Hi all!
Not sure where to ask on this so used the general one.
I had 12 beautiful Australorps that have now dwindled to 3 who are now old maids and are longer laying...
(9 died by: one dropped as a chick by grandchild :(, neighbors dog got 4, dog "disappeared";). Other 3 by potential hawks...
I just want to say that I did not come up with this on my own. Most steps has to be given credit to someone on Backyard Chickens forum. HOWEVER. Only one step was taken from each suggestion and then combined. That and I did a step or two of my own.
I post this because I have read so many people...
Tootin' my own horn!
Out of 13 chickens, I have 8 left. 2 vanishes, 2 found in coup, latest one, throat... assuming rat the other I think tried to eat the rats that I poisoned... (ugh, felt so bad). The last one was the last of my old New Hampshire Reds that I adopted from a flock where the...
Update:
- Lost one of my 13 due to my granddaughter got squeemish when holding one. Lived that day, was gone the next morning...
- At 4 weeks, I was using what they called "Coop Clean" because they cautioned about them eating the tractor supply shavings and having problems. They still ate the...
Using a 100 watt incandescent bulb. Still trying to balance the temp. Was in the low 80's.
Blue Seal called me today with my 13 Australorps! (sp?)
Can't believe how excited I am getting them!!! LOL
Guess they are 2-3 days old. 6 weeks of singing in the living room! LOL!!!
Long babble.
See end for questions read on if you're bored!
:)
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I have one New Hampshire Red remaining.
Overall I started with 12, then was given 9 and then was given 5.
I lost three to some disease and when they died, water poured out of them.
I decided to increase their coop size 4x...
Morning:
Just finished shoveling my 40+" drifts and got the coop.
With the massive wind gusts, and for the first time ever, it appears that powdered snow can get into anything....
The coop had at least 3 inches of snow inside...
But that's not the big deal at the moment.
The fence that...
Hey all! This is my first post but have been reading this site for over 2 years.
I decided almost two years ago on Easter to purchase a dozen chicken.
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6 went to one house, 6 to another. (all hens, no rooster)
At the other house....
Withiin the past month,
1 "disappeared" (you can hear...