Look what I found in the one of my runs this morning....
Hawk found his way in, but could not get out. When I came up, he lay on his back, never took his eyes off me, waiting for me to approach. I tried to get him to go out the gate, but he wouldn't turn his back to me. I got a...
I haven't been able to be on BYC in quite a while, except to view one or two threads. Just noticed this and had to respond...
featherz...how are you getting so many eggs? I got 1 today!!! 30+ hens and 1 lousy egg...I think I should be getting out the crock pot! (oops, forget I said that...
That's me, too, except as DH would say I don't work, my "customers" are mostly at church, deliver eggs on Sunday, and at Tuesday night Bible study. Convenient, except when they fail to let me know they don't want eggs, or won't be there.
Only now, I have added 2 Nig Dwarf does, buckling to...
My latest encounters with a fox has been right around dusk, when some of my hens just had to stay out "5 more minutes". Previously, I lost pullets and cockerals at night and at high noon.
I have 2 little polish mix banties that are the daughter and granddaughter of 2 or 3 of the first chickens we got. The daughter has three 2 week old chicks that are possibly her eggs with a black silkie daddy (could have been a white silkie momma also). The granddaughter has one 2 day old...