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Fowl Roosting in Trees (27 October, 2024)
My yard fowl, some of which include my straight bred fowl I rotate in various pens, will often take to the trees during the summer. Some adult fowl prefer the trees, but will rotate like wild turkey. The ones who remain anyhow.
I have noticed a cycle in recent years, where winter gets so severe in January, they abandon the trees.
Typically young fowl, fully feathered chicks will start the cycle or perhaps one OG hen will show them the way an evening. By July they’re into the trees again.
It recently took me all weekend to catch this grey stag off my Ma’s yard. I made this video at dusk, well into roosting time but early yet. Caught the stag after dark.
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Yard Walk (25 October, 2024)
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Just sharing some of my observations walking the yard with the bull dog. Mornings I’ve carpentry work to attend to are earlier and faster, mornings I stay home and work my farm all day, are slower and include more observation. Taking a seat, and watching the place, writing, considering projects and the steps ahead, is paramount.
Wrangling Fowl (September 28, 2024).
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These are my Ma’s fowl in Pennsylvania. She maintains a flock of Brown Red from fowl that I bred and brought down from Maine during my years of breeding them. She raises chicks every year and they mature free range, I manage/help by catching, removing from the flock, bringing some pullets, or by replacing the brood cock. They’re more wild acting than my fowl, natural selection being a strong me...
Walking the Yard (September 11, 2024)
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My wife and I were away in Europe for two weeks, this is a bit of a ramble and my observations the very next day home.
Dawn and Dusk Yard Fowl Feeding
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Dawn feeding of the yard fowl, and then later toward sunset. Many folks over feed their fowl. Yard fowl are active; they forage all daylight hours, while finding water and evading predatory teeth, talon and claw. This is when I observe my fowl and the yard. I consider all the dynamics within and across the farm and forest environment.
American Roundhead Gamefowl (September 11 - 23, 2024)
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After being away two weeks in Europe, I documented a bit of my interactions with this particular stag and his mother. The hen (stag’s dam) is a Roundhead from Delaware, I couldn’t find much else out about her, but saw her while on the road in Pennsylvania and couldn’t let her go. The sire to this stag is an East Coast, American Asil stag, of mostly Reynolds (Atkinson / Desi) blood I obtained fr...
Whitehackle Muff stag (July 2024)
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One of my brood pens is a trio of two (Hoy/Sears/Bean) muff hens I bred, full sisters, with a spangle Low (Hoy/Sears) Muff bull stag. They’ve produced some nice chicks. I am hopeful this guy and his brothers and sisters mature.
Hoy Muff stag (20 June, 2024)
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The best ‘Hoy’ muff stag out of my main muff brood pen. They’re Whitehackle Muff, but from what I can tell no matter what was bred into them over the years, each source I’ve obtained fowl from when it came to this blood, sticks to the term “Hoy”, “Sears”, or “Whitehackle” muff, when describing them. Seems the foundation have been the fowl made well known by Lawman, Hoy, Murphy, Morgan, Gleezen,...
Whitehackle Muff Brood Pen
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This is not an ideal husbandry situation, but so far it’s working out. The stag will eventually (most likely) not be trusted around his chicks, and that’s how it goes. For now they all seem to be fine in this fly pen. Just sharing my fowl.
Whitehackle Muff Brood Pen
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I have been trying to establish a quality family of the old ‘New England Muff’ fowl for the last three years. These guys are becoming ever more rare, and I’ve acquired the best I could find and afford. They are promising fowl, this pen includes two of my favorite muff hens I’ve bred from a ‘Texas Hoy Cock’ and a ‘Sears (Hoy) Muff’ hen from Connecticut, bred to a spangled stag from Georgia. The ...
Barred Owl and Game Fowl (28 March 2024)
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Recently dubbed stag of mine, been wanting to handle him more and calm him down a bit. Anyhow a couple evenings ago, he told me an aerial predator was flying by, I joke it’s their “death from above” call. Sure enough a barred owl slowly went on by on the edge of my yard into the tree line. I have a lot of barred owls at my place, and they do prey on my fowl, but I still love them. So I take the...
Asil chicks
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One of my yard hens hatched some of my red Asil chicks. Winter hatching is not normal for my hens but the past two winters, my Asil chose to lay and go broody. Since Asil lay so few eggs, I collected from the nest boxes and placed them under one of my favorite yard hens.
Hanson Asil
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Hanson Asil
Crowing game hen
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Crowing game hen
Brown Red hen (December ‘23)
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Brown Red hen (December ‘23)
Brown Red brood pair (December ‘23)
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Brown Red brood pair (December ‘23)
Pakistani Asil
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Pakistani Asil
Gilmore Hatch gamecock
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Gilmore Hatch gamecock
Hatch Gamecock
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Hatch Gamecock
North Briton Gamefowl (December 2023)
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North Briton Gamefowl (December 2023)
American Asil pair
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American Asil pair
Hoy Muff Gamefowl pair (December 2023)
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Hoy Muff Gamefowl pair (December 2023)
Dom Gamefowl (December 2023)
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Dom Gamefowl (December 2023)
Redquill Muff Gamefowl (December 2023)
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Redquill Muff Gamefowl (December 2023)
Yard Fowl Selection: Day Observation (December 2023)
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Yard Fowl Selection: Day Observation (December 2023)
Yard Fowl Selection: Night Observation (December 2023)
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Yard Fowl Selection: Night Observation (December 2023)
Hoy Muff Gamefowl Pen (12 November, 2023)
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Hoy Muff Gamefowl Pen (12 November, 2023)
Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 3 (13 November, 2023)
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Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 3 (13 November, 2023)
Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 2 (October 29, 2023)
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Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 2 (October 29, 2023)
Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 1 (October 29, 2023)
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Yard Fowl and Selection: Part 1 (October 29, 2023)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @regularjoewelch8710
    @regularjoewelch8710 5 днів тому

