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Random pics of whatever free rangers gave me some shots.
I turned out the seven 3/4 Liege today. Like many of my birds first time on free range, they headed to a salt bush (Baccharis halimifolia) and started nipping at the leaves. That always makes me nervous because salt bush is supposed to be highly toxic to birds. It doesn't seem to bother my free rangers, but its also normal to lose some birds suddenly the first few days they're on free range, so I'll be watching these to see if any seem to fall sick. In humans, salt bush is somewhat medicinal to some lung conditions. Whitetail deer like to eat it in the wild.
This cockerel is a couple of months older than the 3/4 Liege but is about the same size. He's fathered by Indo but his mother is unknown and he grew up free range. He quickly asserted dominance over the highest level cockerel of the 3/4 birds.
This is a random cockerel of Indo to an unknown layer. I'll probably need to remove him off the yard soon, I don't want him breeding hens.
This is a 1/2 Cracker 1/2 American cockerel. Hei Hei is the father.
Random 1/2 Cracker, 1/4 Liege, 1/4 aseel chick.
1/2 Cracker, 1/2 Wyandotte pullet.
I turned out the seven 3/4 Liege today. Like many of my birds first time on free range, they headed to a salt bush (Baccharis halimifolia) and started nipping at the leaves. That always makes me nervous because salt bush is supposed to be highly toxic to birds. It doesn't seem to bother my free rangers, but its also normal to lose some birds suddenly the first few days they're on free range, so I'll be watching these to see if any seem to fall sick. In humans, salt bush is somewhat medicinal to some lung conditions. Whitetail deer like to eat it in the wild.
This cockerel is a couple of months older than the 3/4 Liege but is about the same size. He's fathered by Indo but his mother is unknown and he grew up free range. He quickly asserted dominance over the highest level cockerel of the 3/4 birds.
This is a random cockerel of Indo to an unknown layer. I'll probably need to remove him off the yard soon, I don't want him breeding hens.
This is a 1/2 Cracker 1/2 American cockerel. Hei Hei is the father.
1/2 Cracker, 1/2 Wyandotte pullet.