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[roosterhavoc]

Trail cam pics at RHs ,that would be a blast to see all the stuff that goes on between the chicken pens over at his place,slammed pens, broke waterers.

I was gonna set up a camera system like sdm111 has but I would be watching it all day long like an idiot. I wouldn't get anything done and if something ever did happen like the other day. I would be racing home from an hour away, since I work in the city.

 

[sdm111]

I'd have problems with alligators before bears and if that started happening I'd prolly give it up

 

[sdm111]

I was gonna set up a camera system like sdm111 has but I would be watching it all day long like an idiot. I wouldn't get anything done and if something ever did happen like the other day. I would be racing home from an hour away, since I work in the city.

yeah I'd rather see the aftermath than watch it go down. Mine isn't online but I would recommend it to anybody

 

[B123]

I'd have problems with alligators before bears and if that started happening I'd prolly give it up

Ha ha, pretty sure we are safe from gators! Hope the bears stick to the pools and trash.

 

[centrarchid]

He just calls them muff toppys, he used a family of muffs and a family of toppys to make them. Both families were white fowl. The 2 original breeders were dominating all of that area where you live so he bought a trio from each of them and made his own.

That is very much the exact story I got from fellows I got my pullets from. Difference was the toppy side was red. That would not be a big deal since toppy I have seen could be red or grey and still be of the same line.

 

[centrarchid]

I must have missed that one.  It is an interesting pattern.  He has very long hackle feathers but his sickle feathers look short to me based on the spurs.  Is that typical of your line?

Hackle feathers look long -because he was poorly muscled in breast area. I like big breast promoting the low station look which I associate with speed and power or the wings. The ideal birds for me have the impressive vertical take-off ability and the ability to fly longer distances very fast. The short sickles is typical for my strain. Bullstags are easy to distinguish from cocks based on sicle feather development. Exception to that involves early season hatch birds that come very close to the cock look as bullstags.

I would have culled him based on feel alone except for fact he is an exceptionally good display bird that really gets on with public. He has filled out better now but still on the lower end with respect to weight which makes him easier for kids to hold.

 

[B123]

Hackle feathers look long -because he was poorly muscled in breast area. I like big breast promoting the low station look which I associate with speed and power or the wings. The ideal birds for me have the impressive vertical take-off ability and the ability to fly longer distances very fast. The short sickles is typical for my strain. Bullstags are easy to distinguish from cocks based on sicle feather development. Exception to that involves early season hatch birds that come very close to the cock look as bullstags.

I would have culled him based on feel alone except for fact he is an exceptionally good display bird that really gets on with public. He has filled out better now but still on the lower end with respect to weight which makes him easier for kids to hold.

When I see the feathering on your females it reminds me of feathering on pheasants. It is interesting to see the dimorphic expression in your birds with so much red in the males.

 

[centrarchid]

How'd your presentation recruitment go today

Also gave out a game chick to a kid interested in prevet / zoo management. Setup so kid and teacher can contact me on a regular basis. That is the type of sustained contact that promotes interest. My professional concern is with agriculture and aquaculture but the games provide an exceptional training tool where interactions stemming from behavior have be emphasized. As a general rule, even the rural kids are getting uncoupled from knowledge about how animals operate and respond to our husbandry. The problem is even well demonstrated in adults engaged in commercial poultry production where factory setups are of the all in / all out arrangement.

 

[sdm111]

Do y'all have archer Daniels Midland (ADM) up your way

 

[B123]

Do y'all have archer Daniels Midland (ADM) up your way

Yep