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[kajira]

Due to the untimely death, of my daughter's silkie, the first silkie. (Rexi is all alone.) The barn cat has been officially kicked out of the house... permanently. and my husband lectured by both me AND my daughter for not being careful enough... He felt really, really bad... and told her he'd find a way to get her more silkies if he had too. (including a set of hatching silkie eggs, to let her see if she can get more to hatch...)

so, we will see.

Sally is RIP. (Sally, the Silkie. Not Sally on here! LOL)

We put the new baby (who was mostly fluffed up) in with Rexi, so neither of them would be alone. Rexi pecked at her once, then settled the new baby under her wing, and the two of them have been glued to each other since I put the baby in there. She's acting very maternal with her, and took her over to the water and showed her how to drink... Kind of funny seeing this behavior in a almost 3 week old chick, but apparently the new baby (Star) has a protector.

I feel bad about Sally, and I still want to slap my husband for not being careful with the brooder... I had intentionally moved the silkies back to the brooder away from the other chicks in my daughters room, to put the new baby in there with them in case only one egg hatched.... I had a fire place metal grate over the top, and he bumped it, so the cat (which he didn't see come into the room) dived the 6 inch hole he made, and it was over before he could stop him.

I have warned him a bunch to watch for cats when he opens doors. The barn cats sometimes like to come inside, which they aren't supposed too because they are too wild and attack the other cats and jump on my counters and act like twatwaffles after a few hours of being inside. I'm not a fan of misbehaving cats. My indoor cats don't try to run through doors, or push past me. They know better. :/

But.. it definitely makes me think if I ever let my chickens raise their own babies, I'll have to have a 100% protected run and no free ranging until full adult size They don't bother the adults.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Here's a wiring for both heat and cooling. You can just eliminate the wiring for cooling. If it still doesn't work then it may be fried.

I am not sure I will have to have my dad look at it I asked my uncle because my dad works second shift so he isn't home to do it. Thanks for the help

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Due to the untimely death, of my daughter's silkie, the first silkie. (Rexi is all alone.) The barn cat has been officially kicked out of the house... permanently. and my husband lectured by both me AND my daughter for not being careful enough... He felt really, really bad... and told her he'd find a way to get her more silkies if he had too. (including a set of hatching silkie eggs, to let her see if she can get more to hatch...)

so, we will see.

Sally is RIP. (Sally, the Silkie. Not Sally on here! LOL)

We put the new baby (who was mostly fluffed up) in with Rexi, so neither of them would be alone. Rexi pecked at her once, then settled the new baby under her wing, and the two of them have been glued to each other since I put the baby in there. She's acting very maternal with her, and took her over to the water and showed her how to drink... Kind of funny seeing this behavior in a almost 3 week old chick, but apparently the new baby (Star) has a protector.

I feel bad about Sally, and I still want to slap my husband for not being careful with the brooder... I had intentionally moved the silkies back to the brooder away from the other chicks in my daughters room, to put the new baby in there with them in case only one egg hatched.... I had a fire place metal grate over the top, and he bumped it, so the cat (which he didn't see come into the room) dived the 6 inch hole he made, and it was over before he could stop him.

I have warned him a bunch to watch for cats when he opens doors. The barn cats sometimes like to come inside, which they aren't supposed too because they are too wild and attack the other cats and jump on my counters and act like twatwaffles after a few hours of being inside. I'm not a fan of misbehaving cats. My indoor cats don't try to run through doors, or push past me. They know better. :/

But.. it definitely makes me think if I ever let my chickens raise their own babies, I'll have to have a 100% protected run and no free ranging until full adult size They don't bother the adults.

yer all scaring me bout cats!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Due to the untimely death, of my daughter's silkie, the first silkie. (Rexi is all alone.) The barn cat has been officially kicked out of the house... permanently. and my husband lectured by both me AND my daughter for not being careful enough... He felt really, really bad... and told her he'd find a way to get her more silkies if he had too. (including a set of hatching silkie eggs, to let her see if she can get more to hatch...)

so, we will see.

Sally is RIP. (Sally, the Silkie. Not Sally on here! LOL)

We put the new baby (who was mostly fluffed up) in with Rexi, so neither of them would be alone. Rexi pecked at her once, then settled the new baby under her wing, and the two of them have been glued to each other since I put the baby in there. She's acting very maternal with her, and took her over to the water and showed her how to drink... Kind of funny seeing this behavior in a almost 3 week old chick, but apparently the new baby (Star) has a protector.

I feel bad about Sally, and I still want to slap my husband for not being careful with the brooder... I had intentionally moved the silkies back to the brooder away from the other chicks in my daughters room, to put the new baby in there with them in case only one egg hatched.... I had a fire place metal grate over the top, and he bumped it, so the cat (which he didn't see come into the room) dived the 6 inch hole he made, and it was over before he could stop him.

I have warned him a bunch to watch for cats when he opens doors. The barn cats sometimes like to come inside, which they aren't supposed too because they are too wild and attack the other cats and jump on my counters and act like twatwaffles after a few hours of being inside. I'm not a fan of misbehaving cats. My indoor cats don't try to run through doors, or push past me. They know better. :/

But.. it definitely makes me think if I ever let my chickens raise their own babies, I'll have to have a 100% protected run and no free ranging until full adult size They don't bother the adults.

I had a 6 week old lone Penedesenca cockerel who's only companion was a feather duster and a mirror.
I put him in with 3 day old chicks and after his initial shock, he became their protector and cover them up at night. He'd attack my hand every time I reached into the brooder.


Barn cats

 

[kajira]

yer all scaring me bout cats!!

My 26lbs cat, wouldn't hurt a fly... I mean seriously, he's WAY to lazy to even chase them. He's in double digits... but even when he was younger.. he'd find field mice in the house in our last farm-house, and he'd corner them and carry them around like baby cats. He wouldn't kill them.

I would have to capture them, and take them away from him, to keep him from keeping it as his own personal "pet"

Not all cats are monsters, but he's worthless as a mouser. My other 2 indoor cats are a little more interested in small rats/mice, etc... but chickens (adult sized anyways) scare them. They've seen me take care of these babies, and won't go near the brooders, or the rooms I keep the babies in... but the barn cat had NO qualms killing something I'd been taking care of.

It depends on the cat. This cat isn't a bad cat. He's super friendly and loves us, he was hand raised as a kitten.... but he's just wild enough to be an outside cat.... he has no mercy.

 

[kajira]

I had a 6 week old lone Penedesenca cockerel who's only companion was a feather duster and a mirror.
I put him in with 3 day old chicks and after his initial shock, he became their protector and cover them up at night. He'd attack my hand every time I reached into the brooder.


Barn cats

Cats a much needed evil for the mice and rats. I just wish they could tell the difference between friend and foe.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

My dad said he will look at it in the morning

 

[Pensmaster]

Is that really something you wish to admit?
Only If you are taking the extra extra chicks.
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing!

Well yes beings we were talking butchering chickens. I don't put my hands there anymore.

 

[Pensmaster]

My dad said he will look at it in the morning

Good to hear your getting help.

 

[Pensmaster]

I had a 6 week old lone Penedesenca cockerel who's only companion was a feather duster and a mirror.
I put him in with 3 day old chicks and after his initial shock, he became their protector and cover them up at night. He'd attack my hand every time I reached into the brooder.


Barn cats

The hen ships tomorrow.