The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: lord flynn on September 08, 2013, 09:51:01 am
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anyone managed this in an even semi effective way? just when they are in the houses obviously. Its actually for us, new place has no neighbours for 3/4 mile but the poultry will be closer to our house. And I now seem to have 3 cockerels ;D
The big lad can also crow when he can't stand up or stretch out-as we found recently when transporting him, although isn't given to crowing through the night. Last year I had a Marsh Daisy cockerel that I tucked away in the shed every night as it was the only way of shutting him up. I can do that again at a push but wondered if anyone had any ideas-I rahter suspect that anything good could harbour mite..
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Do you need o keep cockerels for breeding? If not .....
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yes-run a closed flock of Scots Greys and also breed rumpless araucana.
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Well whot iv done is board the shed up and fill the middle with saw dust or some sheeps wool. Wil work a treat. Other way tip old wardrobe doores use them to board i did the loft.
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thanks VF-some good ideas, I think I can angle some old doors/boarding with some sort of soft stuff.