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OldChurchEggery:
Thanks, Beth. We had quite the adventure yesterday evening- apparently one of my silver pullets escaped the melee! She was running alongside my car as we came down the driveway around 8 o'clock last night. I don't know if she fluttered out through the ripped wire, got carried off but escaped, or what but I sure was glad to see her. After that 100 degree heat yesterday she was very thirsty, otherwise she was just a little raggedy in the feathers. So, not a total loss after all. I don't want to go off on too much of a tangent in this Partridge thread, so back to the business :-)
bantamhill:
I am sorry to hear of your coon issues. I am up to 18 racoons and keeping the traps baited. I too lost all of my spring hatch but three . . . 138.
Birdcrazy:
I lost my #1 Blue cock to a racoon a month ago. At least I have about 15 of his cockerells 5 weeks to 13 weeks old to see if I can replace him. Also some prospects from chicks that I bought from Paul Smith this spring. There was some talk of caps for the club earlier. With all the posts on racoon problems, any thoughts of coon skin caps. Sounds like Michael could be a good source for starts.
Nina Turner:
^bump!
Hello, Ken.
Is there any further development in 2015 on your LF partridge project?
I recently joined ABC but I have been following this topic for about a year.
I'll be joining you on partridge eventually, but I am currently experimenting with EEs. I think I could have both eb and Pg in 6 of my 2015 (hatchery- Dunlap) pullets (ER/eb, or e+/eb/Ml), and two older hens Fall 2013/ Spring 2014 (e+/eb?) from a hen purchased from a local 'breeder'; and I will attempt to segregate for eb by mating with an eWh cock next spring. (Or they could be ER/e+/Ml, time will tell!)
Thank you for your posts!
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