    I’m interested in purchasing a muff breeding pair. I’m looking for a light red/wheaten in color.

  • @Tristanhodgson-i7k
    @Tristanhodgson-i7k 12 днів тому

    🔥🔥

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 13 днів тому

    Yes sir

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 13 днів тому

    Cowan ?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 12 днів тому

      @@Justinclay-x3n Mr. B. Patrick I was told. Delaware

    • @Justinclay-x3n
      @Justinclay-x3n 56 хвилин тому

      ​@downtheridge. she looks good 👍🏻

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 13 днів тому

    She's nice man 👍🏻

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 12 днів тому

      Still single mating. She has 3 chicks roosting with her now.

    • @Justinclay-x3n
      @Justinclay-x3n 11 днів тому

      @downtheridge yes sir

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 13 днів тому

    Looking good 👍🏻

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 13 днів тому

    Like your brown reds wish you luck hope you can keep them pure and keep them going 👍🏻

  • @Tristanhodgson-i7k
    @Tristanhodgson-i7k 23 дні тому

    I need him lol

  • @Tristanhodgson-i7k
    @Tristanhodgson-i7k 23 дні тому

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @thomasjcorson7502
    @thomasjcorson7502 27 днів тому

    Where are you located what are you doing with the grey rooster

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 26 днів тому

      @@thomasjcorson7502 I’m keeping him penned for now. Maine

    • @thomasjcorson7502
      @thomasjcorson7502 26 днів тому

      @@downtheridge oh Maine Pa here ya id keep him too I would have been interested in that rooster Thanks

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 26 днів тому

      @@thomasjcorson7502 He has to mature, still a young stag. I been handling him often and he’s calming down some

  • @kkhelton4462
    @kkhelton4462 28 днів тому

    Do you think its better to have a very diverse freerange flock or have all the same breed of gamefowl in a flock? I personally like all the same breed because you know what your gonna for offspring and they all took better when they are all the same breed but i didnt know if it was better for sustainability to have a very diverse flock

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 27 днів тому

      @@kkhelton4462 it depends what your goals are. I set my Ma up with only Brown Reds for that reason. I have families of fowl I breed straight, and brood fowl/chicks end up on the yard and some fowl remain. I mark brood fowl chicks, and band the ones who stand out closer to maturity. I use the yard as a way to let them mature and observe the fowl. I wouldn’t necessarily take a mongrel into a brood pen. After years of this, eventually the yard fowl would become homogenized no matter how you started.

