Hi Folks. I am back on BYC. I had to let my flock go due to neighbors getting really unpleasant. We were previously from Empangeni in Zululand, South Africa but has moved (June 2014) to a farm in the Overberg area near the coastal holiday village Witsand of the Western Cape province of South Africa. I can now keep my chickens at my hearts content with no one to complain. Shortly after arriving on the farm I ordered 15 day old Buff Orpington chicks and used an existing coop on the farm. All went well up to about 18 weeks when I lost all of them in a matter of two days to a predator (Scunk/ Muishond in Afrikaans) I had to rebuild my coop from scratch making 100% sure that it is predator proof. I ordered 16 new Buff Orpington chicks and so far so good. Three died due to fighting and I ended up with 8 pullets and 6 roosters. I swapped 5 of the roosters from my neighbor for 5 pullets. (He needed new blood for his huge flock) They are 20 weeks old and should be laying soon. I enjoy them very much and it is so nice to be able to keep chickens without petty neighbors on my back any more. It is great to be back!!!
Hello there and welcome to BYC! So sorry you have had so much trouble with neighbors and predators!! The neighbors can ruin your life if they intrude too much upon you. And predators are just ruthless. Sorry you lost some chicks to aggression. But it sounds like you are back on track now. Enjoy all your poultry adventures and welcome to our flock!
Hi Glad you could rejoin the flock! Sorry to hear you had so much trouble with your neighbours and predators. Hope you have much better luck this time in your new home. Enjoy your new chickens and being back on BYC
Welocme to BYC!!! It is an aweosme forum (the BEST in the world) and has a great comminity!!! Hopr you have a great time and learn A LOT!
Welcome! I'm glad you joined our community. I'm sorry that you lost all your chicks! I hope the remaining ones keep safe and stay healthy.