Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[ShrekDawg]

@KDOGG331 , why not start a thread about your cockerel problems ? I doubt that they have Covid19. Folks have been telling you all along that this behavior was going to happen.

Yeah, I know, sorry. I didn’t mean to hijack. I just thought since the topic of problem roosters came up I’d mention it. But I won’t bring it up again. I know it’s probably normal and people mentioned that but I didn’t realize it’d be quite so violent. Or sudden. It’s like a switch flipped. But I’ve listed them all on my state thread so I’m hoping they’ll be gone soon. If not, I’ll eat them. Keeping one boy and the girl.

 

[FortCluck]

Yeah, I know, sorry. I didn’t mean to hijack. I just thought since the topic of problem roosters came up I’d mention it. But I won’t bring it up again. I know it’s probably normal and people mentioned that but I didn’t realize it’d be quite so violent. Or sudden. It’s like a switch flipped. But I’ve listed them all on my state thread so I’m hoping they’ll be gone soon. If not, I’ll eat them. Keeping one boy and the girl.

Seriously you could use the meat... But make sure you do it correctly and get advice from people. You have to rest the meat from 3 to 5 days... That is the key to it all.

 

[FortCluck]

Anyone venture out to the stores recently?

What does it look like?

You guys are like my eyes because I haven't gone anywhere for a while. Only place I've gone is my parents.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Seriously you could use the meat... But make sure you do it correctly and get advice from people. You have to rest the meat from 3 to 5 days... That is the key to it all.

Yeah I know but I really don’t think I am up for that or ready yet.

Which is why I’m hoping they’ll find homes but if not, I think I can force myself to do it. Just don’t want to if I don’t have to.

 

[Molpet]

Anyone venture out to the stores recently?

What does it look like?

You guys are like my eyes because I haven't gone anywhere for a while. Only place I've gone is my parents.

Haven't been off the property since the 20th and that was to the farmer with the feedmill

 

[JaeG]

A 21 year old girl with no underlying health conditions has died from Covid-19 in the UK.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...ions-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-11963451

 

[sourland]

Anyone venture out to the stores recently?

What does it look like?

You guys are like my eyes because I haven't gone anywhere for a while. Only place I've gone is my parents.

Up here in small town NJ things are greatly improved. Princess was able to buy everything she wanted, but some items were in limited supply. She did not check on paper products as we are well stocked with TP and paper towels. I will be going to the Amish market tomorrow (assuming that it will be open) - last Thursday they had adequate supplies of meat, vegetables, and bakery goods.

 

[21hens-incharge]

A 21 year old girl with no underlying health conditions has died from Covid-19 in the UK.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...ions-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-11963451

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/california-coronavirus-death-child.html
A young man in California passed from it as well.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

My method of keeping a junior roo in line was to wrap his feet in tape or material. This gives the hens a real good start.

Huh? Please share more??

I am trying to and I loved them all for a long time, especially because I hatched them myself in November (first hatch ever, ended up with only 1 girl lol), but they are really trying my patience now!! I hatched 9 but have since lost 2 so I now have 6 boys and 1 girl. 16 1/2 weeks old.

First of all, they’ve been crowing their little heads off the last couple weeks, especially one. But that’s not so bad. I can deal with that. I expected that.

What I did NOT expect was them ganging up on one of my older hens, chasing her around the yard, pinning her down, and them all pecking at her!! Even when I chased them off they did it again!

To me, it didn’t look like they were trying to mate with her, it looked like they were trying to kill her or something and it was horrific!!

I have a few that I love and am hoping to keep but the rest need to GO! Or at least not be let out with my girls anymore. They sleep in separate coops but have been letting them free range. Never had any problems until today. They mostly stick to themselves. Now they are ganging up on my almost 5 year old EE hen!

I know we've left this topic behind, I just want to light a fire under your rear about it. During my early chicken keeping years I had several different types of ducks.
Muscovy drakes are well behaved....Kaki Campbells...Not. So. Much.

I had a couple of young drakes who started off like your cockerels, who were very amorous but clueless, and in the matter of just a few days nearly killed one of my Muscovy girls.
My birds had free range over 5 acres with oodles of hiding places and lots of building choices, but they specifically sought her out and ganged up on her because she was very docile. She was badly injured and I got rid of those male ducks pronto!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

@CapricornFarm
We are flooded in again today. Not that I had plans to go anywhere, but...still. *sigh*
How'd you do with last night's storms? Is the river behaving?