Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome! - Page 3831

I think I will take pics of my BCM boys next week.  

Today I finally finished my rooster pens!   Actually I wanted them for roosters not being used, single matings, hurt bird pen, small group of chicks, etc.  I did not realize when we built our big pens that I was also going to need small pens for birds.  They sure come in handy!

R.I.P. Bill.

I will miss my boy immensly, he was my buddy, my pal. My hubby always said "here comes your buddy" he followed me everywhere. He was very co-dependent.

It's already so weird.

Bill was taken by a Bald Eagle today, along with another young cockerel. The family of Eagles that lives near by was out and about today and visited here twice in a row, both times succesful with their missions. After I realized what was going on and after they grabbed the first young cockerel, I tried to put everyone away, but of course, my Bill Boy was more interested in following me then he was the treats in his coop and I could not get him to go in, they nabbed him while he was running over to check out what I had put in the goat dish to lure them in with.

What a commotion and nothing I could do. What gets me the most, is that they (the Eagles) where determined to swoop in, even with me so close by, they just didn't seem to care.

  so sorry.

THe young eagles are learning to find food. Dh says thats the time our domestics are free food, until their skills improve enough to catch wild game. Bill will be missed.

Darryl and some of the Birchen babies.

Hard to see them, but they are catching some fun in the sun with Mom.

Pecking some treats with Mom and Aunties. Lil' Bill wattling over to get his treats too.

I think I will take pics of my BCM boys next week.  

Today I finally finished my rooster pens!   Actually I wanted them for roosters not being used, single matings, hurt bird pen, small group of chicks, etc.  I did not realize when we built our big pens that I was also going to need small pens for birds.  They sure come in handy!

I think I will take pics of my BCM boys next week.  

Today I finally finished my rooster pens!   Actually I wanted them for roosters not being used, single matings, hurt bird pen, small group of chicks, etc.  I did not realize when we built our big pens that I was also going to need small pens for birds.  They sure come in handy!

R.I.P. Bill.

I will miss my boy immensly, he was my buddy, my pal. My hubby always said "here comes your buddy" he followed me everywhere. He was very co-dependent.

It's already so weird.

Bill was taken by a Bald Eagle today, along with another young cockerel. The family of Eagles that lives near by was out and about today and visited here twice in a row, both times succesful with their missions. After I realized what was going on and after they grabbed the first young cockerel, I tried to put everyone away, but of course, my Bill Boy was more interested in following me then he was the treats in his coop and I could not get him to go in, they nabbed him while he was running over to check out what I had put in the goat dish to lure them in with.

What a commotion and nothing I could do. What gets me the most, is that they (the Eagles) where determined to swoop in, even with me so close by, they just didn't seem to care.