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  1. 808inVA

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Just 1, first (that we know of) from our VA flock! It's on the small side, but will look great scrambled in the morning...
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    Ended 2023 BYC Calendar Photo Contest—We Need Your Pictures!

    Faverolle mix roo
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    Ended Official BYC 2022 Summer Fair—Car, Truck, Motorcycle, RV & Boat Show

    Yup, 2017 Victory hammer S, only 1400 miles on her. With the rise in gas prices that odometer is gonna jump a bit too.
  4. 808inVA

    Recent Raccoon issue and what I did.

    This...raccoons are extremely intelligent and will not fall for the same trick twice. If you relocated a raccoon that you caught in a box trap, the person that inherits the pest will have a much tougher time catching or killing that raccoon.
  5. 808inVA

    Ended Official BYC 2022 Summer Fair—Car, Truck, Motorcycle, RV & Boat Show

  6. 808inVA

    Ended 2023 BYC Calendar Photo Contest—We Need Your Pictures!

  7. 808inVA

    Rooster dominance and frostbite

    Im not sure how much the comb relates to the health of the bird, or if it helps project a more dominant appearance to other roosters. I had RIR rooster that was dominant over a flock of about 20 hens and 2 other roosters he grew up with (barred rock and buff orpington). Over the winter he...
  8. 808inVA

    What would you charge to rehome? Need advice

    Ill take the pullets for sure, sent you a PM...
  9. 808inVA

    Chicks not going into the coop at night

    Mine are the same way, slept in the coop every night until something ate half my flock, now I have to catch them every night and put them inside. I picked up a new mature rooster the other day who has no issues sleeping in the coop, he beds down in a nesting box. The original birds wont go...
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    Virginia

    Not yet, I set up some trail cams around the coop and ran a fox pro last night for a few hours trying to call something in, saw nothing but rabbits. I was gone for a week and came home to 3 birds roosting on my porch and another in a tree by the coop. Found a couple spots in the yard with...
  11. 808inVA

    Virginia

    Caroline County here, rebuilding my flock after predators took all but 4 of my birds last week when I was out of town. If anyone has a lead of Java pullets it would be greatly appreciated!
  12. 808inVA

    Tips on live trapping raccoons?

    Raccoons are pretty easy to trap, the first time. They learn quickly, if it defeats the trap once that method is no longer useful. Box traps work great but Ive come home from work to find a chicken inside, dead from heat exhaustion. I prefer the Duke dog proof traps for raccoons, you can use...
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    Baby Chick Pictures!!!!! POST!

    The 3 larger chicks are from our incubator (3 for 6, not bad for first time ever using an incubator) and the rest are from our speckled Sussex hen and Plymouth rock rooster. The small guy in the corner is the newest, hatched last night/this morning and either cannot open its eyes yet or has...
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    How to tame chicks (teaching them to not be afraid of you)

    I hand feed them flies and other live, buzzing insects, the get accustomed to hands bringing food to them in the brooder pretty quick and after about a day they come to you.
  15. 808inVA

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Out of 9 layers I got 7; I didn't include the duck but she hasn't given me an egg since fall.
  16. 808inVA

    Chicks and heat lamps

    I used a 250w because I keep them in the garage, its not uncommon for lows to hit single digits even in march/early april out there. If youre raising them in the summer or a southern state or indoors, I would definitely opt for something that doesn't spin your meter as fast.
  17. 808inVA

    Hatchery vs. Local Feed Store

    My roosters and hens live together so everything is as natural as can be, we will be collecting eggs next month for the incubator unless someone decides to go broody.
  18. 808inVA

    Hatchery vs. Local Feed Store

    I get mine from bomgaars as well, they are hit and miss on breeds, I've gotten wyandottes in the barred rocks, speckled Sussex in the RIR bin, etc. (not that it is a bad thing). I'm ordering Jersey Giants this year from a hatchery because I want to get Jersey Giants, not a mix bag.
  19. 808inVA

    Chicks and heat lamps

    If the tub is big enough, they will move away from the heat if it is too hot. I used a plastic feed tub from TSC, stapled wire across the top to keep them from jumping out while I was at work before they were moved to the coop. Id say 18-24" is fine (250w), keep the light concentrated on one...
  20. 808inVA

    Has anybody been successful at keeping predators at bey?

    Hunting yotes, coons, and fox here is legal year round, and only $7 for a state resident permit (trapping is $30, and includes a bunch of stuff that isn't a threat to yard birds, but allows you to use traps and snares.) Bobcat is limited to only a couple weeks, but they are extremely rare where...
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