off of Gamecocks. Only Show Gamecocks HAVE to be dubbed, but most breeders dub their brood cocks weather they are showing or not. Personally I think a clean dub on an American Gamefowl rooster makes them look better. How ever the dub is different on an old english game bantam is different and I dont care for the looks of a show dubbed OEGB, but they have to be dubbed that way or they will be DQed.

 

[call ducks]

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Hi Dubbing is done for game birds (old english game, modern game, any others?) i belive it is done with both hens and roosters are dubbed (please correct me if i am wrong) Dubbing is there combs, "debecking" is when the "trim" there becks.

RareRoo posted before me sorry never saw that!