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[Chief]

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I use numbered wingbands for the broodfowl. And toe punch the offspring. Make an index with the best description you have of each numbered brood bird.
example: #274= pure green leg hatch from so & so. Pea comb, lemon hackle, hatched 3/2007, son of #110 & #225. And so on.

Do the same with your hens. Then single mate them. When the chicks are old enough to wean off the hen choose a web marking. Such as right foot inside web. And mark all these chicks that way. Then just keep a log, cock # & hen# = this marking. Then write down the details of that generation. Only use that marking for that brood pairs offspring. If you breed that cock to another hen, choose a different mark for their offspring. If any of them make the grade to the broodpen wing band them and write their info in the book.

Just keep it simple and the more info the better. So you can know how you got to whatever point you are in the family tree. Just think it through and set it up so it works for you.

 

[Chief]

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To make things easier, I cull birds hatched after June 1. Makes for easier comparisons in fall. It is my opinion the spring hatched birds are better than summer hatched. Difference is environmental, not genetic.

What are the differences in spring vs. summer? Ive heard this somewhere else as well but wondering what your reasoning is.

It seems to me that the heat of summer is too hard on the young chick, too. June & July hatched chicks, just seem to take much longer to develop. And never seem to end up as hearty as spring chicks. I'd rather have fall hatches than summer if I don't get enough out in the spring.

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

Thanks chief and everyone else for all the advice hopefully this season will be good it'll be my first season actually being serious about breeding Americans I've got two cocks three stags and about nine hens been thinking about who to breed with who should be exciting can't wait thanks again

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

Is there any way to find out what strain you have without being told from the breeder you got then from if so I need help finding out what I got the only thing I know is I have one hatch cock and some hatch hens everything else i have no clue can any one help I can post pics in the morning if needed

 

[DTchickens]

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Someone who knows American gamefowl really well can take only a guess, but the guess does not mean it is anywhere near it. It could be the individual breeders strain, of course it is anyway since they breed it, but I mean it may be their mixture of hatch fowl. Certain birds are easier to tell, Hatch are not that easy as many can look similar. And as I mentioned, only then it can be a guess. I wouldn't worry about the name too much, but the quality of the fowl.


God bless,
Daniel.

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

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Someone who knows American gamefowl really well can take only a guess, but the guess does not mean it is anywhere near it. It could be the individual breeders strain, of course it is anyway since they breed it, but I mean it may be their mixture of hatch fowl. Certain birds are easier to tell, Hatch are not that easy as many can look similar. And as I mentioned, only then it can be a guess. I wouldn't worry about the name too much, but the quality of the fowl.


God bless,
Daniel.

thanks daniel and you are right it is about quality i just wish i knew what to call my fowl other than reds and greys i guess if i breed them to my hatch hens i can call all the offspring hatches right

p.s. nice website by the like that 4way cross

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

so i want to build up my grey stock next year and i have a grey stag and a grey cock but only one grey hen i have plenty of wheaton hens and other color hens dont know what they throw just got most of my stock within the last few months does any one know if i use other hens if i can still get greys

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

anyone got some pics of their brood pens need some ideas

 

[Teach97]

 

[josh44]