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[flypen]

Any of you ever used the 18% protein feed that's made for birds in molt ? I got some to try it and they seem to like it but I can't really tell if it's made a difference or not yet.

If that is the feather fixer, I have been feeding it this year too. I mixed it with their other feed, 2 bags of maintenance feed to one bag of feather fixer. Judging between 2 yards it has helped, some of my brothers still have some old tail feathers and all but one of mine have new tails growing.

 

[SwampFoot]

I am pretty happy with what I got so far this year. I found out the lineage of my greys, they are JJ Kelso crossed on Harold Brown Greys.
The mom (KelsoXHB Grey) is there with the chicks from the red Sonotol Wahl asil, (The brown spangled chick to the left of the hen is a mutt that was given to me though) My favorite is the stag at the bottom.

Here are some Hatch X JJ Kelso/ HB Grey chicks that just hatched, she is molting believe it or not. (I love it when they lose thier feathers in a very discreet way lol) I love the bulky build of these chicks. My asil crosses were tiny, and scrawny with big ol heads when they hatched.


I even have a stag that come from someone else's yard, he is from a bantam Easter Egger getting busy with a white hatch hen. I wish I had a picture of him, he's Columbian patterned with a full beard, and I gotta give it to the little guy, he is pretty game for what he is. I had to separate him today! I named him muff daddy, and I will just keep him as a pet.

I will get some pics of some of the older stags that are coming along, but then again, everyone is in full molt, and ugly and tailless, lol. I have the best luck feeding them fish guts during the molt. We stay right on the river, so we clean a lot of fish, and it really helps with the sheen if you dont mind the smell.

 

[JShubin]

Wild types.

 

[JShubin]

This guy is going to be tall and leggy

 

[JShubin]

I know you guys like it when I have two stags free ranging.

 

[monkey1]

Kelso/roundhead ... 4 month ol stag.. i also got payton mcraes ill post pics later

 

[sdm111]

Nice pics everyone

 

[SwampFoot]

That dark hatch hen that I posted with the chicks supprised me today. She's my favorite hen, and has long black spurs, I never trimmed them because she's never been aggressive to me, and it helps for chick security. I have a five month old border collie Austrailian Shepherd pup that goes with me everywhere. Recently, he's been wanting to play rough with the chickens, and he's been hit quite a few times by the cocks on cords. He made the mistake of hopping into Deloreese's pen today. Before I could get him out, she got a billhold on that dog's neck and held on all the way down the road. Once I got her back with her chicks, she tried to crow.

 

[roosterhavoc]

black ones are mugs and others are sweater brown reds

Anymore of those eggs hatch?

 

[roosterhavoc]

I spoke of having one that I don't trust but that same cock eats out of my wife's hand and in the same breath he can't stand still giving me the one eye. He produces some awesome sons and so far none of them act like him but they dang sure perform like him. I have a buddy that has a Kelso brood cock that acts just like Havocs towards him, yet I can walk up to him pick him up and he'll never hit or bite me once. I had one last year that would tare my nephews legs up and would never hit anyone else.

That's what I meant. If all other qualities of the bird seem good why not see what you get. If I ever breed the brown red I have and the young stags give any inkling of aggression toward me I'd cull them all on the spot.