Dixie Chicks

[Ravynscroft]

Oh, that sucks... sorry, Alaskan... :/

 

[Peep_Show]

I hope you figure out the mystery. BUMMER!

 

[Alaskan]

I kinda assume that maybe an owl was smart enough to get through the one hole... And was taking one a night???? And maybe since they are just half grown the stupid idiot chickens didn't notice so didn't fuss?

I think an eagle, attacking during the day, the other poultry would have seen and made a ruckus. Also the eagles often yell/call after a kill, since they are so proud of themselves.

A silent night attacker makes the most sense. And the grow outs are still small enough for most anything to carry them off. (No blood, no feathers)

I have sat in different spots around the property, nice and quiet for 10 to 20 minutes at each spot...and no grow-outs lots of little fledgling golden crown sparrows, fox sparrows, etc....but no chickens.

The 6 survivors somehow managed to get from the veggie garden to the duck yard... Not sure how... But I have lost no ducks, and their yard is also very overgrown...but the ducks come when you call, so I KNOW I have all of them.

The ducks also have ducklings that nothing has eaten.....

It blows my mind that other people free range... HOW THE BLEEBING H DO THEY DO THAT?????

My grow-outs, even if they managed to get from the veggie pen into the duck pen, were still PENNED, and had lots of cover.

 

[1kluckychik]

That sucks al

 

[drumstick diva]

Alaskan, how awful

 

[Outpost JWB]

Sorry Alaskan. Glad you were able to save 6. I worked this weekend on the coop. Mostly cleaning. I still have a lot to do. For now, got to go to work. You all have a good day.

 

[hennible]

Mostly I can thank my dog for the lack of losses free ranging, but I have lost 3 ducks this year. All in the middle of the day completely unnoticed by the dog, other ducks and myself. I assume it was the fox.
Bummer you lost so many Alaskan.

 

[Alaskan]

Thanks for the condolences -sigh- what hurts the most is the loss of time and money because of the loss of the Ameraucanas.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Thanks for the condolences -sigh- what hurts the most is the loss of time and money because of the loss of the Ameraucanas.

Completely understand that... give me a holler if you want to try more eggs... for shipping cost only...

 

[Alaskan]

Thanks!

I still have my trio.... They have just been in with the crowd so I would have to segregate them for a month to get pure eggs, and anyway totally wrong time of year. I think I have 2 grow-out females left. So, I will be fine, just the people that I had promissed grow-outs to obviously aren't getting any...and
I am getting no money. Also, I do not get to select the best ones to keep... But my trio is pretty good quality, they haven't thrown any impressive duds, so again, should be just fine.


Question for you though... I did get a free blue Am cockerel this spring because it had a "female" single row comb. Do I care? Do you have the copy of the SOP, how big of a fault is that? (Disqualification or point reduction) I like the guy's comb, nice and small, and I like small combs. I am trying to decide how much I want to use him next spring.

Also, supposedly each light colored toenail is a single point off. I don't think I have a single bird with all nails being dark. Do you?