Show Off Your Games!

[OkChickens]

I picked these up this weekend

Black Stag with a little red bleed through, Black Pullet, Spangled Pullet, and a Young Wheaten Pullet

Nate

 

[Grandaddy]

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Got my Shorty Bulloch stag today. Feathers got a little messed up on the trip from Ohio, but hope to get a better picture in a couple of days.

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

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good looking stag

 

[Grandaddy]

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good looking stag

Thanks

 

[Grandaddy]

Realizing that the road i have taken is a very long and labor intensive journey. Daily making sure they have clean water, good food, amd a clean place to live. Not to mention spending all extra money and time building new pens. Constantly trying to protect them from predators and sickness. Obtaining new fowl and work and wait for years to see how your plans work out. God I love my gamefowl

 

[fowlfrenzy1029]

going to get a hatch and a grey cock on monday

 

[Schweiger]

I have a question for some more experienced breeders about pens. What are some good pens for breeding pairs/ trios of games that are inexpensive to make? I also have a problem with housing indivdual stags "affordably". I have seen the round chicken wire pens with a piece of board on top but I am looking for someithing more predator/weather proof/long lasting. Pictures would be a great help as I am more a visual person. Also if it can be made easy is a plus as I am not a super "tools" guy. I am somewhat space limited so I cant have a lot of barrels with tie cords either. Any help would be great.

 

[cubalaya]

i use these tractors or scratch pens that i built:

 

[Schweiger]

Thanks cubalaya.. I have seen some like that and I just found a guy on Craigslist that sells them for $100 for a 2x5 with nest boxes and a perch. I will get a couple and try them out. I like the idea of moving them round every few days. A guy i know who raises games said you need to move your birds around so they get new scenery or else they get bored of their pen and go "off/crazy". dont know if this true or not. I suppose its like going to prison and going nuts...

 

[gamelife]

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We used to buy 1x4 doug fur boards cut to 4 feet long, use 12 of these to make a box. Wrap them with
chicken wire, sides and top. These will be fairly light weight and you can move them around quite easily.
If it's ever cold or raining you can just top them with tarp, scrap wood or what have you. This is a inexpensive way to house those stags and they seem to hold up pretty good. They seem to last longer if you wrap that wire tight. And when you feed and water them you just lift the cage. All the tools you
really need are a hammer, nails and staple gun. These worked really well for us.
I would post pictures but the pens are at my fathers house.