Monte,
I am not sure of the fighting of the
males. Here on our facility they never get the chance. We single pen
raise all males from 16 weeks on.
Splits can and are caused by many
different things. I won't go into all of it but we do everything we can
to not have split nails.
The biggest factor is processing at
the proper time. We do get very few splits.
Expensive? The $125 to $135 that a
good cape brings is far less than I can get for a mature brood cock,
alive. My main and new brood cock is one that was imported from
France. As some of you know I an sort of a nut about records and it is
very difficult to buy unrelated stock here in the States. I will not
even allude to what I paid for him. I assure you it was far more than I
could get from his cape.
I presently have 14 this years
chicks alive and on the ground. This does not say I will be able to
raise all of them. Still have eggs in the big incubator and again, will
not count them until I can hold them. Sort of like catching a fish.
Some count on a hook up. I only count if I personally touch the fish.
I have no problem with the FF person that counts hookups.
Why do I chose to raise these
Beautiful and very crazy birds?
Cuz I love em.
Have none for sale at this time and
will not have for (hopefully) two years. I sold out all my brood stock
5 years ago because I did not have proper facilities here on the then
New Ranch.
Last year we constructed a new
insulated barn and Jungle Fowl facility. Last year I did not get even
one egg from two hens.
It does take time and things have to
be just right. Being a warm/hot climate bird they must have no freezing
weather. They will freeze toes and just up and die if. But they are fun
to raise. So next time if you see some JF nails and want some, think.
If the price is low I would be suspect and would not be surprised if
the quality matched the price.
By the way, the chicks can fly when
3 days old. Wild critters to say the least.
Denny
