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[DwayneNLiz]

Those are usually hand caught.

depends on the time of day

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Go chickies

. I hope since you sadly have so many to replace and need theses guys that hatch goes well.
I hope you are well. So far the coons are smarter than the traps (surprise, surprise).

The Duke dog proof leg trap is by far the best raccoon trap I've used. They get savvy to box traps pretty quickly but they can't defeat these.
http://www.flemingtraps.com/duke-do...roductsearch&gclid=CM_Thb-H380CFQkwaQodRzIEDg

If you buy 6, they're $10.85 each. That means you get 6 traps for the price of one Hav-a-Hart trap.

 

[BullChick]

@MotorcycleChickIf you got to see your broodies eggs what type do you expect?

I swear I saw two Pekn eggs.
Otherwise, EE. Maybe green, maybe brown layers. I hope to sell all the chicks. I have about eight girls too many already.

They don't have to be placed on their sides as long as they have room to pip/zip.
Have the eggs in question been turned at all during this time? I don't mean twisted in an upright position, I mean turned from side to side. If not, I wouldn't hold out much hope for viable chicks from them.


I'm sure they do but they don't seem to take it as hard as dogs. Any sudden move or noise startles my birds but when I closed up Monday night during what sounded like a war zone, they seemed OK. So they probably got used to it.

We saw the new shark movie - "Shallows" on Sunday. It was really intense.

That is huge.
Hard on wildlife.


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Most of the old poultry farmers up north of me have embraced bantams because the egg output per feed input is greater with bantams.

All cockerels I don't exactly understand.
A friend up the road from me had chickens but didn't eat eggs. He just liked sitting at his desk in the morning and see chickens in his yard when he looked out the window.
I sometimes still have some clear space in the small end on day 18.

@BantyChooks

I have 31 black penedesenca eggs in the incubator. 5 due to hatch today (2 out so far and I think 1 quit a couple days ago), 5 due on the 8th, 5 due the 14th, 3 on the 15th and 13 on the 20th.

I'm not sure how many of those others will make it (in fact it's amazing any at all hatch) because I'm still using the chicken executioner version of the electric chair called a Little Giant.

I was teasing Chaos about his goats.

MC, you are awesome! Are we going to have to give you awesome therapy before you realize it??

No. Some things can't happen.

Calling all photographers with broody hens!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...roody-and-babies-pic-and-win/40#post_17252967

Unless they updated it, I did not see a deadline.

 

[Chaos18]

depends on the time of day

I meant that I usually catch them by hand.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I meant that I usually catch them by hand.

i figured that

 

[daxigait]

I used wet cat food to catch my coons.

Yup

I have dry cat food like what they are have been stealing, the traps are just not sensitive enough at the trigger.

 

[Chaos18]

i figured that

Well ain't you a smarty pants.

I have dry cat food like what they are have been stealing, the traps are just not sensitive enough at the trigger.

Are you using box traps?

 

[BullChick]

My hen doesn't technically go into lockdown, but I expect chicks to start hatching as soon as Friday.
@BantyChooks

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I have dry cat food like what they are have been stealing, the traps are just not sensitive enough at the trigger.

I find fish is nearly irresistible to raccoons. They also like sweet things. Many people use marshmallows.
I use canned mackerel in all my traps. It stinks and tastes good.

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I was teasing Chaos about his goats.
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I guess I missed the beginning of that.
I was already 500 posts behind when I made it back to the computer this morning.

 

[daxigait]

Well ain't you a smarty pants.

Are you using box traps?

Yes, I was going to use cantaloupe tonight.