Hey from Alabama

[woody]

New guy to the forum, but I've cruised the site for advise and opinions. Have a MF 255 with FEL and 2 Belarus 250 As's. I've got 15 acres of mixed pastures and woods.
Looking to get the most out of my tractors. and implements. Right now i'm just a new chicken Rancher.:dance1:

Hey Sarge76 replied on the other thread before I seen this one, but welcome to the site

 

[jjp8182]

jjp8182 Nothing so fancy... I'm feeding 4 feral Chickens, Banty Roosters mostly. They started out as a loose flock of 15-20. as they moved down the road they were fewer and fewer. Grandkids love them so I've set up a feeding station and now they call our place home.
I really want to raise turkeys and quail. I'm still working on grading some roads and moving some dirt around.

Haven't dealt with quail at all, but if you're looking at wild turkeys keeping them secure is definitely a good idea as the toms can get rather aggressively territorial and lose their fear of humans. (my parents also had a decent size flock of ring-necked pheasants and a few wild turkeys when I was growing up ...mostly to cut down on the food costs of feeding three boys). :laughing:

If you don't already know it there's an interesting trick that works some birds where tucking their head under their wing and rocking them back and forth can make them go to sleep. It's apparently something used for training hunting dogs with live birds, but I've seen it done with bantam chickens as well.

 

[Sarge76]

yeah, cool trick. I first saw that when I was out in the country and my buddy reached down and snatched up a fat hen. Tucked her head under her wing and moved her around in a high to low circle. Just a minute later set her down in the grass and she was sound asleep.
I'm looking at Traditional Brown Turkeys to free range. I've got a lot of hardwoods and acorns galore.
I should start ranching squirrels as I went from zero to 20 since the Pecans are dropping.