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megshen

megshen

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Oct 5, 2015
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Hello,

I have been raising my adorable chickens since mid-April and have been thoroughly enjoying it. Today I cut a cucumber in half and just watched the girls attack it in delight. Chicken-raising has been fun.

If I could give myself advice back in April it would be to R-E-L-A-X. I remember many nights waking up in the middle of the night to check on the brooder to ensure a proper temperature, I scoured the internet because of new sounds coming from the chicks, I would check the nesting boxes 4x a day starting at 18 weeks until one finally laid an egg at week 20. This has been a true joy raising those chicky-poos and I have used BYC on numerous occasions to look at forums to answer some of my questions. Today I decided to actually join the community to get my questions answered and to communicate with the same hobby.

Now if only I could get my neighbor's horses to stop picking at my coop, we'll be all set! See my thread here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1025119/how-to-keep-horses-away-from-coop


I look forward to getting to know you all, your own chicky-poos, and to talk about mine!

Megshen
 
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so glad you have joined us.

I've had my small flock for 2.5 years and still jump at any sound, & have them under camera surveillance
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Sorry don't know anything about horses. but sounds like you need to fence them out of the coop area.
 
Welcome to BYC, Megshen. Glad you decided to join our flock. All of us here at BYC have OCD (Obsessive Chicken Disorder) and very few of us are immune to "chicken math." If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is loads of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.
 
I have a feeling I've already answered you on some thread. I did ask if you have spoken to your neighbor about his horses causing damage to your property. I also suggested along with others to use electrified tape to teach them better manners. Your neighbor needs to get them some LARGE horse Jolly balls, so they can amuse
themselves in a less harmful manner. Horses get in trouble when they are bored.
 
drumstick diva said:
I have a feeling I've already answered you on some thread. I did ask if you have spoken to your neighbor about his horses causing damage to your property. I also suggested along with others to use electrified tape to teach them better manners. Your neighbor needs to get them some LARGE horse Jolly balls, so they can amuse
themselves in a less harmful manner. Horses get in trouble when they are bored.
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I am having a hard time finding this electrified tape. Where do you go to purchase this? Thanks for the tip!
 

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