I found another one this morning except this time the head was completely gone but insides there....I have put out traps and secured the fence better. I am hoping for a better outcome tomorrow morning. Oh and I put a baby moniter out there for tonight. My husband thinks im crazy. LOL
Insides gone out of two hens in two days. There were a lot of feathers laying around and the bodies were in the back part of their wooded pen. The heads were intact. One foot gone and one wing gone. Heart and bladder(i think) still there, but all bowels and stomach gone!
The other days I lost...
I have watched mine literlly stand below the occupied box squacking at the hen inside as if to say "hurry up in there". Ofcourse there is another box three feet away empty. too funny.
I have looked on the chicken treat chart and it doesnt say that the green part of the rind is ok....just want to make sure before I feed it to them. Does anyone know?
we are finishing adding on to the chicken pin and my husband says....
"lets get a small goat to put in here with the chickens for the kids"
will this work?....new run area will be about 30 x 50.
thank you for the reply. i see that you have faverolles also....have you crossed them with anything and have pictures that you could show me? my EE eggs are sooo much larger than the Fav. and that is one reason that im leaning towards mixing them. im suprised taht i might be able to sell them...
im not sure on the watery whites but i will comment on the shells....i put out oyster shells free choice but i have found that my girls perfer the egg shells that i microwave for 1 1/2 minute (let cool) then crumble and scatter in the yard.
I have a trio of faverolles and three EE hens. My husband says let what ever hatch that is under our frequent EE broody (next time she decides to go broody). I am feeling guilty for mixing the breeds. The eggs from the EEs are much bigger than the faverolles. I am in this for the eggs but...
I must say that out of the three EE hens i have, I am getting an egg every other day from all three of them. Im glad they are laying for me in the winter. I have man from my husbands work that is wanting some eggs to hatch from me in the spring so he can have eggs in the winter also. Im not...
you might want to check craigs list. check chimney cleaning businesses and installers. they might have used ones for sale. my brother owns one of those and gets free ones (for hall off) alllll the time. he gave us a lopi last year and we are hopeing to get in this week. also ask your...
mississippifarmboy....the picture of the wood stove with wood on the walls... did you not have to put stove boards on the wall....we are going to install one and have walls like yours....did you just increase your clearance?
do you have a neighbor close that might like to collect and keep the eggs for you....when we go on vacation my neighbor always asks...would you like for me to collect the eggs for you...she feels like a farm girl for a few days...and ofcourse i let her keep all she finds....Merry Christmas
leave them cooped up on a rainy day and see if you get eggs???? i dont let mine out till about 4pm when most all the eggs are layed...might try that...best of luck