California - Northern

[Hangtown Farms]

Greetings,

Hope everybody is having a nice evening. Quick question?

Tomorrow I have to head south to Corning leaving at 4am, will not return until 1-2pm.

Leaving at 4am and opening the pens puts my flocks at risk of attack from a bobcat we have been
seeing around lately.

Is it ok to leave them in the hen house with water until the afternoon? I have never left them in beyond
10am and that is when it is single digits.

Any input would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Len

yes as long as there is good air circulation and ventilation that is fine. I had to do that a few days when I was under hawk attack

 

[Hangtown Farms]

yes as long as there is good air circulation and ventilation that is fine. I had to do that a few days when I was under hawk attack

you can also play music by the coops that may keep him away a day

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hi, all!
Just a quick howdy from Oroville! My birthday chicks just arrived, a gift from my mom who started me with chickens 44 years ago (yikes! I'm old!). Good thing hubby didn't pick the boogers up at the post office, he would have counted 111 and killed me. The amazingly ironic thing is that I set 113 eggs in the brooder, lost two, and now have 111 eggs to hatch out. That makes too many chickens!
I'm so happy!

thedollysmama
Going to hold the flufkins
Oroville

Welcome and happy birthday!! If I got that many chicks my hubs wouldn't be able to kill me because he would pass out!

Quote: Liz, do you have any pics of your Seramas? I'd love to see them. We got 2 chicks for my son and we think they are 3-4 weeks, but it would be great to have some to compare. Finally got some good pics today, so I will post after I download.

 

[liz9910]

Hi, all!
Just a quick howdy from Oroville! My birthday chicks just arrived, a gift from my mom who started me with chickens 44 years ago (yikes! I'm old!). Good thing hubby didn't pick the boogers up at the post office, he would have counted 111 and killed me. The amazingly ironic thing is that I set 113 eggs in the brooder, lost two, and now have 111 eggs to hatch out. That makes too many chickens!
I'm so happy!

thedollysmama
Going to hold the flufkins
Oroville

Happy birthday and welcome to the thread!

 

[ronott1]

Quote:
X2! They will be fine. They do not need to be out all day long. Some leave them in until later. With a Bobcat around, you might want to let them free range a couple of hours in the afternoon so that you can watch them.

I lived in Corning from1977 to 1992.

 

[ronott1]

Quote:
Yes, chicks can eat them. Get a bag of chick grit for them. TSC sells it and it is small enough for them to eat. Well hopefully Seramas can eat them. They are very small. Do they have big beaks?

 

[ChicksandWeeds]

question - anyone here in the Northern California/Sacramento area breeding either Blue Andalusians or Buff Catalanas or Golden Polish?

 

[ThePaganJew]

Hi, all!
Just a quick howdy from Oroville! My birthday chicks just arrived, a gift from my mom who started me with chickens 44 years ago (yikes! I'm old!). Good thing hubby didn't pick the boogers up at the post office, he would have counted 111 and killed me. The amazingly ironic thing is that I set 113 eggs in the brooder, lost two, and now have 111 eggs to hatch out. That makes too many chickens!
I'm so happy!

thedollysmama
Going to hold the flufkins
Oroville

Happy birthday and welcome!! Wow 111 chicks AND 111 eggs! Your place is gonna be quite busy now, I can't even imagine when those 111 eggs hatch .

What kinds of chicks did you get? I'd love to see some pictures of the new fluffy things and I'm sure many other people on here would as well.

 

[liz9910]

Welcome and happy birthday!! If I got that many chicks my hubs wouldn't be able to kill me because he would pass out!

Liz, do you have any pics of your Seramas? I'd love to see them. We got 2 chicks for my son and we think they are 3-4 weeks, but it would be great to have some to compare. Finally got some good pics today, so I will post after I download.

I will try and take some tomorrow, I'm terrible at getting pics.

 

[liz9910]

Yes, chicks can eat them. Get a bag of chick grit for them. TSC sells it and it is small enough for them to eat. Well hopefully Seramas can eat them. They are very small. Do they have big beaks?

Not really, they are tiny. But I bet they could eat a meal worm yum yum.