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  1. Joe1962

    50% with hen hatching

    Sorry for the long absence. I have one of my sebright hen's two years old. She decided to set on eggs a few weeks ago so I let her. I gave her 12 eggs. They started hatching three days ago. She decided to sit in an elevated box so I blocked it off so the chick,s could not fall. Today I went in...
  2. Joe1962

    Infertile sebright eggs

    I have golden Sebrights. I hatched two rounds of eggs this year mail order with good success. I let a broody hatch last year with good success also.
  3. Joe1962

    what a way to start the day

    Hardwire cloth. Nothing big enough to get in side my run/coop can hurt the girls.
  4. Joe1962

    Bees- Friend or Foe?

    I have honey bee hives beside my coop. Not a problem. Are they honey bees or something else? Pic's would be good.
  5. Joe1962

    Chickens and Bobwhites, can they live together?

    My flock of Sebrights will be up to 9 shortly with one Roo. I was wondering If I hatch some Bobwhite eggs would the chickens tolerate them in the same coop?
  6. Joe1962

    Looking for recommendations on a SOLAR fence charger

    I am running two hot wires. One about 10" and one about 15" off the ground all the way around the run. Maybe 120' total. My coop is hardened and the run is all Hardwire cloth. I have had deaths from Weasels and coon this year. Hoping all the combined security will prevent further deaths.
  7. Joe1962

    Looking for recommendations on a SOLAR fence charger

    This is what I put up. I tried it my self. It gives a pretty good shock, enough so I have no desire to try it again. I put in a 4' ground rod to make sure grounding will stay good.
  8. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    Just caught another. That makes 5. This is my trap after 5 coon. I am picking up a new one tomorrow.
  9. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    One came out of it just fine. I ended up having to put the other down. She had bad head injuries and could not walk. I tried giving water and food but she could barley keep her head up.
  10. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    The count is up to 4 Coons dispatched in 4 days. And all big mature animals.
  11. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    I am not releasing them. If I catch them they win a free .22 to the head.
  12. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    I did touch it. I even took off my shoos. It gave me a pretty good jolt.
  13. Joe1962

    Fox attack! 12 chickens dead and abandoned.

    Sorry for your loss. Fox are about the only thing I have not dealt with yet.
  14. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    Does this look OK for an electric setup?
  15. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    My coop and run also set on a concrete slab. No getting under it.
  16. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    I did dispatch the coon that did the killing yesterday. I caught another in the live trap last night. It will be dispatched also as well as all future catches. I have hardened my coop and encased the run with hardwire cloth due to a weasel attack several months ago. This coon got in through the...
  17. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    They are on lock down now and I have one live trap baited. They are not going to like it but till I know I have this under control. I had one hen setting on eggs for 11 days. The girls are rattled and she whet to the roost after this. I moved the eggs to the incubator.
  18. Joe1962

    Tragedy in the coop

    I have 4 surviving hens from last year and had 7 new 8 week old chicks in their own area in the coop. I let the adult girls out during the day and leave the little door open for them to come and go. I walked out around 6:30 and my boss hen came running across to yard to me squawking her head...
  19. Joe1962

    Gnat Control

    The girls and little ones are doing fine. They get tortured when they come out but as soon as they retreat to the run, no problems.
  20. Joe1962

    Gnat Control

    I just did a test. I stood out side the coop/run for a few minutes, the girls came out cautiously long enough to get a treat then went back in. I was just getting covered with gnats as well as the girls. Then I went inside the run serounded by Bounce dryer sheets and did not have one gnat land...
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