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Release Day for My Little Shoot! (pics)


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Well today was the day we got our birds in on my little farm shoot. Weather was nice all week and then it goes and rains today! Typical. However we still managed to get the birds in and they weren't in bad shape, and soon found the afternoon sun spots to dry out and within an hour of being in were nice and spread out and pecking about feeding. Also managed to collect about 40 eggs in the first hour!

 

Think i need an incubator!

 

A big thank you to Simon (Amatex) who i got chatting to on here and supplied us with our birds and delivered them.

Highly recommended.

 

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i thought u couldn't clip ex-layers?

 

I see u've answered

 

I take it there not throu the moult then? I thought if clipped feathers won't grow back till next moult next year and u pulled the primaries. Seen us having to do that with mature 61/2 week old poults as blood quills throu

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i thought u couldn't clip ex-layers?

 

I see u've answered

 

I take it there not throu the moult then? I thought if clipped feathers won't grow back till next moult next year and u pulled the primaries. Seen us having to do that with mature 61/2 week old poults as blood quills throu

Thats why I asked the reason there should be pulled is because a lost/pulled feather will grow back straight away but a cut feather will not grow back till next moult and it may just be a bit late for that this year.

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Yeah all good none out and only 1 dead one which I thought would die as was not in the best shape out of all of them released yesterday. No sign of attempted entry by fox! Hung some cd's up to deter crows/magpies as I think they have been hammering the eggs as hardly any there! Picked a few to try and incubate though. Next jobs are to straw the ride, and start building feeders outside the pen as I'm sure they'll be out in no time!

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