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[ashums]

Hi. Pinellas county here. I would like to order some chicks but need a minimum order of 13. I need only 4. Does anyone want to order with me. I am looking at march. Im going out of town end of February so want to have chicks when I get back. Ill order. Can even meet to exchange.
Let me know.

 

[mrbigschickens]

I'm in Putnam too!

Me too! LoL everybody's in Putnam now.

 

[dfr1973]

Me too! LoL everybody's in Putnam now.

Well, it seems to be a good place to raise up chickens.

 

[getaclue]

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Fenced perimeter, and electric fence is about the only way to go in a situation like that.

 

[nikkers390]

Fenced perimeter, and electric fence is about the only way to go in a situation like that.

Thanks get a clue. We have a fenced perimeter. Electric, not yet although the pens are.

 

[cmom]

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Fenced perimeter, and electric fence is about the only way to go in a situation like that.

I put up a game camera and saw the fox and an owl on the game camera. I saw the coyote chasing my birds and took a shot at him. I'm pretty sure I hit him but had bird shot in the gun so it didn't kill him but he sure took off running and for the time being forgot about the chickens. I trapped the fox and a bobcat.

 

[DRGLENNON]

I gave all of mine to a friend. I'll ask if she sill has them. She may have some eggs. I did hatch some out for her a couple of years ago.

Thanks! Let me know.

 

[delder2009]

Thanks cmom. I'm going with bobcats due to numerous sightings and footprints in the sand.
If there are foxes or coyotes, we have no evidence. I'm not saying there are none here, but have never seen prints, or heard their cries or even sighted one in our area. Whatever it may be, it seems the geese are not their target since they are grown and LOUD!
Wish I had a LGD.
My 5 big dogs are not allowed near the poultry or sheep for obvious reasons. But they do make a lot of noise.
The nicest of them is a pitbull who thinks she is a chihuhua; doesn't bother a soul.

I have 7 rescued dog's (chowchow, pit bull, shepherd, Catahola, and 3bluetick/plot/walker). Most of them the only way the lived was what they could catch. Wicth included chicken and eggs. I swear by the hot wire. I only had to have it up for little over a month. Now the only time they go anywhere near my chicken's is if I'm there, or something is wrong. All 7 know the chicken's are supposed to be here and they are to protect them.

 

[cmom]

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I have hot wires around all my pens and coops. Shortly after I put the wires up I heard critters testing the wire and once they know it's there they don't come back to test it again. I could tell by the sound that something had touched the wires, like a startled sound. I also have netting covering all of my pens too. I had hawks and owls and they don't get shocked because they never touch the wire but they don't get into the pens anymore either. Once I had an owl get into one of the pens after I put the netting up that happened to be empty. I don't know how it got in because the netting is attached to the fronts of the coops. I opened the gate to the pen and it found its way out.

 

[Gingersnap722]

When my brooders get filled up I use the big boxes that melons come in and cover them and put the first chicks that hatched out into it and put the new hatchlings in the brooder, but I do staggered hatches and hatch all of my own, and sometimes friends bring over eggs for me to put into the incubator. Good luck with the new chickies and have fun...

There is a heat lamp under the sheet. The chicks stay nice and warm. I have a temperature sensor inside so I can see what it is all of the time.


This is my brooder.

If you ever want to sell any of your equipment, please keep me in mind!