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[SOHC-FTW]

Can you leave me some birds then sdm lol

 

[Texicano]

View attachment 1158873 Texicano is that you?

Nope! But this may or may not be me...

 

[sdm111]

LoL. Gator Town...

I used to wade in ponds growing up. Snakes and leeches were my only issues.

that too but moreso no hard bottom it's all sediment.

 

[YdogsflY]

That's one of them Assistance Gators.

 

[sdm111]

Well I certainly appreciate the advice Shubin and that goes for anybody in this thread (willing to gimme them juicy secrets lol) I'm mainly wanting a good Radio Bc to throw at my Radio Hens this upcoming breeding season.

Let me clarify a little.
All those Grey stags are going out the door to the man who provided the Grey BC. Technically he's mine now but the deal was I raise some stags for him. That's how it was with some of the Radios I raised.

That's also the Situation with the "Hatch" line, I put that in quotes because it turns out all the hens are half Leiper (Yes Havoc you were right on the money about that one). He told me to keep those stags from this year, but he wants to show the Gradios himself. I'm pretty much being taxed but it's no dirt off my shoulder as he has provided all my lines and is low key giving me his top guns as he has already sold many of his other lines off, keeping only a couple broodfowl and proven cocks/stags. He hinted he's going to retire from the game altogether.
In total he has provided:
Ruble Hatch BC
Chocolate Grey BC
Radio Hens
Hatch Leiper Hens
Radio BC (which he took and switched with the Radio Sweater)
Radio Sweater BC (dead)

Which brings me to my Point: If I get my hands on one solid Radio to breed, I can churn out some pure radios. I also want some chocolate grey hens to churn out some pure greys. J&D gamefarms boasts a lot about their chocolate line. Eventually get my hands on some pure Ruble Hens as well and produce some pure Rubles.

Get the best stags from those pure lines and start crossing with the best pullets to produce solid battle crosses through single pen breeding.

I will be going to Mexico this December, and my father tells me he knows an excellent cocker from our hometown who he used to partner with in his Cocking days. My father quit raising game when he moved to Texas but his amigo continued, made it big, and supposedly now has a huge successful breeding program shipping birds to the states, Mexico, and even Southeast Asia. Hopefully we connect with him at some point during our vacation and maybe I bring back a little something to the states.

I have no plans of expanding this operation Its definitely Quality > Quantity. I just love gamefowl, I love the sport, and want to produce the best of the best.

All bs aside it seems like you got alot of chickens without a true goal. If I were you I would wax everything but the radios IF they the real deal if they were questionable I'd wax them too. Focus on what your end goal is. Having a bunch of random chickens ain't doing nothing but costing to feed.
That's how most start I assume me included don't put much money into the first few years of aquiring and really learning who has what and where to get stuff from. You're probably going to find better fowl along the way. Don't be scared to say no or to cull stuff cause at the end of the day YOU are the one caring for these fowl and **** what anybody else has to say. Don't worry about hurting someone's feeling by not taking everything offered.

P.S. I've never done it but I've heard from multiple sources you can't import chickens into America from Mexico. You have to ship them back home and I believe with a broker. And to import to Mexico they have to be inspected and approved prior to crossing. You have to have documentation for them. What that entails or how to do it I don't know. But that's only if you want to be within the law.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I have plenty of extra birds running around. It definitely costs more to feed em but turning them loose pretty young works out great.
Like that pic I sent u sdm111 the black that worked over the pumpkin was out still looking for more. The proof is in the pudding. Sometimes I wait too long to pen them but mostly it works out ok. There is a huge advantage to having numbers. In the end no matter what your doing you can be way more selective when you have a lot to compare an individual to. 1 might seem good out of 3 but if you had 10 that 1 might have been the first to be culled. You never know. It's a lot of work though. I ain't trying to make money with them anyway. When money isn't the driving force better decisions can be made.

 

[JShubin]

Second oldest

 

[JShubin]

Chicken trap

 

[sdm111]

Also the tide may change too. I was focused on the albany last breeding season but it ended up the roundheads were way better (stags) so the owners switched to the roundheads. There's a few Albany around just to see how they turn out but their not on top anymore. I don't have any anymore but kept a rh pair.

 

[B123]

I think raising and breeding gamefowl is kind of like a "box of chocolates", especially when dealing with small populations. Single matings can be good, but can also drastically change the direction of a line in a short period of time for good or bad. Like Shubin has said many times, it is exciting to see what comes out of the crosses, perhaps because they are so unpredictable.