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[SOHC-FTW]

Hope ya get to feeling better flypen the flu has killed 5 or 6 people in NC.

 

[JShubin]

I have not tried it with flighty birds as they do not last that long... They generally tug a little, but I haven't had any go nuts. Some just stand there at the end of the cord. I generally give them some scratch or something just to keep them busy and let them know it is okay. To each their own.

Ive tried too and it depends on the bird from what I experience. The ones that are easy to handle (not scared of humans) tend to do well because they arent trying to get away from you.

Anxious stags that are wild don't do well, They try to fly away from me or run to the end of the cord. ... Or if I leave then they want to chase my free range hens and end up yanking their legs again.

Ulitimately time will settle them down... and I think if you already have cocks on cords, the stags learn how to behave on cords just from "watching" their peers/elders.

 

[B123]

Havoc, you can have all this snow back, I definitely didn't ask for it.
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My wife chuckled at me today... After I finished plowing the drive this morning, I plowed a trail back to the pens. It is exercise walking back and forth to the house in about 12" of snow!

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I went crazy with staples and hammered them in every wire and doubled up on the bottom.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Thought I had it beat till I woke up yesterday hacking up red blood again

Hope you start feeling better soon. Might wanna go to the doctor. I’m not a fan but if you gotta hey you got to.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Havoc, you can have all this snow back, I definitely didn't ask for it.
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Lol. We’re supposed to get a couple more inches tonight. I’m just about ready to start fishing now!

 

[roosterhavoc]

is there a technique to getting stags used to being on a cord? do games get used to being on a cord quickly? I had a non game cockerel i tried putting on a cord a couple years ago and he was not having it, pulled and jumped so much I thought he was going to hurt himself.

When I put a bird on a cord I keep ahold of the cord for a little bit and tug back on it some so he can feel it and know there is resistance. I only use them temporarily but I’ve never had a bird go nuts. Like was already said flighty, nervous crazy stags and especially hens are the first to get culled.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Yeah here the snow was supposed to start now so we will see.

 

[sdm111]

Wind chill 5 tomorrow morning

 

[SOHC-FTW]

I only got cords for use when I can supervise said birds then put them back in their pens.