Do you think its better to have a very diverse freerange flock or have all the same breed of gamefowl in a flock? I personally like all the same breed because you know what your gonna for offspring and they all took better when they are all the same breed but i didnt know if it was better for sustainability to have a very diverse flock
@@genghis1417 Brown Red can be high-strung. I handle the hens, and if they’re calm as mothers with a clutch, I let those hens set and hatch others’ eggs more so than wild hens. Wild hens teach chicks to be wild.
@downtheridge I live in indiana and my straight comb birds get some frost bite on their combs when I gets down in the negatives do you have this problem?
@@kkhelton4462 I usually dub my stags over winter. Some guys let the comb become frost bit and I’ve seen cocks with altered full wattles and comb and they’re fine in a pen. Free range fowl in New England ought to be dubbed in my opinion.
Your birds survived the winter completely free range?! That is incredible. I’m in upstate NY and looking into doing the same thing. Didn’t realize they were capeable of surviving the winter if they need to.
I feed them, and make sure they have fresh water. They don’t have to roost in the trees, but many of them do until January. They rotate, and roost in out buildings, the barn, take shelter when they want.
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