I know I’m probably going to upset some ppl, but I’m genuinely confused..

[Mother of Chaos]

Great, now I’ll have to apologize to my birds…

I really wanted to name our first Easter Egger "Skyhawk" because she looked (and still looks) so much like a hawk, but I got voted down.

 

[z3lda3]

"Barred Rocks are generally calm and rather quiet" - HA!

My BR is my current avi, and this is her typical expression:
View attachment 4181923

lol yep my girl is so not quiet! She has positional seizures so she’s my house chicken.

 

[z3lda3]

(From a past flock) Sometimes one falls off a roost, or a cat walks by, or a light turns on. And they all start clucking and calling like there's a predator.
So you always check, but it's never a predator.
And they do that regularly. Maybe even daily. For years. And it's like "it's great that you're vocal, and all... but could you save this for when you need help?"

I’m on constant watch for predators. I have cameras in my coop. So one day (about 5 am) they started loosing their minds. I just knew it was a raccoon or fox or Bigfoot! My husband and I killed ourselves getting out of bed and running to the coop. I broke my knee cap on the bed frame, hubby tripped over the cat..it was awful. Turns out a sparrow had gotten in the coop. (Actually I think I accidentally locked her in the night before). At least it WAS something, just not a predator lol.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

I’m on constant watch for predators. I have cameras in my coop. So one day (about 5 am) they started loosing their minds. I just knew it was a raccoon or fox or Bigfoot! My husband and I killed ourselves getting out of bed and running to the coop. I broke my knee cap on the bed frame, hubby tripped over the cat..it was awful. Turns out a sparrow had gotten in the coop. (Actually I think I accidentally locked her in the night before). At least it WAS something, just not a predator lol.

Is there a name for the chicken-alarm-system version of braxton-hicks

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I know that threads stray from the OP subject line but it was interesting that when I read the post, I was talking to a guy at work about his neighbors who "lose chickens often, almost always at night." So I asked him if they were locked in a coop at night. He just laughed, no they're in a big area semi wire fenced open area with a small dog house in the middle, pretty sure they roost on top of it.... It reminded me that everyone provides different levels of care all the way down to neglect. Being critical of the person who didn't know about the hen with chicks is your prerogative but that is what it is, it's not confusion.

 

[z3lda3]

I know that threads stray from the OP subject line but it was interesting that when I read the post, I was talking to a guy at work about his neighbors who "lose chickens often, almost always at night." So I asked him if they were locked in a coop at night. He just laughed, no they're in a big area semi wire fenced open area with a small dog house in the middle, pretty sure they roost on top of it.... It reminded me that everyone provides different levels of care all the way down to neglect. Being critical of the person who didn't know about the hen with chicks is your prerogative but that is what it is, it's not confusion.

Ya know I try very hard to put myself in others shoes, and look at the other side of things. Actually most of the time I mind my own business. Not my circus, not my monkey. I know everyone does chickens differently. From house chickens and diapers to livestock only. That’s their choice. But I have a hard time with just plain ol laziness and neglect. It’s my opinion (and I’ll die on this hill) if a person doesn’t have time to check on their chickens at least once a day, they shouldn’t have them. When I first got mine, it was with the knowledge that these living helpless beings were my responsibility to care for. Shoving them somewhere with no contact for weeks is not a different way to care for them, it’s NOT caring for them at all.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

that's fine. The level of care that I provide is extremely high. But I try to stay off the high moral ground. I simply felt bad for whomever will read your thread and know you're talking about them. It's kinda tacky IMO. Carry on however. You do you.

 

[z3lda3]

that's fine. The level of care that I provide is extremely high. But I try to stay off the high moral ground. I simply felt bad for whomever will read your thread and know you're talking about them. It's kinda tacky IMO. Carry on however. You do you.

What’s tacky about it?? They should know they are in fact neglecting their animals.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I go to Hawaii for a month at time. One year my animal sitter didn't count my hens but otherwise took great care of them. I found one hen in a very dark corner under a nest box sitting on about 15 eggs. I'm sure it had been weeks, she was lethargic when I pulled her out of there. Sounds like you'd call me and my animal sitter negligent OR you could say stuff happens, you don't know their whole story. Judgement is so negative. Peace out.

 

[z3lda3]

I go to Hawaii for a month at time. One year my animal sitter didn't count my hens but otherwise took great care of them. I found one hen in a very dark corner under a nest box sitting on about 15 eggs. I'm sure it had been weeks, she was lethargic when I pulled her out of there. Sounds like you'd call me and my animal sitter negligent OR you could say stuff happens, you don't know their whole story. Judgement is so negative. Peace out.

“Sitter didn’t count your hens, but otherwise great”??? She NEGLECTED to count all your hens, and in turn the hen was lethargic. Your sitter was in fact negligent.