Consolidated Kansas

[chicken danz]

Welcome Joe Jordan!

 

[lizzyGSR]

Thanks Lizzie. I kind of have to shrug my shoulders about (C). Trap and release is illegal so I'm not sure what other means they have in mind. I already had a fence up to keep my birds on my property - the fox laughed at the fence and climbed right over it. Try reason and logic? "Here Fox. Now look - there are rabbits everywhere. Why don't you catch and eat them instead of going after my chickens?" Yeah...I guess I should have tried that first. You never know. It *might* have worked.

Interesting about (B) though. Everyone said afterward that I should have used the pelt. Frankly, I didn't really want to touch the thing, it was so full of ticks and fleas, so that didn't hold a lot of appeal. But according to (B) it wouldn't have been legal for me to use the pelt anyway. While I don't like anything to go to waste, I can see the logic there - that way they don't have people hunting them for the pelt and then saying "Oh, I had to - it was destroying my property".

"Try reason and logic?" -

Honestly, I don't see why anyone would want to use the pelt from a coon OR a possum. They both seem like really dirty creatures to me.

 

[lizzyGSR]

Thanks Lizzie. I kind of have to shrug my shoulders about (C). Trap and release is illegal so I'm not sure what other means they have in mind. I already had a fence up to keep my birds on my property - the fox laughed at the fence and climbed right over it. Try reason and logic? "Here Fox. Now look - there are rabbits everywhere. Why don't you catch and eat them instead of going after my chickens?" Yeah...I guess I should have tried that first. You never know. It *might* have worked.

Interesting about (B) though. Everyone said afterward that I should have used the pelt. Frankly, I didn't really want to touch the thing, it was so full of ticks and fleas, so that didn't hold a lot of appeal. But according to (B) it wouldn't have been legal for me to use the pelt anyway. While I don't like anything to go to waste, I can see the logic there - that way they don't have people hunting them for the pelt and then saying "Oh, I had to - it was destroying my property".

Oh, almost forgot... (C) could mean that they don't want you leaving food out overnight (for instance feeding your dog in the evening and then leaving any leftovers out overnight. This leftover food would then attract coons, possums, skunks, etc).

 

[Kansas Prairie]

Do you know the term SSS?

It's a term I've seen several times on BYC.

 

[Kansas Prairie]

Beautiful warm fall day here. I'm thinking about taking my chicks and ducklings outside to experience grass for their first time today. Its so hard to get anything done inside on days like today. Hope all is well with you all!

HELLO JOE JORDAN!

 

[Trish44]

KarenS, I'm so sorry about Tookie, you did your best, I know you will miss her. It's not going to be a good year for birds I can tell already.

Danz, I saw the post & I'm glad you replied to her & cleared that up. I know that it was aggravating though & I don't blame you for being concerned.

I'm just not having a great time with my birds right now. I'm going to have to start antibiotics back up in my grow-out pen. I noticed my Salmon Favorelle rooster now isn't feeling well. I just can't lose that guy, he's just gorgeous.

Welcome Joe Jordan!

 

[Kansas Prairie]

KarenS. Sorry to hear about Tookie!

Danz WOW! That's a huge sweet potato, and did I understand correctly that you got your starts from a grocery store sweet potato? Maybe that's my problem I bought my potato starts at the local green house. I had a great year for peppers. My yellow squash was good before the squash bugs hit. Drought for two years out here makes for great sand-bur crops and sad gardens.

 

[mommahen10]

Lizzy, I didn't think that you were being in the least bit misleading, that didn't even cross my mind. Seriously I didn't think that at all. I do think that there must be something else that pertains to protecting your livestock. But you know what, sometimes there isn't. Like with the owls, we have no rights with those things. I see you found another, that looks much better, I guess all we need to do now is see if they are a "protected species" but I doubt raccoons are on that list, huh?

Hi Joe, enjoy your day out!!!

Maybe we would want a coon pelt so we could be Davy Crockett for Halloween.

What's SSS mean Kansas Prairie?

I checked on my 2 chicks left in the incubator, one was dead the one with the crooked beak was fine. I moved him to the brooder but in a basket so the others can't bother him. This little chick is really messed it, it's entire head looks crooked and I'm not sure that it has both eyes. It has a small yolk sac but his skin is light color except for his bottom end which is very dark and I'm thinking it may be blood pooling beneath his skin. I'm not sure how or what? It's cheeping and trying to get up though. I noticed another chick hiding in the corner of the brooder, it's toes are badly curled. I'm going to tape it up.

 

[Joe Jordan]

A couple of my Buff Orpington hens have taken to the ducklings like mothers. I'd leave them outside with the Buffs overnight but the ducklings haven't yet any feathers and I'm afraid it would get too cold for them in the coming week ahead. Just a couple weeks old right now but more than half the size of the Buffs. Anyone near me have success with intermingling their birds?

 

[HEChicken]

What's SSS mean Kansas Prairie?

Shoot, Shovel and Shut up.

A couple of my Buff Orpington hens have taken to the ducklings like mothers. I'd leave them outside with the Buffs overnight but the ducklings haven't yet any feathers and I'm afraid it would get too cold for them in the coming week ahead. Just a couple weeks old right now but more than half the size of the Buffs. Anyone near me have success with intermingling their birds?

Oh yes, I have a pair of turkeys, a half dozen muscovy ducks and about 40 chickens. They are all one big, happy flock. Seriously, they all forage around the place together, eat and drink from the same feeder and waterer, and sleep in the same coop at night. They even seem to all be part of the pecking order. I've noticed the ducks will chase some chickens away from food but move away in deference to others. The turkeys are kind of afraid of everybody except the smallest chicks. They don't seem to realize how much bigger they are than the rest.

At two weeks, your ducklings should be getting close to not needing heat. I think Danz said they only need heat for about 3 weeks - is that right Danz?