  • @kkhelton4462
    @kkhelton4462 28 днів тому

    At 6:45 what breed is that?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 28 днів тому

      Brown Red. Straight comb, Alabama BR and Wingate BR blood.

    • @kkhelton4462
      @kkhelton4462 28 днів тому

      @downtheridge ah okay thanks where did you get him?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 27 днів тому

      @@kkhelton4462 I gave my Ma some of my Brown Red fowl that I bred, and I catch stags off her yard every year.

  • @genghis1417
    @genghis1417 Місяць тому

    they are hard to tame, any tips

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@genghis1417 Brown Red can be high-strung. I handle the hens, and if they’re calm as mothers with a clutch, I let those hens set and hatch others’ eggs more so than wild hens. Wild hens teach chicks to be wild.

  • @thomasjcorson7502
    @thomasjcorson7502 Місяць тому

    Beautiful roosters what price do you sell them

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      If you wanna talk, 570-856-8707.

  • @MalinoisTim
    @MalinoisTim Місяць тому

    How much for one of your Muffs?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@MalinoisTim I’m watching a few young ones mature yet. Depends on who makes it into winter. 570-856-8707. We can talk some time.

  • @kkhelton4462
    @kkhelton4462 Місяць тому

    Love watching these yard vidoes

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@kkhelton4462 thank you. I’ve been meaning to edit and upload more

  • @stevengaines1935
    @stevengaines1935 Місяць тому

    Do you sell any Stags or polite I am looking for a brownred to cross over my henny hach

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      I don’t sell them often. We can talk some time. 570-856-8707

  • @ricric1
    @ricric1 2 місяці тому

    😂 you're funny

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      Well thank ya. Some say I’ve a different kind of humor.

  • @Tristan56955
    @Tristan56955 2 місяці тому

    Them black hens were cutting!!

  • @potlimit2002
    @potlimit2002 2 місяці тому

    Jerry Lowe is a chicken peddler. You can’t believe anything that man says.

  • @kkhelton4462
    @kkhelton4462 2 місяці тому

    Where do you live?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      Maine

    • @kkhelton4462
      @kkhelton4462 Місяць тому

      @downtheridge I live in indiana and my straight comb birds get some frost bite on their combs when I gets down in the negatives do you have this problem?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@kkhelton4462 I usually dub my stags over winter. Some guys let the comb become frost bit and I’ve seen cocks with altered full wattles and comb and they’re fine in a pen. Free range fowl in New England ought to be dubbed in my opinion.

    • @kkhelton4462
      @kkhelton4462 Місяць тому

      @downtheridge I've never dubbed any of mine before if I do it will they stay dubbed or will I have to do it agian?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@kkhelton4462 Once. I can explain over the phone some time if need be. 570-856-8707

  • @AnimeDreamingEcchi
    @AnimeDreamingEcchi 2 місяці тому

    Where can I get a mongrel?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      Are you asking about how to breed fowl like mine? Mongrel is a term I’m using to describe my “yard bred fowl”.

  • @maptalha
    @maptalha 2 місяці тому

    Great

  • @robertarroyo2458
    @robertarroyo2458 3 місяці тому

    Any pullets available

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 2 місяці тому

      @@robertarroyo2458 where are you located?

    • @robertarroyo2458
      @robertarroyo2458 2 місяці тому

      @@downtheridge in Texas

    • @robertarroyo2458
      @robertarroyo2458 2 місяці тому

      I was wondering if you had any crossed on hatch

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      @@robertarroyo2458 570-856-8707. I breed my Brown Red straight, and have recently been breeding Hatch, and a blend of the two.

  • @robertarroyo2458
    @robertarroyo2458 3 місяці тому

    Any pullet's available

  • @SavonDukes
    @SavonDukes 3 місяці тому

    I’m interested in some of these whitehackle muffs

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 2 місяці тому

      @@SavonDukes a lot of folks are interested in these fowl, the Muff are hard to come by. I won’t know until autumn/winter.

