INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[BullChick]

HEY!!! Perfect reason as to why I should get a horse. Oooh, chickens are horrible gateway critters!
-Banti

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Maybe the hot weather will keep the grass from growing as much. Surprisingly we seem to be having a smooth transition this year. Ours is typically a short spring and then blazing hot. Barely hit the 80's so far.

It was in the 80s the last 2 days. We even hit 82 on March 15. We had 3 January days in the 60s, and 4 days in the 70s in March. Very unusual. Global warming is real, and now local warming here.

How about the flooding in Texas. That is supposed to be a 500 year event. Except they have a 500 year flood every year now.

Yeah, unless you have a coop to set up & a run to build. I want to set some eggs, but refuse to do it until everything's ready, otherwise I'll have month old chicks in the basement 'cause I have no other place for them, to say nothing of a very unhappy wife.

so so so true

 

[DwayneNLiz]

HEY!!! Perfect reason as to why I should get a horse. Oooh, chickens are horrible gateway critters!

-Banti

Supposedly donkeys are even better, you should get one of each

Good deal on the predator issue. My daughter would love to have a horse. Don't have the time or resources though. There's also too much uncertainty in travel for my work at the moment also.

Works the other way around for me. I would have a full fledged farm if it were up to me and the kiddos. Cant seem to get the wife on board(mainly due to the travel for work thing). Haven't been able to find her weak spot.

My husband thinks the horse is less work than the chickens. She was actually his idea even though I'm the horse person, and the chicken person

So true! We are talking about getting a couple herefords

 

[BantyChooks]

Supposedly donkeys are even better, you should get one of each

My husband thinks the horse is less work than the chickens. She was actually his idea even though I'm the horse person, and the chicken person 

So true! We are talking about getting a couple herefords

Hmm... One of my neighbors has mini donkeys, I might have to ask her!! I'm gonna end up with donkeys, goats, ducks, and quail if I'm not careful.
-Banti

 

[BantyChooks]

This look good to y'all?

 

[daxigait]

I have a couple of horses, but my chickens are in back in the goat pen which is guarded by a llama. I don't know if he does anything about coons, but they don't tolerate any type of canine.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: We are actually having a spring this year it seems.

I have three problems with them going in, one is there are no adult birds to guide them, second several of the red rangers plop themselves in the doorway,and since most of them still huddle on the coop floor they are found huddled on the ground by the ladder. I built the coop four feet from the barn and extended the roof to the barn. Then I put a metal person door to the run that blocks the end. So I can enter and change the food and water or just reach in and shut the pop door. So it is an enclosed corner.
I do have a few Christmas chicks in another coop that are roosting, but that is it.
@ChickenCanoe What bands do you use for your chicks and adult birds? Mine are all LF. Thanks

Is there a treat like scratch or something they will coming running for, maybe try throwing some of that through their door to encourage them in?

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So true!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I have a couple of horses, but my chickens are in back in the goat pen which is guarded by a llama. I don't know if he does anything about coons, but they don't tolerate any type of canine.

The llama keeps dogs away?

 

[BullChick]

The llama keeps dogs away?

Once upon a time, I was walking around the church camp that Brian was in charge of. They had a decent sized farm for the kids to enjoy. A llama, goats, sheep, chickens, and pigs. There was a coyote trotting down the road by the animals. It looked at the animals, then ran off. I rushed back to the house to tell Brian, and he laughed. "Did you see that llama in the pen? Nothing is going anywhere near those animals as long as she is there!"

 

[flocktastic]

Gonna have to pass on the brooders again. I did say maybe next time but this is still the same time lol. Will be heading your direction in about 2 months but they will be way overdue by then.

Well that's a crummy way to get out of it lol! I just finished doing it...fun fun! The only thing I detest about chickies!!