Spurs and roster

 Spurs is a roster’s weapon. beside the beak, the roster use feet to punch the opponent. Some rosters also use the spurs. The spurs often make the opponent killed. Spurs like nail. it can grow. Spurs grow in back part of chicken shank.

the spurs is a sign the rosters mature. they grow until old. some spurs can grow up and it makes the chicken less agile. Some owner cut the spurs so they can walk easily. Some owner also sharpened the spurs for fighting (it is not wise to do that)

beware cutting the spurs because its could harm form your chicken. Your chicken could bleed after cutting to deep. the traditional farmer usually cut half of the long of the spurs. They do not cut all the spurs because it will harm to the chicken. Sometimes an owner also covers the spurs with tape band. The owner worry that the sharp spurs can harm the owner.

The spurs also sign the age of the chicken. the spurs grow longer as the age increases.  I remember my friend refused buy a hen with one cm spurs. he suspected the hen was old. The black and white hen was big but old.

Sometimes a hen also has spurs for certain chicken breed. I am very sure that the old chicken layer has no spurs.Having spurs does not mean the hen change to rosters. They still can lays egg some eggs and brood the chick. Some breed chciken such as new hampshire red and the rhode island red has hen with spurs. 

How to Raise bantam e book

 Here is small e book that i write for people who ant raise some bantam. ceratinly i will also update the information. this may simple but it could help you  to raise . 

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Dorking Chicken, England Chicken that has five toes.

 

Dorking is a famous chciken breed come from Dorking, England. This rectangular body shape with short legs is good both ini meat and eggs. The color of egg is white, Eventhough,  the Dorking har red earlobes. Most the white eggs come from whie ear lobes hen. The average of egg production is not more than 200 egg a year, the exact range is 170-190 eggs. The egg production does not exceed the levels seen in common dual-purpose chickens, including the Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire, and Plymouth Rock.

This chciken is dual purpose chicken developed from Belgiia in Roman era. The dorking is a five toes chicken, similar to the silkie chicken. The roman brought the chicken as fine table.

THe chicken is large. the rooster weighs 4,55 to 6,55 kilogram (10-14 lbs); while, the hen weighs 3 to 5 kilogram (8-11 lbs). there is bantam version weighs around a kilograms. The roster bantam wieghs 1130 to 1360 grams, meanwhile, the hen slighlty diferrent. it weighs 910-1130 gram. Some bantam has rosecomb.

There are five color that is reconition bys the standard breeed, such as white, sliver grey, red, dark and cucko. The silver grey color is the color pattern with silver neck color. the silve grey also have grey color in sadddle and the center of wing. The remain color of is is black.

The Dorking is not hard winter due its wide comb. Meanwhile, the chciken is not tolerate with hot condition or hot weather.

In my country, there is dorking descendant. the descendant is called Ayam Kedu. The kedu has no five toes but the performance is similar to Dokring. They have have upright body and tall. The comb is also single wide with red earlobe. There is thre color variation of Kedu, such as White, Red and color.

 

Thai Game Chicken

Before 2010, I did not recognize any chicken pit breed beside Thai Chicken game This wide berast sleder and tta roster best for chciken fight. The chicken is rise for pi t cock chicken only. the owner usu for gamble. 

I do not like pit roosetr practice because its against animal walfaere. I just raise the rooster to improve ayam kampung genetics.  

I had raised Thai pit chicken. this chicken is a famous in my country. unfortunately, people raise it for pit cock. I just want to raise the chciken to breed the best breed. I cross a Thai male to the local chicken or Ayam kampung. the descen is better than its mother but its shorter than the father. 

Thai chciken is a pit cock. it has good reputaion for the the fighting chicken. the thail is very aggresive. they can fight until die. Some rooster chockse to drawn the arena when they cannot fight to opponent. the lose chciken cannaot fight again. they like a losser who afrrad to other chciken. wehereas a local chicken may run from the bad chciken but one day they can fight with the same chciken. the local chicken has hit and run strategy. 

Thai Chicken come from Thailand, suits with its name. They have been develeoped for hundreds years for it. the Thai has upright posture. string neck and beak. the shank is so compact and it could harm the owner. the rosterweight 3,5 kilograms while the hen is aroun 2,5 kilograms. while, ayam kampung just 1-1,5 kilogram. they have musucular body. it is a great breed with slender body. 

