Has anyone made a proposal to change the Standard on dubbing combs?

[Chickenman1994]

I wouldn’t trim one that young anyways you run a chance of it growing back wait until there atleast 10 months old

 

[CaramelKittey]

Thanks everybody! So..are modern games more susceptible to frostbite than other breeds?

 

[Chickenman1994]

Thanks everybody! So..are modern games more susceptible to frostbite than other breeds?

I think it all depends on where you are and what there housed in. In the right conditions any chicken can get it. That’s why I dub mine before it happens. To much time and money invested to lose one over something that simple.

 

[Amer]

I do have a question about cockerel dubbing. From what I understood reading, at certain times of the year, cockerels under 6 months don't have to be dubbed, correct? I think it was before November, but i don't have my standard with me now.

I could be completely wrong and thinking of something totally different though

Cockerels don’t need to be dubbed for show.

 

[Amer]

Thanks everybody! So..are modern games more susceptible to frostbite than other breeds?

No

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I have one more question I know of. I've always heard combs are like the wars on jackrabbits and they help cool the bird down in summer. By removing the large combs, does that make them more like to have problems in high temperatures?

 

[Myrth]

Thanks everybody! So..are modern games more susceptible to frostbite than other breeds?

I don’t have game birds, but I can comment on this frostbite issue. I have buff Orpingtons in Illinois. It gets below 0*F here. Yet, I have *never* lost a bird to a frostbitten comb. I have *never* had a comb rot, go septic, or otherwise endanger my birds. My birds can go in the barn, out of the weather. Their “coop” is a room in the barn. They will sometimes snuggle together for added warmth. I suppose that if you keep your birds caged separately that the inability to snuggle could cause cold injuries.

 

[sdm111]

I have one more question I know of. I've always heard combs are like the wars on jackrabbits and they help cool the bird down in summer. By removing the large combs, does that make them more like to have problems in high temperatures?

While you're absorbing information about games make a note that its gameFOWL not gamebird.

 

[sdm111]

I have one more question I know of. I've always heard combs are like the wars on jackrabbits and they help cool the bird down in summer. By removing the large combs, does that make them more like to have problems in high temperatures?

Where I live everything has problems in summer.
Weather combed or not they pant

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Where I live everything has problems in summer.
Weather combed or not they pant

Okay. That's a relief. I still want to get some of these birds after I move and I'm probably moving down where the temperature is regularly in the high end for a portion of the year