Recent content by WendiJean

Well I think I got a head count of my chickies, and they all seem to be there, I thought my Americana or my polish chicken was a goner, but they seem OK, although I am absolutly going to take pictures of her hind end, which has absolutly no feathers left. I have no idea how she managed not to...

they are free range, no run, just a coop they stay in at night

thanks I am! :) LOL, the stinky thing is an awesome idea, to bad they dont sell skunk in a can!

I am truly hoping they get their act together and it wont come to that, but if it does thats a definate option! If I have to shoot them I would use the pellet gun or my son't bebe, and hopefully it will be enought to scare them away without truly hurting them.

I am so livid right now. This last weekend we had 2 great pyranese pups come into our yard. We found a number on their collar called the owners, and a few minutes later they were coming to get them. In the meantime they were chasing our free range chickens and we didn't want to let loose our...

thanks for the tip, i may try it tonight

frozen water bottles, how simple, i love it right now we have a fan and we refill their water all the time we also set one of our faucets to drip constantly, and they love to play in it, we can't really do the sprinkler because we are under sever drought here in TX

One of my baby chicks I hatched myself was injured by one of our roosters who got overzealous. She is still a very small pullet and when he tried to get on top of her he ended up crushing her head into the ground (and if he wasnt a bantem rooster and so small I would have butchered him right...

Yes the guineas roost waaaaay up in the trees, the hen used to as well, until she decided to nest We stayed out late that night and have heard the coyotes howling, but we havnt seen them again yet, but thats ok there is a bullet with their name all over it should they come back. I was...

Quote: LOL, its not as bad as it sounds....or maybe it is and I'm just used to it the hubby did not get the pigs, we stayed up until 3 am and then crashed, so we will try again tomm. night. We think they are coming around 4:30 or 5ish. I'm hoping to get them, fresh sausage would be nice!

the polish chicky is all better! woohoo!! took her a few days, and at one point her beak had goop coming out too, but she is OK now, alert, eating, and drinking, and no more goopy eyes, I am sooooooo thankful, those are my favorite little chickies

We have 3 barn cats "patrolling" our house and coop, and I have never once had them go after the our chicks, who free range all day. The only time a cat has ever hurt a bird that I saw was one time when the neighbors cat had a sparrow in her mouth. So having a cat doesn't always mean they will...

Quote: oh no! we havn't had any of those yet! currently the hubby is sitting outside....waiting to get the little buggers

I dont think you can, the last time a chicken got bit, we sectioned her off and she was back to herself in a few days. My chicky is already looking better she can sorta open one eye now. haha about the purse, we just shot one last wk to, scared the beejeebers outta me because it was right...

Woke up this morning to feathers all over the yard....coyotes got my Tom turkey and hen, and all the eggs, because they weren't cooped, great. Go in the coop to check on the chickies and one of my polish chickens came nuzzling against me, her eyes are all swollen and it looks like she got bit...