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[DwayneNLiz]

It is what it is. I suppose if it does hatch I'll have to go buy it a friend or six.

Morning

lol!!! Yes friends

Good morning to all.

Hi Benny!! Hope your vacation is going strong

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!
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.

sorry hope you catch the killer

Good morning Akrnaf2 and Dwaynenliz.

good morning Dax!!

Good morning all.

good morning

Good morning

Hi!! And have a great day!!

Good morning Chaos. Fire 85% contained yesterday. Still cool today so hopefully this will wrap up. My coworker was just one valley away from the fire.

glad to hear the weather is cooperating

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Hello Dax & Phil & all the ships at sea. Looks like another day in Paradise, a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

rain here that's why i went back to bed on you all.....hi whites....

Good morning Leavealighton, LLP and Whites.

Thanks for all your kind words. I did not mean to make anyone sad, but as animal lovers, we all understand the loss, and I needed to vent.

Good luck with them. What kind of quail?

Hi and welcome. Good luck with your hatch.

Morning Dax. Sorry to hear about the cat.

Morning Phil

Morning.....

@LittleLakePhilGood morning. I hope you slept OK. So what do you have going on with your fowl? Are you fishing this weekend?

Morning Chaos18, how are the chicks?

We got functions to attend this weekend so probably no fishing.....sorry i feel back asleep on everyone....

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: That's alright, you're allowed to sleep

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Wow aren't we a lively bunch today

 

[kwhites634]

Wow aren't we a lively bunch today

'Bout as much as a graveyard

 

[Chaos18]

 

[DwayneNLiz]

ROFL!!!

 

[BunnynChicks]

LOL

 

[Chaos18]

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That sucks. I hope you get it soon, my traps are not catching anything either, but at least I am not loosing birds.

I really hope your hatch goes well. Let me know if you want a few point of lay pullets while you reestablish your beloved pas.

I have 9 chicks between 5 and 6 weeks of age, however only 3 pullets. I have 6 chicks less than a week old and some more hatching today. I'm setting 18 more eggs today.

Bless you. I appreciate your generosity. However after over 30 breeds, I'm focusing on only this one,

@ChickenCanoe

Wow sorry about the hens, camera malfunction fridge etc. hope you catch the critter in the act soon.

We had a guy stealing appliances from our job site. Rented a surveillance crew set up cameras. First night cameras were stolen. You cold see the guy climbing the pole face all covered and then nothing. Next night we thought we had the guy or different guy. Truck pulls in loads up and leaves. Ran the plates....stolen plates.

Good luck with getting that critter. Thank you for the site about Altsterier

I guess you'll need to stake out the place.


I appreciate all the positive thoughts.

The only comment of clarification on predators I have is that when people discuss predators, they always refer to them in the singular.
We don't have A predator. We have many. We have gazes of raccoons, colonies of opossums, bands of coyotes, skulks of foxes, cowardices of dogs, casts of hawks. gangs of mink and weasels and destructions of cats.

I offer these videos that were taken here last night. They were on the same camera. And there were others.

Watch this to the end and you'll understand

If you don't hang out on your property in a blind all night with night vision glasses or have multiple trail cams scattered across the property - you don't know what's out there.