Quote:I couldn't figure out what was going on. I had all the eggs marked under broodies in adjacent nests. But they were elevated nests with dividers between them so they couldn't roll between the nests. One day there would be eggs from one nest in the other. The next day they'd be mixed up again. That went on for days.
My animal behavior consultant friend told me how they did it. I never really witnessed it. I should have installed a coop cam.
Sounds like my daughter. She'll be an independent one.
I'm sorry!Well, my night stunk. I came home to the welding guy wanting eighty more and my cat laying on the bathroom floor in his pee struggling to breath. I took him to the emergency clinic and paid seventy five dollars to have him die less then ten minutes into the visit.
Ash you will be missed
Appliance repairman charged 145 to repair the refrigerator yesterday. I had just spent a bunch of money the day before on glasses.
I knew what was wrong with the fridge but couldn't figure out how to get to it. I could have looked it up but didn't have the time to do it. He ended up having to take the freezer compartment apart completely.
Now I'm down to 10 hens. I lost the first hen ever - midday. I was setting up traps and cameras when I noticed the rooster from the east coop was with only one hen. I went back to the coop to see if she was in there and immediately came upon her remains. Basically just feathers and a wing. Could have been a coyote, fox, dog or hawk.
I set up a camera so the remains and a box trap wired open were in frame of view. This morning, the remains were gone and so was the bait in the trap. I took the memory card inside and there isn't a picture on it.That adds insult to injury.
I have 3 other cameras to check but the other trap caught nothing.
I couldn't figure out the goat thing, either. Maybe someone will 'splain it to us
