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[GotGame]

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you must be an exhibitor, and have booked the sale space on your entry form.. There are others that will be sold and viewed in th eparking lot but most are conceled in enclosed trailers and pre-sold.

My mistake, i was misinformed.

 

[Ksane]

It seems pigeons are far far messier than I'd have imagined

So I'm trying to find someone to take my Gazzi Modena pair. I can put them on CraigsList but that's sort of a pain because you get 47 emails and 34 phone calls and then they don't show up at the meeting place. So if anyone wants them or knows someone who might-let me know. Male has a 2009 band and female has a 2004 band.
Here's their picture again.

 

[upcdayz]

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How big of coop do you have? I had that problem before with chickens and the advice I was given was to lock them in their coop 3-4 days....feed and water in the coop. This teaches them that it isn't a bad place and they will associate it with home. I did that and on the fourth day let them out....that night they were all on the roost...in the coop on their own.

That coop is pretty good size, so I didn't have to worry about over crowding.

Just a thought

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I have two coops. Both are small, only big enough for 3-4 birds (LF) apiece, but I only have 5 outdoor chickens. Each coop only has 3x4 pens attached which I don't think is big enough for them to get exercise. Or is it? Anyway, I've tried your suggestion before without success, mostly because I feel so bad for them not being able to roam the whole yard. That is what they're used to. Maybe it's time for some tough love for the next few days while it's supposed to be cold and rainy.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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It all depends on from who you acquire your stock from. To anyone interested in oriental gamefowl, I highly recommend researching your breed of choice and talking with established breeders. If the breeder won't talk with you, they aren't worth your time. There are other web forums out there dedicated to these breeds that can be freely read by anyone without needing to join them. On byc there is an Oriental game thread in the breeds & showing section. A lot of the pictures are missing, but there is some good info there.

My experience with shamo come second hand through my partner in Mississippi. He has two pair (one is technically owned by me), from the same breeder. One pair easily get along with each other. The other took some time and supervision until they had worked out their differences and settled down for breeding. The males cannot be housed together and require sight barriers on their pens. They aren't people aggressive, though bad apples happen from time to time as with any breed. They are highly territorial, sort of like siamese fighting fish (Bettas). It is there nature to be so. They also take at least two full years to mature physically. Established breeders do not recomend breeding them until the hen reaches her second year.

 

[bfrancis]

I felt bad too...but it will only be for a few days. Ultimately they will be happier getting out of weather and you'll be happier not catching chickens every night.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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Good looking birds, GG

 

[Poco Pollo]

Kass - Here's a photo of the tools I have so far. Starting at the top and going clockwise you'll see scalpel blades in size 10 and 15, Adson tissue forceps, Weitlaner retractor(blunt), scalpel handle, and a SENN retractor (blunt). I don't have a Bovie electrocautery yet, and I'm still working on a horse-hair elevator. I have more than one tissue forceps and will use one in place of a sponge clamp. If it's clumsy, I'll find a small sponge clamp to complete the set.

 

[NanaKat]

Lost three birds this morning. The BLRW roo has been lame and even though doing massage therapy with him, he just succumbed to the stress.
My sweet Angel, the White EE, died thru the night in her cage. Remember, she is the hen that is blind and brooded Popeye even though she had never hatched a clutch of eggs.
A young New Hampshire refused to go in the coop in the teen pen and must have gotten chilled.

I was dumbstruck and heartbroken. When this happens, I bury myself in a project.
Thinking we were still getting snow, I took drastic measures today. I had found a few feather lice on one of my hens yesterday and thought I should not take the chance of having to coop all inside during the icy cold with the threat of a lice outbreak.

While both the pens were out free ranging, I pulled out the top 3 inches of floor bedding in the henhouse. We deep litter on a dirt floor. Next I took down the nest box and cleaned it out. All water and feed containers were wiped down with insect spray and disinfected...had to use rubber gloves for this.

Then I sprayed down the entire insides of the big hen house for lice including the concrete blocks etc. I sprayed the nest box and let it dry, rehung it and loaded all the nests with fresh hay. Those I dusted with my duster.
The dust box received new sand, livestock dust and wood stove ash.
Next I spread a bale of pine shavings on the sprayed dirt floor.

The girls were not happy that they could not use the hen house to lay eggs this morning and none were willing to use the box I had set outside. So as each hen went into a nest, I treated her with ivomec and clipped her toenails. Every other bird without a toenail clip, got hand caught and treated before going back into the hen house.

Since I've been freeranging all the birds outside at the same time for about a month now with no altercations, I decided it would be better to house all in the hen house during the cold spell. So I sprayed down some cages with insecticide and when dry stacked them in the hen house. The 4 Columbians are in the big one....had to keep the roosters separate. Popeye is in one cage by himself and two timid birds are in one. Everybody else is housed in the big hen house. The window door is closed and everyone is locked inside. I have plenty of greens in the fridge to keep them busy for several days.

My hen house is 10.5 x 12.5 ...about 120 sq feet when you discount for all the feeders...so there are 39 on the floor... that's 3 sq feet per bird. I now have three water and feeding stations and plenty of roost space.

In addition, I have a pair of Silver laced Wyandotttes housed in a big cage in the storage area of the barn. I'm practicing with them to get them used to being handled. At Al's suggestion, they will soon be in side by side cages. I'm going to learn how to artificially inseminate. Al is a wonderful resource person!

NNN is in a separate building with the three little chicks and she had already been wormed. I checked her so good for lice, she bit me three times. She has clean bedding in the stock tank and a fresh hay nest for her and the babies. The 2 six week old CWs have never been outside with the other birds and they are clean.

It's been a busy morning, I am tired, but I feel better now. Still, I hate to lose any of my babies.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I tried to view the video today, but couldn't for some reason since that IT guy "fixed" the settings for Gary's work I've had trouble viewing videos, anyway I did re look at the pictures on that site, and it does look like she is using two hands to lock it in place, the unlocking looks like it would be one handed. It does not lock in any other position it is either fully open and locked or not.

Thanks for the pics and names, I'm going to start assembling my kit.

 

[sjarvis00]

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I am sorry to hear of teh losses, unfortunately it is something we all have to deal with on occasion. What all did NNN manage to hatch out? I know there was 1 little wyandotte in teh mix.
I am looking forward to good show in Shawnee next weekend. have many friends coming in from all over the country and although I am not showing there this year I think I will still be very busy with the event.
Will likely spend the spare time I have this week getting things together for a few friends, I have several birds that will be leaving for breeding programs that I would like to get something out of before they leave.
I have learned more than once to spread things out a bit among good friends you can trust to bring something back in teh event of major losses, and with the varieties we are working to improve so much this is becoming more critical. It took over 1 1/2 years to get breeder birds of one of our breeder programs after a coon attack that taught me a great deal, then with our BLRW losses of all teh pullets to a dog, I took the rooster over and now that line is nearly all gone, but have a few I can call to try to get a few back. I do not want to experience that again so I am spreading some of teh best birds I have across teh country to protect the gene pool.