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[Sally Sunshine]

 

[Sally Sunshine]

The moms are in the main coop and a new girl is in the box.

alone? in a box? that sounds scary

 

[mlm Mike]

Left chicks and bigger chicks out during day to free range and they have done wonderful! They kid of stay in their respectful places lol example under chestnut tree and hen under bushes across driveway so I don't really know how they will do in coop together but no killing of chickens yet or being pecked to death

Love seeing my babies out in the yard!

Glad they are getting along!

I found a new place for the trapped animals that the neighbors won't be offended. At least till the next one comes in.



I glad the vultures are back. There are wasps flying all over this raccoon and they don't care. Must say after they started the smell was awful. Getting the picture was not fun.

Thanks for going through that to get a picture to share.

CC, tried NBC. The ads play perfect, but the video never plays.

Amazing hot that works!

I dug up a mole in the run. I wanted to stomp on it. How nauseating! But the idea of it eating the chicken feed was upsetting too. So, I called over the lead drake. He looked at it, then came over to me. A few chickens came, and jumped out of the way of it. They followed it, but none would eat it. I am disappointed in them.

My boy Moose takes care of moles:

So my husband was mowing by the cockerel cages and we had 33 mix breed cockerels in there separated by chicken wire and there are 2 separate coops. While he was going past one spooked and jumped through the wires and the he's 5 weeks the others are 4 months, so at least 1/2 the size and he doesn't know how it got through but it did and we think between the wire and the dozen young roosters jumped on him and scalped him... We had to cull him

I'm really upset because we have a small homestead and it's not like we have to cull many chicks and this was so preventable... And grotesque and sad. I feel kinda sick about it, farming is hard and I hate this part of things. I haven't been on in a while because I've been so busy but I thought y'all might be able to tell me that these things do happen and that I just need to come to terms with that. Clearly I can tell myself but that doesn't really cement it. Also my young rooster had a band on (I don't band the boys cause big legs) and when we thought we should take off the bands his was cutting his leg a bit, it was a day of injury but his leg is so swollen... Feeling like a bad homsteader today... Will the swelling just go down, I've been keeping it clean and treating with non pain relief neosporine.... Oh and I left chicks in the bator for about 30 hours and one got messed with and I think it's got a cross beak, they're olive eggers and some of the shells were a little too round I think, maybe and being messed with while they were hatching plus having Easter egger genes... I've had some I assisted hatch get cross beak and I'm sad because I think it might be two of them actually... Sad

what a cruddy week for homesteading/ chicken keeping

Sorry you had such a bad week.

So from 10:00 am till 3:00pm 8-10 vultures complete stripped an adult racoon to just a piece of skin and skeleton remains, before I interrupted their dinner trying to get pictures of them.

Made quick work of it!

Quote: sure does sound fun for the young, which doesnt include me

Your young for 363 more days!

 

[BantyChooks]

Your young for 363 more days!

You're not old 'till you think you are, be it 49 or 94!

 

[BullChick]

alone? in a box?  that sounds scary

Just locked up. She was just laying very late.

  My boy Moose takes care of moles.

Gross, but... "Here, Moose! C'mere Moosey Moosey Moosey Moose!"

You're not old 'till you think you are, be it 49 or 94!

I'm old.

 

[BantyChooks]

Gross, but... "Here, Moose! C'mere Moosey Moosey Moosey Moose!"

Hey! What do you have against them? They're cute!

 

[BantyChooks]

I'm old.

Are not!! Don't think old, think happy.....

 

[kwhites634]

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[Pensmaster]

Are you getting more?

Little by little yes. I have a pullet ordered from a guy in Southern California will ship when it's cool enough. Then when mine start laying consistently I will hatch them. Size of egg is still about 5 grams too small.
Trying to get the coops lined up for more.

 

[BullChick]

Hey! What do you have against them? They're cute!

They are a nuisance.

Are not!! Don't think old, think happy.....