Old and Rare Breeds

[ocap]

i have enjoyed this thread and will consider the rare breeds as I return to the hobby this year

 

[cubakid]

I need a bigger scale platform. The one I use is too small and the birds slip off.

 

[Yellow House Farm]

I need a bigger scale platform. The one I use is too small and the birds slip off.

the best way we have found yet is to hang a killing cone from a hanging scale. It's nice. I put the birds in, and, once they're calm, I release their legs slowly. They usually sit still long enough for me to get a nice reading, and, if they try to move, their positioning disavantages any attempt at escape.

 

[NanaKat]

Quote: I also have the one in the top link. To accommodate a larger bird, I purchased a nice sized plastic cutting board from Walmart. The scale zeros out with the board on the scale and then I can weigh the bird.

 

[Rockashelle]

the best way we have found yet is to hang a killing cone from a hanging scale.  It's nice.  I put the birds in, and, once they're calm, I release their legs slowly.  They usually sit still long enough for me to get a nice reading, and, if they try to move, their positioning disavantages any attempt at escape.

Great idea!

 

[Bentley]

I have used many types of scales in the past. However I recently needed a portably battery operated scale to take on the road with me for weighing birds. Picked up a hanging scale from Cabelas for weighing fish. Tie a string/rope to the bottom weigh hook, tie a nut to the end of the string and hang the birds upside down with the rope wrapped around the legs. Will give an accurate measurement in a few seconds to the nearest ounce or in grams. Very handy for less than 40 bucks,

 

[saladin]

I too prefer a hanging scale. I have the old type that you use to see in the produce dept of the grocery store. If you lay the bird on his back you can let go of his legs and get an accurate reading. Of course, our birds (Oriental Games and Games) are very easy to handle anyway. It works well for me.

Regardless of which scale you use or method for weighing, the important thing to remember is that to breed to the Standard you MUST have a scales. There is no way around it.

 

[OSUman]

If the scale is so important in the breeding of birds, then why is it so rejected for judges to weight birds at shows?

I too prefer a hanging scale. I have the old type that you use to see in the produce dept of the grocery store. If you lay the bird on his back you can let go of his legs and get an accurate reading. Of course, our birds (Oriental Games and Games) are very easy to handle anyway. It works well for me.

Regardless of which scale you use or method for weighing, the important thing to remember is that to breed to the Standard you MUST have a scales. There is no way around it.

 

[Lacy Blues]

It's a time issue. Although weighing potential champions isn't a bad idea.

 

[OSUman]

I highly doubt it would be a time issue, if you weigh the birds on champion row. I have also always heard negative remarks when talk of a scale comes up, but it could just be the people I talk to.

It's a time issue. Although weighing potential champions isn't a bad idea.