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[caeti21]

No problem

Do you breed and sell urs? Or do shows or just pets

 

[nanasacres]

Last year 3 of my birds took champions at some shows so I guess I must be doing something right. I will keep trying. I like to kid with Matt that I want to beat him because my birds are related to his birds and he usually takes show champion.

I love a friendly competition! Congrats on the awards.

 

[AnnikaLF]

Do you breed and sell urs? Or do shows or just pets

We just started breeding them. They are my son's 4-H show birds. Before we got our rooster 2 of his hens took second place at a show in Kissimmee.We are really going to get into incubating them after Central Florida Fair on March.

 

[nanasacres]

We just started breeding them. They are my son's 4-H show birds. Before we got our rooster 2 of his hens took second place at a show in Kissimmee.We are really going to get into incubating them after Central Florida Fair on March.

Congratulations to your son's work!

* love how family gets into the process together. The best to you. Much success.

 

[caeti21]

We just started breeding them. They are my son's 4-H show birds. Before we got our rooster 2 of his hens took second place at a show in Kissimmee.We are really going to get into incubating them after Central Florida Fair on March.

Wow thats awesome , i have been wondering how to show chickens , like the requirements and such are , are you going to the fl state fair in tampa

 

[cmom]

ours are about the most chill chickens I've ever seen they will sit on my son's lap or right on the edge of his homework and not move until he picks them up.

I have had birds like that also. I have a blind cockerel. Often I would have to put him into his coop at night.MOst of the time he finds his way into his coop but once in awhile I have to put him in. At first he didn't mind me picking him up but then after awhile he wouldn't like it but now again he knows I'm going to do it and just stands there and waits for me to pick him up. He is 7 months old and just started crowing. For awhile I didn't even know if he knew he was a boy. I put him in a coop with some pullets. There were some other males in with him but they would chest bump him and freak him out. Good luck to you son and his shows. I'm an old lady but still love showing my birds. Have fun...

 

[cmom]

Quote:
first go to a show as an observer to see all the different birds. When I first thought about showing I went to observe. My first few shows I didn't do great but with each one I improved. Now I love the shows.
After I bathe the birds I wrap then up in a towel like a burrito with their head out one end and their feet sticking out the other and check their combs, wattles, feet, legs and clean under their toenails and trim them if they need it.

The first tub has shampoo in it. Baby shampoo works great. The second tub has vinegar in the water to help get the soap out of the feathers and the third tub clear water for a final rinse. I let them drip dry for a couple of minutes before I wrap them in a towel.

Not very happy birds. Some people use a blow dryer to dry their feathers, I just let them air dry. They will groom and fluff themselves out. I put them in a wire cage so if they poop the poop will fall through the wire.

 

[caeti21]

first go to a show as an observer to see all the different birds. When I first thought about showing I went to observe. My first few shows I didn't do great but with each one I improved. Now I love the shows. After I bathe the birds I wrap then up in a towel like a burrito with their head out one end and their feet sticking out the other and check their combs, wattles, feet, legs and clean under their toenails and trim them if they need it. The first tub has shampoo in it. Baby shampoo works great. The second tub has vinegar in the water to help get the soap out of the feathers and the third tub clear water for a final rinse. I let them drip dry for a couple of minutes before I wrap them in a towel. Not very happy birds. Some people use a blow dryer to dry their feathers, I just let them air dry. They will groom and fluff themselves out. I put them in a wire cage so if they poop the poop will fall through the wire.

Wow very cool , lol i love the chicken burrito ,ill start looking for some to go check them out , does the vinegar do anything for them other than just as a rinse ?

 

[cmom]

No it just helps get the soap off.

 

[cmom]

We have a show coming up next month.

Central Florida Poultry Breeders Association Show, Inverness, FL.
Orange Blossum Special
Saturday March 5th, 2016
9:00 AM TO around 4:00 PM
Citrus County Fairgrounds
3600 South Florida Ave.
Inverness, Florida
---> MAP
(U.S. Highway 41 South - 1.5 miles south of the intersection of U.S. highways 44 & 41)
http://cflpoultrybreeders.org/