California - Northern

[ronott1]

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I am sorry to hear that!

How was the warranty service?

 

[liz9910]

So sorry to hear the sad news Debi...you've really had a hard time lately

Back in the USA now and it took forever to go through 10 days worth of posts this morning! ACK!! Chickengirl1304....darn it just this am sold the olive eggers I had (only jubilee orps and mille fleur leghorns available now), but Sarah (mycutekitties) has lots of eggs available or she will hatch as well, I believe. I'm getting Red Orpington chicks from Greenfire and 15+ Blue double laced barnevelder chicks from Fancy chicks this week!! (I'll have extra barnevelders avail in case someone "needs" them!) At any rate, had a wonderful time at our home in Cabo, took out our sailing kayak and floated next to whales 50 yards away. It was an amazing experience. This guy and his friends were waiting for the fishermen to come in and clean their fish!

Great pictures! That whale was close wow!

 

[juststruttin]

I got my first turkey egg today!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[juststruttin]

So sorry to hear the sad news Debi...you've really had a hard time lately

Back in the USA now and it took forever to go through 10 days worth of posts this morning! ACK!!

Chickengirl1304....darn it just this am sold the olive eggers I had (only jubilee orps and mille fleur leghorns available now), but Sarah (mycutekitties) has lots of eggs available or she will hatch as well, I believe.

I'm getting Red Orpington chicks from Greenfire and 15+ Blue double laced barnevelder chicks from Fancy chicks this week!! (I'll have extra barnevelders avail in case someone "needs" them!)

At any rate, had a wonderful time at our home in Cabo, took out our sailing kayak and floated next to whales 50 yards away. It was an amazing experience.








This guy and his friends were waiting for the fishermen to come in and clean their fish!

sounds like a great trip. Gorgeous pics.

 

[Nikon]

Silver laved Wyandotte




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Easter Egger

 

[juststruttin]

I am so frustrated with my chickens!!!! I have egg eaters in both the CL pen and the Orp pen. Blue jays may be getting the orp eggs, but there is no doubt the CL are eating their own eggs. I have had to go the the coop 3-4 times a day to rescue eggs as soon as they are laid, but today I had to show property so I did not get to collect eggs until 3:30. When I went to the coop there were 4 cracked eggs!!! I am livid!!

Then, I heard one of my Mille Fleur Leghorns roos making a weird noise so I went to investigate. His foot was bleeding and I realized the girls were tag teaming bitting at the wound. I picked him up to investigate and his toe has a deep cut. Urg.. Chickens can be sooo brutal. I treated him and put him in the rehap coop. I will let the wound scab over and hope to be able to put him back in a few days.

Time for a glass of wine.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I got my first turkey egg today!!!

congrats

 

[Happy Chooks]

I have a question for all the NorCal folks (being that we all have the same predators and relatively speaking). The Hubs and I just finished our coop

and there has been some dispute with those who will not be named (no, not the Hubs, he's awesome <3 ) that there needs to be a roof of sorts over the chicken run. Here's where the coop lives for visual reference:





It's inside a fenced garden (the bottom of the fence has pressure treated 4x6 posts at the base, square wire in the middle and barbed wire at the top. Then inside that is the chicken run made from a dog kennel/run. We are thinking about digging down and burying some wire at the base but not sure if it's overkill or a necessity? Then inside that is the coop itself. We live on five acres next to a five acre lake. We have an occasional bear but never see them, Puma (mountain lion) but don't actually see them often, raccoons, fox and coyotes. There is a resident German Shepherd that keeps most of those at bay. Honestly the peskiest critter are the deer.

So to finally get to my question, said person wants to put a "lid" over the chicken run and fully encase it, probably to protect against birds of prey and extra raccoon protection? Do we need to go that far? And if so, what's the best way to put a roof over this thing? It's gonna have to be tall because the Hubs is 6' 8".

Thanks for any input!

Unless you plant fruit trees, hawks will be an issue for you.

I had both my runs uncovered until recently. My first run is in my orchard, and since I cannot cover it, it is uncovered. My fruit trees keep hiding spots for my welsummer flock when they have leaves. It's a bit more tricky in the winter when there are no leaves on the trees - less places for them to hide. I have not lost a bird in that flock for 3 1/2 years, though this year there were a few attempts, that thankfully my rooster was able to protect my flock (and himself) by going into the coop.

My 2nd coop, I never had any issues UNTIL this year. The hawks were really bad this year and I lost 3 juveniles to a hawk. I have since covered that run, because I will always have babies in that coop and that is where most of my broodies are. There are no trees in that run, and the hawk was just picking them off.

So, long story short, you'd be best off to cover it.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Silver laved Wyandotte




No idea what she is:



Easter Egger

nice pictures

 

[Nikon]

Thanks! Soon I shall have my own chickens to taunt with my camera