In light of the nice debate happening.....going back to promoting the breed. It's nice to see dark buckeyes winning There is nothing confusing about that!
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Ok, question here - how do you prepare your Buckeyes for a show as big as Nationals? I still have mine out running around in the pasture - I think it would really depress them if I put them in cages! They are so friendly but do I need to do more to make them happy and content when they are in cages? Advice please!!!! My entries are in and I want to do my best to make my Buckeyes look as terrific as I know they are!
DId you mean over all conditioning or just the getting them used to being caged and handled part?Ok, question here - how do you prepare your Buckeyes for a show as big as Nationals? I still have mine out running around in the pasture - I think it would really depress them if I put them in cages! They are so friendly but do I need to do more to make them happy and content when they are in cages? Advice please!!!! My entries are in and I want to do my best to make my Buckeyes look as terrific as I know they are!
I'm really curious about that double cage question too. I wonder if you put your rooster that hunkered down at the show in a double cage would he have felt less stress? I think - double cage good if he is next to someone he doesn't like he has more space away.....or double cage bad...if he panics at the judge reaching in -- does it make him look freakier than he would in a single cage....so many things to learn.!!!Mostly I need to know how to get them all accustomed to being in the small cages at the shows. I have one Roo that is a very handsome fellow when he is out here running around, but I put him in a cage and he actually looks sick he droops so much! His tail goes down and he kind of hunkers over. The first time he did that at a show, I actually thought he was sick but as soon as I took him home and put him in his pasture, he was strutting around acting like a winner - totally different chicken! I wash the dirtiest ones a week before the show, but at the EOP show the one that wasn't muddy and I didn't wash and was pretty much clean on her own was the one that got reserve - beat out the ones I had washed! So, I guess I really need to know how to present them at their best to the rest of the world! How much do you take off their toenails - they freerange so they mostly keep their nails in the shape they need for foraging. Is it best to reserve double coops for the cocks and cockerels? A lot of questions I never thought I would be asking since I started out only worrying about how hardy they are and how many eggs they lay! Thanks!
Mostly I need to know how to get them all accustomed to being in the small cages at the shows. I have one Roo that is a very handsome fellow when he is out here running around, but I put him in a cage and he actually looks sick he droops so much! His tail goes down and he kind of hunkers over. The first time he did that at a show, I actually thought he was sick but as soon as I took him home and put him in his pasture, he was strutting around acting like a winner - totally different chicken! I wash the dirtiest ones a week before the show, but at the EOP show the one that wasn't muddy and I didn't wash and was pretty much clean on her own was the one that got reserve - beat out the ones I had washed! So, I guess I really need to know how to present them at their best to the rest of the world! How much do you take off their toenails - they freerange so they mostly keep their nails in the shape they need for foraging. Is it best to reserve double coops for the cocks and cockerels? A lot of questions I never thought I would be asking since I started out only worrying about how hardy they are and how many eggs they lay! Thanks!