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Ok I could not resist telling the story of "RuntZilla". Last fall I purchased a small check hen for $50. I think I have mentioned her before. She is an imported hen from the loft of Erik Berkmoes. She is Marcellis blood. Anyway she is a 2000 hen and is a bit old. My thoughts were that I might get a couple of foundation birds off this sprint blood to help my birds at the 100 and 150 miles races. These distances are my weakest.
Anyway, I could not get the hen to lay. She would go through all stages of the breeding cycle, but to no avail would the eggs come. I paired her with a younger Engels Cock. Berkmoes and Engels fly in the same federation in Belg, so I thought they might make a good pair. No eggs, so I needed a place to foster some eggs so I put them under this pair. They raised the babies healthy. Even know one was "Three Toes" AKA the "Mutant" that Fast Pitch is flying.
To be continued:
Anyway, I could not get the hen to lay. She would go through all stages of the breeding cycle, but to no avail would the eggs come. I paired her with a younger Engels Cock. Berkmoes and Engels fly in the same federation in Belg, so I thought they might make a good pair. No eggs, so I needed a place to foster some eggs so I put them under this pair. They raised the babies healthy. Even know one was "Three Toes" AKA the "Mutant" that Fast Pitch is flying.
To be continued: