I had a 2.5 year old I gave away because he spurred me numerous times and I have a toddler. It got to the point where I had to guard myself with a stick. I think he needed more companionship and the lady who owns him now doesn't take his sass.
I miss him but I'm glad he's not in a pressure...
Thank you, I started with 2 Polish, one died of mites a year ago after we had some bad flooding in the area. I agree, they are beautiful birds but I am learning not meant to be in my yard unless I want to put in extra care for them.
We'll need another dog to protect our yard, but we have 4 more...
...so this is all new to me. I guess I didn't think anything would happen because they were okay for so long. I will think of a new schedule for them when I'm home from now on.
* To make matters worse, our oldest dog just passed away an hour ago so it's been the craziest day we have had in a while!
Thats a shame. She just had 2 babies so I hope the younger one doesn't get the pouf in that case. The older one doesn't have it. Polish are special breeds, it sucks that makes them easier targets. We're thinking it was a hawk too so I will lock the chickens up for a few days.
I came home from work to a giant radius of feathers and the last from my first group chickens is missing skin on the chest and her head is ripped off but not eaten. Also, thigh meat was eaten.
The rest were hiding in some tall weeds by the house. After they saw me they were squawking back and...
Here's them at 9 weeks now, Im feeling better about the outcome:
Here's them at 9 weeks:
Front one
Next one has a redder face but feeling like its a girl now
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