by W.T. Morrison
Pre Keep
The Pre Keep is one week long. If your putting up for a 5 cock start out with 10 birds at the beginning of the pre keep then cut down to 7 birds on cut day. Make the cut down to seven birds.
Day 1: go thru chickens make sure they are not molting first off . Then Worm cocks with Piperzene. Then delouse chickens with a 50% Seven Dust 50% Chicken Delouse (carried at Southern States) Put Chickens in fly pen with wormed deloused hen.
Day 2: handle cocks and give them a good rub down and a couple runs and fly's get them used to you. The #1 key to winning fights is making the rooster your best friend.
Feed � regular feed morning and night (exactly 12 hours apart) put in different fly pen with different hen.
Day 3: Do the same as day 2 (make sure you gentle him down)
Day 4: get up early feed cocks � regular feed then put in fly pen with different hen. Right before evening feed spar cocks naked spurred let them know that the other rooster always means business, spar for two quick buckles. Feed cocks evening feed and put up. DON'T WORK COCKS TODAY.
Day 5: Make the cut. Feed and do everything as you did yesterday. Run up Cocks 5 times. Run cocks 5 times. Fly cocks 5 times. Feed regular morning and night.
Day 6: Spar cocks at day brake with muffs for 3 buckles. Feed regular morning and night.
Day 7: wake up feed cocks 2 ounces of bread and milk. Run up Cocks 5 times. Run cocks 5 times. Fly cocks 5 times.(do this morning and night) Feed cocks nothing this evening.
This ends the pre keep your birds should be in great shape by know and as gentle as a dog.
The Keep
Day 1: Run up Cocks 5 times. Run cocks 5 times. Fly cocks 5 times.(do this morning and night) morning feed should be � keep feed (put cocks in scratch pens then feed) leave in scratch pens till noon then put in fly pens till dark (no hens in the fly pens from here on out) evening after work feed cocks in feed cup out of black out box.
Day 2: do every thing the same as day 1
Day 3: Run up cock 5 times. Run cock 10 times. Fly cock 10 times. (do this morning and evening) Morning feed should be � keep feed with a little white hard boiled egg in it this morning feed cocks out of cup put in fly pens till noon then put in scratch pens till dark at evening feed time feed regular in scratch pens put in black out boxes give each cock � of a one source vitamin pill
Day 4: Do same as day before except spar cocks with gloves for two buckles.
Day 5: Feed same as day before except increase work to run up cock 7 times, run cock 15 times, fly cock 15 times. Feed a little treat at noon while switching from scrath pens to fly pens.
Day 6: Feed same as day before except add some hard boiled white egg morning and night . Work cocks same as day before.
Day 7: Do everything same as day before. Spar cocks for 4 good buckles
Day 8: Feed same as day before Increase work to 10 run ups, 20 runs and 20 fly's
Day 9: Do everything same as day before
Day 10: Quit all work spar cocks one short buckle this afternoon with gloves. Start feeding all cocks morning and evening out of feed cups in black out boxes. Keep Cocks in fly pens all day from here on out.
Day 11: everything same as day before
Day 12: everything same as day before but do not spar cocks
Day 13: COCKS WILL BE BLACKED OUT ALL DAY this morning, reduce feed a little in morning. This evening feed cornmeal 1 � two liter cap full
Day 14: COCKS WILL BE BLACKED OUT ALL DAY this morning feed cornmeal 1 � two liter cap full this evening feed � cap full with a little raw egg in it.
*Run up = Climb Board
thnx
W.T. Morrison (BROWNREDS)
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