Hurricane Advice

[Chickassan]

Coop cleaning today for sure! This morning when i opened the door if i didn't know better id swear a bear snuck in and crapped. What in the world have those girls been eating?

 

[rjohns39]

"too many" - is there such a thing? The bartender and I keep having this discussion. I guess I will invite the nutritionist to get another opinion.

Wait - is the nutritionist "for" or "against"? This is important.

I'm still waiting for him to define "too many" Apparently someone dumped a few bushels of greens out with a 100 or so layers and got watery eggs for a couple days.

ETA: He would definitely be "For"

 

[Chickassan]

Even better,go out without your glasses "i do very often" see the white part of a poo,think its an egg and put that in your apron and be sooo glad nobody saw you do it.

Wait till you get a soft shell egg or shell-less egg. Blah... I no longer mind the poop after finding one of those.

 

[pennyJo1960]

nope not here that is one thing I have not done yet..... We have a skunk smell so strong in the office makes the eyes water cannot locate our three outside cats we have a cat door in my old Shasta trailer for them nope none in there but no smell there either... real strong smell at my new coop but they are all safe... BF and I where all over the property did not go under the house shone lights but the smell not as bad either

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Good news!

The magic, white sorta orbs I found in the chicken coop were indeed eggs. They tasted like jalapenos and onions topped with Tony's when scrambled and cooked with jalapenos and onions topped with Tony's. After having to look closer at some phenomenal , and I do mean phenomenal, putrid poo piles, I wanted to be sure. How these girls drop these kind of phenomenal putrid poo piles, I don't want to know. I'm perplexed!

Did I tell you I got eggs? 2-1-2-1 is the rhythm. Official total is 6 magic, white sorta orbs, with 3 confirmed to be indeed eggs. I'll expect 2 this afternoon. In the nest box on top of the golf balls. If another hen wishes to surprise me, I am prepared.

I'm researching egg consistency. Are fresh eggs watery? Why are store egg more firm? Is this age related? Am I being obsessive? Is this an indication of an illness? Why do we get sick? Does whiskey work to cure everything? Oh look! A squirrel...

prepared and perplexed - RUNuts

Congrats!! just wait til you get some of the weird ones!!

 

[adrikeen]

Our old neighbors' dog used to go after the skunks. I'd hate it in the mornings when I'd open the door and "whoosh!" skunk smell. 2 summers ago was particularly bad....the smell never went away and it then was in my shed. I later discovered a decomposing skunk half under the shed. Either the dog got it and it died trying to escape or just didn't quite make it to under the shed. I do not know how people who pick up road kill do it. I almost died (and gagged to death) moving that thing. It was heavy too!!! The new neighbors put up a fence so their dogs don't mess with the skunks....thank goodness.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Our old neighbors' dog used to go after the skunks. I'd hate it in the mornings when I'd open the door and "whoosh!" skunk smell. 2 summers ago was particularly bad....the smell never went away and it then was in my shed. I later discovered a decomposing skunk half under the shed. Either the dog got it and it died trying to escape or just didn't quite make it to under the shed. I do not know how people who pick up road kill do it. I almost died (and gagged to death) moving that thing. It was heavy too!!! The new neighbors put up a fence so their dogs don't mess with the skunks....thank goodness.

I just opened the window and the smell is leaving bet it died under the house maybe Fear might have killed it last night

 

[rjohns39]

Have the cat's returned?

 

[rjohns39]

I'm dreading this winter as the locals tell me skunks look to our bee hives for winter food. My current plan is to put an electric fence around the hives after the chickens, ducks and turkeys move to winter housing, that's assuming I get it all built.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have the cat's returned?

only one of the three has come out so far but the smell in the house has gone maybe it wasn't dead after all