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[flypen]

Y'all know there is one bloodline (well actually several) that we have not heard anything out of anybody who are raising them, other than black roundheads no one has any Lacy, Brunner, Boston, or Allen Roundheads or Wasatch gamefowl.

 

[B123]

Wasatch gamefowl.

Haven't heard of this one... Do you happen to have any pics?

 

[sdm111]

I have access to lacys. Also James Sylvester hatch and doc robinsons I may get some Sylvester chicks I was offered a pair gifted but didn't have room at the time I can point u to lacys if u looking

 

[sdm111]

And ohatchee grey

 

[centrarchid]

Late yesterday I had four stags out of a six-week-old brood of six get into a brief battle royal. Appears they were close enough to cock pens to simmer them down. I can have deathloss from such pretty quick if it goes to long. If were to have taken place then heat would be a complicating factor. Shortly I will be spreading a few cock pens out in the area where the juveniles range about. What is interesting is these battles only occur between stags of a given brood. Never are combatants from different broods.

 

[sdm111]

Have u made anymore headway on your barrel colony

 

[centrarchid]

Trying. I have 2 with clutches nearly set and two more with at least a couple of eggs. Hens visiting clearly heat stressed today. Those already in place will be covered with a square of plywood. Balance will be setup in cockyard everything else is being move to. Temperatures here in the mid 90's making life unpleasant for all. I may punch holes in top to allow more heat out.


Lost a hen to heat related stress but she was already placed in cull pen because of assumed infirmity. My dog seemed to pick up on infirmity before I made final descision ot cull. Hen was laying iregularly with many eggs without shells. Same dog has been problematic with some birds but I am really beginning to suspect she (dog) is going after birds not acting right as she leaves other birds alone. In the past she has been able to pick out birds in early stages of Mareks although numbers of those low.

Bees also causing distraction as they are being heat stressed as well. Maybe I can make barrels look more like beehives. That might get some fun responses out of passersby.

 

[toomuch]

How do you know if there in stress

 

[centrarchid]

Panting, putting wings out (see images below) and passing food to stay in shade.

 

[sdm111]

I used to keep half the pen covered unless it was gonna rain but I keep them totally covered east to west except for about 8" up each side and ventilation north and south and they seem to do better. If not all its at least 90% shaded at all times.