Recent content by segeine

I haven't been on this site in a LOOOOONG time! But here I am again, and happy to be back with all of you chicken-folk out there in internetland!

And the husband is starting to think we should give up on the whole chicken thing. The rest of us will be so sad!

So we have a predator that has taken out over half of the flock, including one of the roosters about a month ago, when they were free ranging (now they are unhappily on full lockdown) and now one INSIDE the coop, less than an hour ago. I've set up the halogen floodlights so I can see the coop...

My chicks spent their first night outside! I had to separate the group a week or so ago, as the inside container was just too small, and one of the chicks wasn't growing as well as the others. I left her a couple of friends, and moved the rest into the garage pen, with no MLP. Yesterday...

Actually, it's a full-grown, very large dog, and the kids were very young (maybe 1st grade and pre-K). Too young, in my opinion, to be responsible for such a large, rambunctious dog without direct parental assistance. If the adult had apologized WITH the kids, or taken any kind of...

It's my hubby that freaked out at the MHP system, and has come around since we started with it. He mentioned just a few minutes ago about how much more feathered they were than the batch last year, and I explained that the folks on this thread had mentioned that the chicks did that with the...

Ok, I LOVE my MHP system, and the hubby has calmed down from "GAAAHHH - YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIGHT!!!" to "Gee, maybe this is a good idea after all." HOWEVER, I need to come up with a different container, as the big dog crate idea just isn't doing it for me. It's too hard to get into for...

We had a dog from the development across the road come and terrorize the birds one day. Both my husband and I thought Dale was going to be a goner, as she was in the dog's mouth, and we couldn't find Betty or Rocky. We called the dog warden, who recognized him as a repeat offender and brought...

My "Fluffy Tennis Balls" - the kids say they've graduated from Golf Balls (at least some of them have) are just over a week old and doing great! I shut off the light a couple of days ago - hubby insisted they have it at first - and removed one of the towels from Mama. They were snuggling on...

I have had 2 taken in the past week by a marten. It's the end of free range for my girls unless someone is right with them, and I am sad about that. --Segeine

It looks like everyone survived the night, even little "gimpy" - who is still a tiny bit lame, but I think she'll be fine. It does make me a little uneasy that I can't see them like in the ordinary kind of brooder. If I hadn't gotten a flashlight to look under Mama, I would have never noticed...

Thanks Blooie! I'm going to deal with it tomorrow, at any rate - I don't want to be messing around in there now, after the couple of days they have had. I think the babies need some peace and quiet. --Segeine

My MHP construction failed. One of the fluffies got stuck in the wire frame. One of the chicks was outside the Mama, cheeping like crazy. I got down and looked under the MHP and one of the chicks had somehow climbed into the wire and she was stuck there, sort of hanging from one leg and wing...

My chicks got lost in the mail, causing a lot of frantic phone calling and a lengthy wait at the post office for them to be specially delivered, but they are here and in with Mama. They are spending most of the time under, but are coming out for food and a little exploring. I covered the whole...