  • @ShamoUSA-z4m
    @ShamoUSA-z4m 3 місяці тому

    What state are you in?

  • @madaimonroy1189
    @madaimonroy1189 3 місяці тому

    Do you have something for sale?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 2 місяці тому

      @@madaimonroy1189 five 7 zero - 8 five six - eight 7 zero 7. I may by autumn/winger, hard to know just yet.

  • @arnejonreslll5617
    @arnejonreslll5617 3 місяці тому

    Hm sir

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 3 місяці тому

    👍🏻

  • @Justinclay-x3n
    @Justinclay-x3n 3 місяці тому

    She does look good 👍🏻

  • @juancarlosdominguezmartine5863
    @juancarlosdominguezmartine5863 4 місяці тому

    Anything for sale ? They look good 🔥🦅

  • @user-ye2lm1de3w
    @user-ye2lm1de3w 4 місяці тому

    Good looking Brownred mug

  • @eliasrodriguez2858
    @eliasrodriguez2858 4 місяці тому

    Good looking stag bro

  • @JoseGomez-p1v
    @JoseGomez-p1v 4 місяці тому

    Hello can i purchase a pair of youre muffs?

  • @AldinMaranga
    @AldinMaranga 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful ❤

  • @fishguygobies3932
    @fishguygobies3932 4 місяці тому

    Do the turkey Tom’s mess with your stags?

  • @Kyu560
    @Kyu560 5 місяців тому

    You got any other page I'm interested buying some of those red Quills u have?$

  • @fishguygobies3932
    @fishguygobies3932 5 місяців тому

    Do you require a livestock guardian dog?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      No, but I’m sure one would help for evenings; they’re 24/7 on guard, outside.

  • @fishguygobies3932
    @fishguygobies3932 5 місяців тому

    Your birds survived the winter completely free range?! That is incredible. I’m in upstate NY and looking into doing the same thing. Didn’t realize they were capeable of surviving the winter if they need to.

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge Місяць тому

      They’re the best sustainable chicken, and yes they can survive with feed and a bit of care

  • @Tristan56955
    @Tristan56955 5 місяців тому

    Nice lil buddy i need one of those lol

  • @Tristan56955
    @Tristan56955 5 місяців тому

    That's a great looking white hackle muff

  • @fishguygobies3932
    @fishguygobies3932 5 місяців тому

    How do you keep them alive through the winter with them roosting in the trees?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 2 місяці тому

      I feed them, and make sure they have fresh water. They don’t have to roost in the trees, but many of them do until January. They rotate, and roost in out buildings, the barn, take shelter when they want.

  • @fishguygobies3932
    @fishguygobies3932 5 місяців тому

    Do you have any recommendations on making a little money on the farm to fund backyard projects like this?

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 2 місяці тому

      @@fishguygobies3932 one can sell vegetables, and also livestock.

  • @ChrisLyons-bn5eh
    @ChrisLyons-bn5eh 5 місяців тому

    Old blood lines,keep it up my fellow chicken man

    • @downtheridge
      @downtheridge 5 місяців тому

      Thank you, I appreciate it. Been working on these fowl for three years and this is the most exciting yet.

  • @JoseGomez-p1v
    @JoseGomez-p1v 5 місяців тому

    Hey good morning my friend is there any birds you may have for sale atm? Looking for some crossed or straight thank you.

  • @JohnWagner-p3t
    @JohnWagner-p3t 5 місяців тому

    Do u sell them and if so how much

  • @DerekLocke-ko5xp
    @DerekLocke-ko5xp 5 місяців тому

    I've been looking for some of them for a while would you do me a favor and sell me some eggs

  • @JoseGomez-p1v
    @JoseGomez-p1v 5 місяців тому

    Hey my friend how can i reach out to you ? I wanted to see if i can buy a pair or trio of youre hoy muffs?

  • @DerekLocke-ko5xp
    @DerekLocke-ko5xp 6 місяців тому

    You wouldn't happen to know where I might be able to find a couple of them muffs