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I have a quad of silver duckwing old English game bantams for sale. $80 for the quad. PM for more info

 

[Leahs Mom]

Quote: Here you go

 

[Leahs Mom]

Quote: Yes - HALF SISTER...so not pure SFH. Not the same personality at all...she's a scrapper and her crest is "normal" in size.

Good to hear Til is doing well and is the "lord" over anything! I wonder what will happen when they are as big as she? I guess by then the order will be set which should help.

 

[pginsber]

@pginsber That looks like what is called a "meat spot." Sometimes a hen loses a tiny bit of tissue as the egg passes through the oviduct but before reaching the shell gland. They are not harmful. If bothersome, you can dip them out with a spoon. My understanding is that hens that lay eggs with meat spots are likely to do so again. However, if you are allowing them to go through a natural molt this summer/fall, things might go back to normal next spring. If you use artificial light to keep up egg production, it will probably continue sporadically. It may well bother egg buyers, so I'd keep this hen's eggs for yourself, if there is any way that you can. You might be able to see it by candling the egg. Hope this helps!

Meat spot?

Thanks for the insight. I kinda guessed it was blood or something, but at least it doesn't sound like I need to treat her for any illness.

 

[Leahs Mom]

PS: How is that neck wound?

 

[browncow15]

I kind of figured out the whole thing with bringing terrible looking chickens to a show. Won't say how I found out, or which people I am specifically talking about, but maybe it will give you an idea of why people would do that.

Some people have hundreds of chickens there. Some families will enter all there chickens under one person so they only have to pay one entry fee. They will bring ALL the chickens they have. Not only so your chickens get feed for free for a few days, but you get paid for winning. I don't know how much you get for champion and stuff at tho open show. But you get $6.50 for first place and it goes down a dollar a place down to 4th. You figure say ou have 300 chickens and bring them all. You might have a few good chickens, but it is hard to keep all 300 in show condition. If there isn't anyone else in your class, you get 1st. There was no DQs in this show. Figure you get 100 1st places. That is $650 right there and I am sure you got lots of 2nds, 3rds, and 4th. So you get paid to show. You don't do it because you love it.

Honestly it makes me sick. When you ge into chickens you should know there is no money to be made unless you do things like that. It gives you a bad name when you show chickens that look bad.

Did anyone see one hen, her entire back was bald and she got 1st!

I can't imagine taking the time and effort to load and transport that many birds even for several hundred dollars! Maybe I'm lazy?

 

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I can't imagine taking the time and effort to load and transport that many birds even for several hundred dollars! Maybe I'm lazy?

I am sure they make at least $1000 a tech show and hop from show to show.

I wouldn't do it that is for sure. It isn't like the birds were conditioned or cleaned just thrown in crates into a trailer

 

[browncow15]

Agreed.  It's shameful.  Similarly, I have a friend that runs a predatory bird rescue.  The most food she receives is around Fair season.  When these adults and kids, who, in my opinion are showing for the wrong reasons and have no respect for life, don't win at the show, end up taking all their chickens and rabbits and such to her and they are frozen whole.  I realize these rescues need food, but I just can't imagine doing that to my girls that I raised and loved on for so long.  Guess it takes a certain person that I'm not. 

That's so sad! Kind of reminds me of my neighbors (who also happen to be family :eyeroll) their DD had a sick goat at the county fair this year! They've lost 2 of the 4 cows they bought at the sale barn this past spring, and they're not interested in finding out why! I can't decide if they're really that clueless or they just don't care. :shrug

 

[browncow15]

I am sure they make at least $1000 a tech show and hop from show to show.

I wouldn't do it that is for sure. It isn't like the birds were conditioned or cleaned just thrown in crates into a trailer

Sad!

 

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Sad!

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