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[centrarchid]

Centra, when did you make that pen? I have never seen any of your fowl/chickens in a proper enclosure like that.


Nice Grey Stags!

I constructed all the pens shown. At least five pen types shown in last few posts. Do you mean the 10' X 10' dog kennels?

 

[sdm111]

No sir. Never even tasted a Hawthorne berry before. Is it good?

tastes exactly like raw honey to me.

 

[roosterhavoc]

tastes exactly like raw honey to me.

That sounds good. I use honey instead of syrup. And sometimes just eat it by the spoonful. Plus I like jack Daniels honey too. Sounds like a win.

 

[JShubin]

Mine do not go naked on body ever. They will go for a few days without significant flight feathers in tail but even there skin not exposed. Wing feather replacement with mine starts back in late April following a very consistent pattern through November when last of those feathers are swapped out. Tails are dropping out in some now. Eclipse molt occurs before hens start loosing any tail or body feathers. Eclipse feathers of males then swapped out with proper hackles and saddle just a tad later than hen swapping out theirs. Mine keep eclipse feathers for at most 3 months.

Skin exposed means stress during molt.

ya. The heat probably effects them more, as my hatchs are heavier. Heavier birds seem more likely to stress and die from heat, in my experience.
Could be other things as well.

Making progress on shading and planting around my coops. Now that I got drip line in that part of the yard

 

[JShubin]

I constructed all the pens shown. At least five pen types shown in last few posts. Do you mean the 10' X 10' dog kennels?

The one with the Dom rooster and Dominique hens.. looks like rocks on the ground..

 

[centrarchid]

The one with the Dom rooster and Dominique hens.. looks like rocks on the ground..

Those are 10' X 10' dog pens in the barn. I have four of those. During winter those are used to house pullets / hens.

 

[centrarchid]

ya. The heat probably effects them more, as my hatchs are heavier. Heavier birds seem more likely to stress and die from heat, in my experience.
Could be other things as well.

Making progress on shading and planting around my coops. Now that I got drip line in that part of the yard

We get into 100's here with higher humidity than you get. We are expecting high 90's today.

 

[JShubin]

Surprisingly it is overcast day... only 72 right now.

 

[JShubin]

should have taken day off work.

 

[JShubin]

young stag