Recent content by chickenmama

Thank you all for your replys! you came up with: Cougar--- one vote Bobcat--- three panther--- one racoons--- two fishercat---- one and a half rabbit--- one owl---- one cat---- one and, my favorite, a Salem witch LOL!! My dh is going to call the animal control officer and...

Do owls attack chickens? We do have owls here but I haven't seen any in a long time.. I think that we're too far north for panthers... we live right outside of Boston.... that would get the kids (and I) worried

You know the last thing my dh said before he started snoring was 'do you think it was the bobcat?"... and I was thinking that just as he said it and we hadn't talked about it being that until he said it. hmmm... We keep a have a heart trap set out there all the time and we catch lots of...

Hi everyone! I need some help and I'm really hoping that you guys may have some ideas about what could have made these noises. This am at 1:30 am my dh and I were jolted out of bed by a "screaming" sound in our backyard. Our coop is about 50 feet from our house so we immediately thought that...

Guavacoop, It's pretty rare that any of my chickens peck the kids, but we did have an incident recently where one pecked my daughter in the corner of her eye. I had read about the possibility of that happening here and had been reminding the kids constantly to keep the chickens away from their...

Thanks for the link Critter Crazy... I bookmarked that site for when the coop is done and we can expand the flock a little bit. You should have seen the look on dh's face thsi am when I started telling him about cute little Speckles (he secretely loves them as much as the rest of us)....

I wondered what kind of bird Speckles was too.... she is adorable! Can you find Mille Fleur De Uccle's easily? My dh is building our coop and run and it's turning out to be BIGGER than we thought i t would be! So of course today I was saying it looks like we have room for at least ten more...

Just had to add my little guy with a CLEANER face and his older sister who loves chickens too! This posting pictures deal is fun!! Look out, you'll all be sorry that you taught me this... now it's really time for bed!

I think I did it! Thanks for your help! Now, it's time for bed!! Have a great night everyone!

Well... I got some pics uploaded to photobucket, but I haven't figured out how to get them on here yet.... I'll keep working on it.. right now I have to get a bunch of kids to bed and by the time I'm done with that I'm usually ready to crash myself... but we'll see, maybe I'll tackle this...

Oh, I love all of your pics so much... I have to try to post a few too. My kids are 12, 10, 8, 4 and 2. they all love the chickens! It's a great family project in ways that we never expected! I would love to post a few pics but I can't figure out how to do it? If anyone is up for...

I'm sorry that your gettting these vibes from your neighbors. Sometimes it's hard to keep neighbor relationships going smoothly under the best of circumstances... when we add the unknown or something that is uncomfortable it can be even more difficult. Especially when our precious kids are...

BTW, Is comfrey good for chickens? I didn't know that!

Hi I have lots of comfrey coming up all over the garden. E-mail me with your address and I'd be happy to send you some roots. Once it gets going there's no stopping it! chickenmama mama to five little kids along with 3 Wyandottes, 2 Comets and 2 Barred Rocks (all chicks and everyone...

Hi Jessica and everyone! I'm new here too and this is my first post. We just got our three chicks the other day. I've been lurking here for months and we've been talking about keeping chickens for quite a while. In the end it was a quick decison as a friend of a friend had ordered sixteen...