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[DuckGirl77]

Good luck with the new ones.

x2

Me wants it!!!!!!!!!!

Oops ..... ummmm, you guys didn't see that I used bad grammar, right?

Specially not Whites?

Lockdown today. Honas, backyard blend, and the double yolker. I need to clean the hatcher and candle.

I started with 24 eggs. I culled clears on day 7 and had 15 eggs left. They are on day 19 and I am so excited! The eggs are Cochin x Red sex-link and Cochin x Silkie. The only chick that I have hatched so far died from a bacterial imbalance from my dad not believing me when I said that we needed to slowly transition to another feed. I am so excited!

I wish this video would have not gotten screwed up!! Sister Brotherly Love








Oh momma wants some lovin too? lol attack of the lap goats!!!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Are we really that bad?

At the very least she should be ready to have a necropsy done rather than just cull and be done with it. It would still be a mystery then.

Thanks. This is a quote about mink from the MO Dept. of Conservation web site. "Minks do not kill wantonly." That is soooo inaccurate.

Except for a nearly 8 year old Ameraucana - who got killed - they're all Black Penedesencas. This building had all my mature hens ranging from 2 to 5. I don't have a bird over a year of age any more.
I have a lot of trapping and camera plans. I just wish I had more than one camera. Maybe I'll buy another with all the money I'll be saving on chicken feed.

I just found one on craigslist for $40. He has 6 of them he'll let go for $200. Same camera used on Amazon is $104. I really could use all 6.
I just can't get over how many people I read about on BYC that say they don't have predators and don't lock up their chickens.

Thanks but I'm sure it isn't an IT. I'm sure it is a THEM.

After I lost 4 coops full of birds a couple years ago, I went out to check on a rooster and hen after dark that were in a building. Shining the flashlight through the window, there were no chickens but a mink sitting on the roost looking at me. I shot it. I bought a baby monitor and put it in one of the coops. 2 nights later I was awakened to lots of thrashing but no chicken clucking. I ran out to find a mink slaughtering birds. I was able to save half of them. The doors had a1" gap under them. I added extensions to bring them down to the concrete floor. I'm about to wrap those extensions in metal.

Thanks.

Jokes don't always translate well.

Sorry to hear that you lost some chickens.

That's always very sad and frustrating.

I don't eat squirrel any more. My chickens eat any raccoons I catch.

We only have Bald and Golden Eagles. Sea Eagles are occasional visitors nesting in Alaska.



Positive. All birds in good health at dusk, all dead with tiny vampire like punctures in the neck in the morning.

You feed coons to your chickens?

Ya know, that's a good idea, feeding predators to the chickens! I would feel very smug if I could feed that awful fox to my chickens and then make a hat for myself out his skin!

ok, so i have a stupid newby question

what can i not feed my chickens? (like house hold scrap type stuff) will anything make them sick or die like onions or grapes

i've only had chickens for like 6 years lol

No avocados w/ brown seed cover.

Baby waited for me...literally busted out when I got here...I can finally breathe!

Congrats!

but why not??

it would be impressive if they could catch her

i put moldy food in the compost but i am very sure they jump in there and eat it anyway, but i try not to let them eat it

i dont give those either

YAYYYYYY!!!!!

Thanks!

B/c it's a dog.

 

[KelliR]

Ok new friends....first off thanks so much for all the help over the past few days! Now that baby has hatched when should I give her to momma hen who has her week old sibling? I'm worried that week old baby is too far ahead and the new kid will be ignored. Thoughts?

 

[kwhites634]

Quote:
Only because I wasn't here to see it

 

[h2oratt]

I check every day.

Mine are in their own pen so I don't check

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Hi Alissa!! Thank you for the kind words for Glory, also BOSS black oil sunflower seeds

Quote: No I have not, i just winged it with all I had here, seemed to bind well, the cupcakes are not bound tight enough but I think we should have added more oatmeal

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: yes Pallets but Heavy duty tight board pallets, made for shingles
its not finished yet but soon! Any ideas for a goat sign lol HarmonyAnn wants to paint one to hang

Same kind is safe and I also used them inside after cleaning them a bit and spraying heavily with lysol

and in our lower level


and most of my coops made of or have some of them somehow lol






and I use skids for all sorta stuff, kids crafts wedding gifts signage and on and on

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: x2 awwww I pray she stays clear!

VOTE FOR PEDRO

yes, my point.

I am so sorry paddler, that sucks big time. I have been extremely lucky here. Do you have a cam to set up? or even a baby monitor you could watch at dusk? Are they all the same breed at this point? not sure what breeds you had.

Except for a nearly 8 year old Ameraucana - who got killed - they're all Black Penedesencas. This building had all my mature hens ranging from 2 to 5. I don't have a bird over a year of age any more.
I have a lot of trapping and camera plans. I just wish I had more than one camera. Maybe I'll buy another with all the money I'll be saving on chicken feed.

I just found one on craigslist for $40. He has 6 of them he'll let go for $200. Same camera used on Amazon is $104. I really could use all 6.
I just can't get over how many people I read about on BYC that say they don't have predators and don't lock up their chickens.


I am so sorry paddler how terrible,

such a wonderful breed too. I know what your saying about others that dont lock them up, no way would I not lock them up. I have missed a very rare night or two or been late and was very worried until I found them safe too.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I know you need to just move in I guess, tell your mom your sorry but gotta run, I need you lmao!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Baby waited for me...literally busted out when I got here...I can finally breathe!

Looks like a Great HATCH TOO!! cONGRATS!!!

Quote: added to notes in feeding section

Quote:
got it thanks Liz

 

[BantyChooks]

yes Pallets but Heavy duty tight board pallets, made for shingles its not finished yet but soon! Any ideas for a goat sign lol HarmonyAnn wants to paint one to hang Same kind is safe and I also used them inside after cleaning them a bit and spraying heavily with lysol and in our lower level and most of my coops made of or have some of them somehow lol and I use skids for all sorta stuff, kids crafts wedding gifts signage and on and on

WOW!! Thats it, I need to plan a vacation to PA, first I'll stop 'n take a tour of Hershey's chocolate factory, and go see yer goaties and bring home more eggs.

I know you need to just move in I guess, tell your mom your sorry but gotta run, I need you lmao!!!

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