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[roosterhavoc]

If you look around you should be able to find some sweaters for your chickens. Might even be able to make them some little booties.

 

[roosterhavoc]

@birdman55 seriously nobody is hating. If your looking for a round of applause you got it. Id imagine it’s damn difficult to raise birds in your climate. You aren’t the first and won’t bevthe last though. The point is you said you have birds dying from the cold. That’s preventable. Simple as that. You manage to stay alive, you should do the same for them.

 

[birdman55]

I was just asking you if you used hay or not so I don't know where your big head is coming from. It was a simple question and works for me so figured I'd offer a helpful tip. You are so quick to jump to conclusions is probably why you do not click with folk in general sometimes you just have to take the blows and not be so thinned skinned.

Remember you've got to give respect to get it in return it is not given but earned.

Wasn’t directing the message towards u n thanks for the tip but I’m close to 40k in birds in building n unless I wanna spend another 20k to heat it nothing is going to stop that cold of temps. Iam not heating anything if it can’t survive it’s not strong enough to breed. Nature culls for u. N I’ve accomplished this is two years. Wrote an article for an international website. Been featured in two magazines. Been called a peddler and never sold a bird other then to eat. Lol so it ain’t me. Some people don’t like it when u have pep to ur step., didn’t need praise or compliments was just saying this is cold compared to u southern boys. Go put ur bird in the freezer n in the morning see if it’s alive. So why would u believe that 40 plus below what a freezer is at a bird would survive.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Your rant said you "guys" so that could be addressed to any tom dick and harry in this thread for some one who wrote an article I figured that was a given.
Address folks in a respectful manner and by golly 9times out of 10 they will return the favor be a smart elec and welp you get what you put in. Pep in your step and having the mentality of being better than others is two different things.

And personally theirs reasonings I stay small one is because of management I'd rather not get to big for my own breeches.

 

[birdman55]

Point fingers it’s the American way. N I’m not to big. Not yet anyways. N I’m not better then anyone I try to better myself n the attitude I give u guys is the Same attitude U give back. One person on here just can’t be chill. Like high school clicks so u stick up for each other. N grammar in some bs post compared to an article is totally different. I’m no English major. All this over me making a sensitive joke over the cold climate. It’s cool for some to joke but when others do it u start throwing around the u don’t know how to take care of ur birds and stuff. It is what it is don’t cry over spilled milk. U ask questions n they get answer I ask them n less then half get responded to. Actions speak louder then words my friend. I’ve double my farm every year since I’ve started n I plan on not slowing down. I’m not the one acting like I know it all. Somebody that likes to stir the pot wants to believe that u won’t have birds die at -45 degree windshield. That’s the naive part about people n what they think. Until u grown birds it that climate u can’t say. Just like I can’t say I know over 100 temps. Pointless arguments instead of trying to preserve the Gamefowl n help each other out n be there for each other.

 

[birdman55]

I have 10 brood pens most of u have 5-10x what I have so I am small compared to others. None of the Gamefowl have been affected by the cold

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

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Found the above pic online figured it was shubin stock

I believe this is a modern game bantam

 

[centrarchid]

@birdman55,

You are getting the first real winter for a long time. Part of challenge is a function of species / breed / strain selection. Events like this are what leave only the stronger birds to carry forward the gene pool. It is a form of selection.

Stock types you have are your business.

When it comes to use of hays, I suggest you use straw instead and leave some in square bale form. Birds can get up off ground even if inclined to roost on ground. My birds will stay off ground for days when it gets really cold. I then apply feed to top of hay bales.

Check weight of your birds. When it gets really cold, the birds have a tough time keeping weight on. Shorter day length makes for longer interval overnight where crop is depleted without energy for staying warm extracted from food. Then they must tap into fat reserves. Small under weight birds may not even be able to process food fast enough to maintain full body temperature.

You are where you can throw out door the old wives tail about how evil corn is for games. Pop it too them when it get really cold. Not nutritionally balanced but it is energy dense and they will eat a lot of it even after topped of with whatever ground feed mix you are using. Feeding with intact grains also may help reduce need to liquid water. Make some of those feeding blocks so birds can pick feed off at leisure without venturing away from cover.

Growing up, I was ingrained with concept you do not waist pen space on chickens hatched later than June 1. Winter time discussions explained that as economics where the younger birds seldom matured enough to pit that first season. The younger birds also did not have the body mass or feathering needed to resist intense cold. I do remember winters in the 1970's where young birds and those in poor health suffered significant deathloss and very much more prone to frostbite. Because of the challenges, we where very much against getting stock from deep south because they could not handle harsh winters as well.

We could raise chicks in barn during even worst of those winters but great effort had to be invested in keeping everyone dry and protected from wind.

 

[1cock2hens]

someone needs to grow up

 

[sdm111]

You may be able to impress people who don't know any better but to ones who know pheasants know the goldens and Amherst are little league entry level in the ornamentals. Lol