Flarry eye grey

[JadeFarms]

I have seen my neighbors game fly at least 40 feet, I was amazed! I am definitely going to train them to come, and fly to their names, Attack has been flying around a lot so I think she will do the best.

 

[centrarchid]

I have seen my neighbors game fly at least 40 feet, I was amazed! I am definitely going to train them to come, and fly to their names, Attack has been flying around a lot so I think she will do the best.

They can do way better than 40 feet. Mine fly 100 just to burnoff steam. They will fly more than twice that far to avoid exposure in open field. I have had them fly several hundred feet when startled. There is a conditioning issue that must be taken into account. Generally, birds maintained in a cockyard setting do not exhibit their full flight potential. I am seeing that now where most of mine are kept in pens.

 

[centrarchid]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/training-chickens-for-voluntary-flight.388547/#post-4700655

 

[centrarchid]

And another with adults.

 

[JadeFarms]

One of mine loves to fly (The light one) the other two don’t. That’s amazing that they can fly so far! I ordered 2,000 live mealworms so I can’t wait till they get here.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So cute! LOL

You working on those pens/some separate housing?
Even if they end up not being "game" it's a very good idea to have at least one spare pen or a place for separation. A spare pen (or two) comes in handy for a number of reasons - one is sick, injured, broody breaking, you want to monitor them, etc.
I don't have Flarry Eyed Greys, but do have gamefowl. Current chicks are only 8 weeks (let that timeline sink in). I had to separate one out already. Once they start to rumble they don't like to stop. He's back with the others right now after a cooling off period but that won't last too much longer.
No one is perfect and we make mistakes, but I can't stress how important it is to have a plan for separation. It doesn't have to be fancy, just somewhere secure.

 

[NatJ]

Well I am gonna wait till I know their genders because if they are all girls or there is just one boy there is no need for an extra cage. I have a very large cage that they can all stay in so they don’t go by my other Roos.

Do you have a spare cage, or a dog kennel, or a rabbit hutch, or something you can use in a pinch?

When a spare pen IS needed, it tends to be rather urgent--so you need a place to a put a bird while you build another pen.

 

[JadeFarms]

Fortunately we have a dog that keeps predators away. We do have the money for lumber and I have an extra cage (a large dog cage) if I need one immediately.

 

[JadeFarms]

Well they are just growing the feathers in. The two that are colored the same have the same amount of chest feathers.

With this one it’s harder to tell.

 

[centrarchid]

No evidence for male yet. They are silver allele (makes for gray) over e^+ (wild-type duckwing) so onset of male coloration may NOT be evident for another 4 weeks. Those I have develop male color starting around 8 weeks. Most of the time you see male coloration leaking through by 4 weeks. Earlier when they are e^wheaton.