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[JShubin]

Note the strategic placement of playhouse to nearby poultry yard. Once children have grown and no longer use this area, playhouse and swingset can easily be converted to future Bantam playhouse

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havoc will never give up his playground.. he's had it since he was 4

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey @JShubin do you raise Doves?

Got any ideas about this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nesting-house-for-ringneck-doves.1187231/

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

I came back to the sane thread after wading through stupidity and found a 2 headed turtle... just can't make this sh*t up...

And that is why this thread is so great! Everything from chickens to stupid to two headed turtles! Never a dull thread!



Eclipse should be cool.

 

[centrarchid]

My chickens go to roost whether there is an eclipse or not.
What exactly are you expecting them to do differently?

They go to roost briefly during the middle of the day and come down as if going through a compressed night. It is even rarer for them and they likely have no concept of what is actually going on. It is a just for fun thing.

And for photo-op I will have some birds in eclipse molt during an actual eclipse.

 

[JShubin]

nice rooster (cock or bullstag??) centra. I like the other photo of the row of roosters. I didnt realize you had so many.. is that recent photo?

 

[JShubin]

Hey @JShubin do you raise Doves?

Got any ideas about this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/nesting-house-for-ringneck-doves.1187231/

ok I replied to that thread with some of my nesting boxes.

I dont know anything about getting wild birds to nest in your yard. My pair of doves nest somewhere else now that they are free range.

Heck most of chickens nest in the various neighbors yard.

 

[sdm111]

What kind of comb is that centra

 

[roosterhavoc]

Note the strategic placement of playhouse to nearby poultry yard. Once children have grown and no longer use this area, playhouse and swingset can easily be converted to future Bantam playhouse

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The chickens use the big slide every now and then.

 

[roosterhavoc]

What kind of comb is that centra

If I may. It's a straight comb that lost its points to frostbite. Your welcome.
I stand corrected. I do recall centra saying he didn't own any pea comb anything.

 

[centrarchid]

nice rooster (cock or bullstag??) centra. I like the other photo of the row of roosters. I didnt realize you had so many.. is that recent photo?

Picture taken this morning around 0615 with sun just over horizon from my right. Photographs all milky when using phone which I cannot seem to fix.

That represents about 1/3 of my games on male side. Note very little color. I had to downsize a few months back and will stay tight until economic setting stabilizes. My setup is not photogenic and depth of field issues really put a damper on trying to get good shot.

@sdm111 all but one stag and one pullet I have is straight combed. The oddballs are both outsourced and heterozygous for pea comb and straight. The dom is worthless as a game. Birds dubbed all went to my brother as he is pickier on that account. My birds do not get the big combs but if outcrossed they do get big. If I keep anything out of the pullet, then that would be start of only line that is not full straight combed.