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Conditioning housing for prospective show birds
Don:
I've never forced molt, but then never felt like I had much control when the cocks and hens molted. The old timers used to say you could do this by feeding all corn during the last heat of the summer/fall. Any sudden changes might trigger a bird to start. You might also change the duration of light suddenly to help the trigger.
Really nice coop Duane. I'd like to have about a dozen of those in my yard. I expect the dropping boards save many a mishap with the multiple hens. I've had lots of white birds with yellow spots caused by roosting pen mates. I know that Max has a bank of pens for conditioning LFs in individual pens. Anyone have pictures of other facilities for larger numbers of males?
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