Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Kiki]

Vote if ya can please:

Hi everyone!
I uploaded these to an album and was hoping that you all could go there and rate them. A five star means that you would really like to see it added back to the library, a one star means you don't really care.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/albums/byc-smiley-applicants.7427987/

 

[staceyj]

Do you cook?

 

[rjohns39]

Vote if ya can please:

voted.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

voted

 

[Redhead Rae]

Well today has been a disappointing day.

On top of only getting 4-5 hours of sleep, waiting 5 hours for the auction, dealing with a slightly sick toddler by myself away from home, and driving 4 hrs round trip, my beautiful Delaware trio brought only $9 and my gorgeous New Hampshire trio brought $8. After the auction takes its share that will leave me with a grand total of $10.75 for all that time, energy, effort, care, and feed. I spent that much plus a quarter for two of the Delawares as chicks!



It was a buyer’s auction. I would have done just as well to bring single roosters as they brought $5-9 each. At least then I would still have 4 layers. Oh well, that will teach me to take good birds to an auction before scouting it out first. Oh well at least I know where to get goats and feeder pigs when we are ready for them. They were going for $30-50 each

 

[sannabelle]

Ugh, that's awful

Beware of goats at auctions- often times they end up there because they're "problem children".

 

[21hens-incharge]

@raecarrow That is a total . I have paid WAY more then that for that many day olds. Holy Hanna they just want you to give them away or what?!?

I am leery of any auction animals. It can be a crap shoot.


Oh and I voted too.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Ugh, that's awful

Beware of goats at auctions- often times they end up there because they're "problem children".

And that is why my roosters went. Too old to be good eatin’ and they were both royal PITAs.

 

[staceyj]

Well today has been a disappointing day.

On top of only getting 4-5 hours of sleep, waiting 5 hours for the auction, dealing with a slightly sick toddler by myself away from home, and driving 4 hrs round trip, my beautiful Delaware trio brought only $9 and my gorgeous New Hampshire trio brought $8. After the auction takes its share that will leave me with a grand total of $10.75 for all that time, energy, effort, care, and feed. I spent that much plus a quarter for two of the Delawares as chicks!



It was a buyer’s auction. I would have done just as well to bring single roosters as they brought $5-9 each. At least then I would still have 4 layers. Oh well, that will teach me to take good birds to an auction before scouting it out first. Oh well at least I know where to get goats and feeder pigs when we are ready for them. They were going for $30-50 each

Dog gone! That IS a GIANT disappointment!
I am so sorry.
And also sorry the little one isn't feeling well. I hope whatever the germ is, you don't catch it.

 

[Redhead Rae]

And also sorry the little one isn't feeling well. I hope whatever the germ is, you don't catch it.

I THINK he's teething. His last 1 year molar is coming in. So, he's cranky and clingy, except when he finds something to investigate and then he is cranky when I stop him.