Posts by featherz

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickPrincess  I'd like to look into the netting.  What did it cost you?  What do you need besides the box and the netting?  I have a box picked out already.  Where...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cass  If I liked the dead bird I bury it.   If it made me mad or was a mean hen I throw it in a bag and send it to the dump.  If it dies in the winter, it's landfill. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChickPrincess  480 posts, I'll never catch up.  We've been dealing with a fox.  I've been letting them out to free range more often.  Everything was going fine. ...

I have a chick!! LOL.. I have eggs in the bator ready to give just a few chicks out to my NINE broodies to get them off the nests but I did throw a few eggs (literally a few) under the ones that had been broody longest.. Yesterday...

Egads, I had an egg explode in the nest last night. Lifted up one of the broodies to check for extra eggs and thank GAWD I did. OMG the smell. Could not wash the chicken at that time of night, but changed out the bedding and checked...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tough Old Bird    Ahhhhh, that would explain the tipsy girls.  Sheesh.  Thanks for setting me straight, Stony & Rancher. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by marquisella    I didn't even know leghorns went broody.  Is that common?  I thought they'd bred the broodiness out of the breed entirely.    You go...

The mad march of broodies continues.. It's almost as if they know I am downsizing and feel the need to make more!   And to make matters worse, I now have a broody LEGHORN.. Yikes! She's as sweet as can be, but she's been in...

Quote: Originally Posted by stonykill    lol not quite  ROFL! That video is great. sent it to DH to say "see hon? Could be worse!!"..   I used to free range my birds over my 26 forested...

Quote: Originally Posted by rancher hicks    I am sorry for your loss.   Not sure about the off season thing.  Not sure what makes a bird prone to prolapse.  Though I don't encourage...