orcaschicken
Hatching
- Feb 5, 2015
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HeT there,
my wife and i have been raising chickens (cuckoo marans, silver laced wyandottes, rhode island reds, red stars) and ducks (kakhi kampbell, cayuga) for about 10 months. We started with 20 chicks and 5 little ducks, we have lost one chicken and 2 ducks to a sneaky racoon that would wait till we let the birds out and then pick its breakfast. It happened 3 days in a row till we figured out what was happening. we have used this site as our primary resource since we began thinking of raising birds. We recently had a hen go broody so i started researching again and decided to finally join. There is a wealth of knowledge to be found here and we are happy to finally be a part of it. We live on orcas island in washington state and are both in our late 20's.
Ill try to post some pics later time to head to work.
Looking forward to our new chicks
E&T
my wife and i have been raising chickens (cuckoo marans, silver laced wyandottes, rhode island reds, red stars) and ducks (kakhi kampbell, cayuga) for about 10 months. We started with 20 chicks and 5 little ducks, we have lost one chicken and 2 ducks to a sneaky racoon that would wait till we let the birds out and then pick its breakfast. It happened 3 days in a row till we figured out what was happening. we have used this site as our primary resource since we began thinking of raising birds. We recently had a hen go broody so i started researching again and decided to finally join. There is a wealth of knowledge to be found here and we are happy to finally be a part of it. We live on orcas island in washington state and are both in our late 20's.
Ill try to post some pics later time to head to work.
Looking forward to our new chicks
E&T
Losing them is very sad and I know just how it feels. I hope you are able to keep them safe now as they tend to come back once they know there is a free meal on offer. 
