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  1. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Hey everyone! I hadn't planned on going to the Ramona meet up, but I have a bunch of fully feathered chicks to rehome. They roost at night with the adults, and we have started to get some squeaky roo sounds in the morning, so need to move the boys out by the end of this weekend. I got the eggs...
  2. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    We have 15 hatched, 1 egg still progress.
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    This kind of thinking has it's advantages, as it teaches you to improve security. BUT ... for the predators, it is a matter of life and death. If they need food badly enough, they will go to great lengths. Nature is a harsh mistress. Keeping a flock secure is at least as much luck as it is...
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Coyotes & raccoons are bold. My dogs seem to have been a major deterrent - when our neighborly raccoon had babies I took my dogs out on leash and let them terrorize the little ones (without the dogs being able to hurt the raccoons). Those raccoons have never bothered my chickens. Possums, on the...
  5. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I have a family of Hawks living 50 ft away in a tree in my neighbor's yard. Once in a while a hawk starts eyeballing my girls when the roam the yard, but oddly they don't seem to see my chickens as a major opportunity. My girls are good at alerting and they have plenty of places to hide, and I...
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I wanted to pop in and say how impressed I am with TJ's eggs. Two out of the 24 eggs got kicked out of the nests he first day and went cold, but all of the remaining 22 are developing. Fantastic fertility! I'm so excited.
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Oh my goodness! Our tiny broody chicken is a mutt, but her face looks exactly like this: http://imageprocessor.websimages.com/width/300/crop/0,0,300x199/bannerqueenexoticbirds.webs.com/046%20(3).JPG
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Oooooo one of my broodies is a tiny little thing, bantam eggs would be fabulous. And a reason to start a separate bantam run. ;) Currently all my hens live together, and while no one gets hurt, the littlest is definitely lowest on the totem pole. I have a feeling she'd love a little group of...
  9. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Not really. Just looking to make my chickens happy, and let's be honest: myself. There is nothing on this earth cuter than a mama hen with babies.
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    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Does anyone in or around North County have hatching eggs for sale? I have some broody hens and I am considering giving them what they want. Either that or I have to break up the party. :)
  11. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    We'll try and make the meet-up. :) In the meantime I have gone insane and I have Jubilee Orpingtons in my incubator. I haven't decided between plan A and plan B. Plan A is to rent some space at a friend's place where roosters are allowed and to eventually sell eggs. Plan B is to sell the babies...
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    SAN DIEGO MEET UP TIME! ***SEPTEMBER 28TH*** 10am***

    Probably not going to make it, but might. If I don't, party like a bawk star without me.
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    SAN DIEGO MEET UP TIME! ***SEPTEMBER 28TH*** 10am***

    Oh no!!! I haven't been on BYC much. I had no idea. I'm so sorry.
  14. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    I love you chicken people.
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    SAN DIEGO MEET UP TIME! ***SEPTEMBER 28TH*** 10am***

    Would anyone at the meet be interested in free coturnix quail? I want to find a lady friend for my widowed boy, and so far all I've seen available are chicks. I only have the space for 3 quail at most (we're keeping them inside by my daughter's request) and I don't want to hassle with more than...
  16. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    He's a love. Perhaps not suited to life as a ranch dog, but he really is a sweetheart.
  17. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Aw, what's up with Mr. Dakota?
  18. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Ah, thanks for the tips. I had the quail in a rabbit hutch, but it wasn't ideal anyway (had to be careful changing food & water without letting the quail out) so I may take my smaller coop (that has an attached run made from hardware cloth) and turn it into a quail palace. It has a door that I...
  19. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    Does anyone have any female coturnix quail available? We had a rat attack and my female was killed. The male was injured but seems to be healing nicely, and he's going to need a friend or two. As far as the rats go, the quail are indoor until I build a rat proof enclosure and I went and bought...
  20. Aumlet

    San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

    *snicker* So kind of you, oz.
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