Today some raise the chicken for meat and show chciken. some people cross it with Cobb, Ayam kampong, and other chicken. the famous color is black breasted red. The skin benath the feather is red blood. The comb is red walnut. 

Artifical Insemintaion along time ago

 

I used to have a regular barber. He was a very diligent man and a chicken farmer. He once said that in his day, artificial insemination was done by inserting rooster sperm into the female's cloaca using a bamboo strip. Of course, the bamboo strip wasn't sharp because it had been smoothed.

He used artificial insemination to breed the best rooster. He had a very good rooster in his pen. He hoped to get some good generation from the roster. He sold the chciken in bird market. He useually sell some good chicken.

Of course, that practice is no longer practiced. To transfer rooster sperm to the female's cloaca, a syringe with a blunt tip is used. Sharp instruments can injure the female's cloaca. Using a syringe is also practical because it simply inserts the sperm into the syringe and then finally inserts it into the female's cloaca.

I don't know the success rate of the artificial insemination performed by the barber. I didn't have time to ask him about it. Certainly, some eggs hatched during the process, otherwise he wouldn't have explained how to do it. The artificial insemination performed by the barber was also ineffective, as only one female was inseminated, considering that the amount of sperm in a single ejaculation is only 0.2 to 0.5 ml. That's only a drop that can fit on the bamboo strip.

Usually, a single artificial insemination can inseminate as many chickens or as many as 20 birds if the sperm is diluted. Of course, thinner sperm won't be able to adhere to the tip of the bamboo.

Notice, the bammbo should be clean. Use a new bambbo for it. Ini my country, we easily find bamboo and make it easy. Off course , today we do not have to use bamboo for it.

Raising Chiken in up roof

In My father house space was limited. Today the house of father still small. It is so dofifcult ti find the large space due the price of land and property so high. It is also unreasonable price. Off course, in my country, people like raiseing chicken. I also raise few chicken in my house.

I put the chciken in roof. You can see my pen in second florr of my father house. I put the pen in the front of seconf floor. the second florr is not ideal because the sun. the roof is so heat and it is not good for the chciken. they feel hot in the roof. The space also limited.

I decide to stop raise the chciken for a while. Since the neaigbor cut jambu tree beside my tree. You can see the map at picture in this post. I sell the red breasted black ayam pelung to other neighbor. I am so sad. Ia also shuld go to other city for lecture.

As long you can provide a good shelter for chicken, you can rasie the chicken uprrof. You can palce the tree that can cover the chicken from heat. My country is a tropical country which sun shine everyday. The tree also help to protect the chciken from wind.

Therefore , you need to modify th epen of the chciken.  place the chciken at the comfort palce. Some pen have try that can collect the chciken manure. You can easily celan the chciken.

I though it ise not difficult to raise chiken in roof as long you have enough spcae. I have jeard the pakistani peole raise cattle at the roof.  It must be amazing. Rasing a cattle in my house is very imposible. My neghbor will angry at me and some police will arrest me for it.  

A red frizzle naked neck chicken

 

I had a red frizzle necked neck chicken. It is a local chicken. I do not know what is exatcly the chicken come from. But most of the bald or naked neck come from Bali and Papua. I guess the chciken age was aroun two three month. At its age, the chicken become independent, we do not have to palce lamp isnisde its pen. I raise the chicken at large pen alone. In the morning, I relase the chicken to find the food.

The chciken is good looks. I loved it. The bodsy is upright like the Siamese Fignting roster or pit rooster. The color is red as I have mention in the ttile above. The feather grow back as the most common frizzle chicken.

One day a naughty kid hand the chicken hard. I guess the kid just want ot play. My chcicken was very tame and easy to hand. It do not need hard work to hand this tame chicken. I remembered that He held the edge of wing my chicken and pull the wing. I am so pity. I stop the action and he released the chicken.

I asked to the brother to replace the chicken but he told me to slaughter my chicnen. He did not relaize that the chicken was very unique. I did not want to slaughter the chicken because it is very unique. So the brother did want to idemnify may chciken. Two day or three says the chciken dying and died. I am so sad. After that I wanti find other chciken that similar to my chciken first.

I went to the bird market where I got the chciken. It is not easy to find najed neck at the market because its rarely, moreover the naked neck frizzle

After several years seaching, I did not find any chicken that similar to my chciken old one. I woner I have the chicken as the real heritage chicken bree of my contry. 

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