Show Off Your Games!

[saladin]

Thank you for the information! I have couple of questions, if I may;
1-What is the water to bleach ratio you use? We have well water which is treated with bleach every spring; is that enough bleach?
2-Do you use metal or plastic water containers, and how often should the bleach-water should be replaced?
3- Is pourable Ivomec sufficient substitute for powder or spray mite/lice treatments?
4- Which worming medication would you recommend? I use Vazine and Ivermectin; are these two medications sufficient?
5-At what age, and for how many days do you treat the chicks with Aureomycin?
6-What is LS-50?

Thank you!

Lual

1. I have city water: 8% Bleach:use 2 oz in 5 gals of water.
2. Plastic
3. NO. Use the injectable and give it by mouth: .2cc for on large fowl
4. Valbazen and SafeGuard: I alternate.
5. 14 days: treat for 7 days
6. It is a powder you mix with the water. It helps prevent respiratory problems. Many feed stores carry it. If not at yours get it from Jeffers.

 

[chickletteSarge]

one question, not to try to get things shut down, but how do I breed for gameness if fighting is outlawed? backyard scraps sufficient enough?
pm if R rated... lol
sad that something our fore-fathers did as a sport is now illegal. what l learn from this thread and others like it, makes me wish them days were here again! my grand kids will learn like I did, from grampa!

 

[BKPUCKETT]

one question, not to try to get things shut down, but how do I breed for gameness if fighting is outlawed? backyard scraps sufficient enough?
pm if R rated... lol
sad that something our fore-fathers did as a sport is now illegal. what l learn from this thread and others like it, makes me wish them days were here again! my grand kids will learn like I did, from grampa!

Cock fighting is illegal but so is pot and there is a lot of it around

 

[miss heny]

Cock fighting  is illegal but so is pot and there is a lot of it around

sad but true.

 

[centrarchid]

Ima give them a fighting chance with cocci by treating I don't think it's that big of a deal and don't have enough to cull for cocci. Other things yes but not for cocci.

You can reduce the impact by raising them on ground that is not overly travelled by adults. They will still be infected which in the end is a must, but the infection hits gradually allowing a greater percentage of chicks to develop immunity rather than actually getting sick. You will still loose a few but over time that lighter selection force can still get you to a more resistant strain. To improve resistance you will very likely have to resort to other than linebreeding as needed to reshuffle the genetic deck which means you will run risk of producing better or worse birds in the end. Doing a little progeny testing can increase odds of bettering your line.

 

[sdm111]

Thanks for the tutoring but I believe my lines are fine as they are.

 

[chickletteSarge]

Cock fighting  is illegal but so is pot and there is a lot of it around

Wonder if we could pass a medical use for games?
Wonder if PTSD therapy would pass?

 

[miss heny]

Wonder if we could pass a medical use for games?
Wonder if PTSD therapy would pass?

mmm got PETA to deal with though....

 

[centrarchid]

Thanks for the tutoring but I believe my lines are fine as they are.

If you do not select, then the lines are not yours since you have not left your mark on them. That does not mean they can't be nice lawn ornaments.

 

[fowlsessed]

I appreciate your contribution to the topic of natural immunity and health, centrarchid. It's one with not enough emphasis or followers behind it. When I was on the outside (still am to a large degree) I would read about how hardy and healthy all these gamefowl are, and I mean, they are, don't get me wrong, but when I finally got my hands on some and really started getting in it, I found them to usually be getting more meds then I knew existed at the time! (of course all the different people using different things for the same thing made it seem worse, too). i was turned off by that, but "by beholding we become changed" and am now having a hard time not doing it myself. It's another expense, all the preventatives, but with these birds and their care and nature, I can see how it it usually proves a nice insurance.