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[julie0477]

Yikes thats a bad couple of days! I hope it turns around!

 

[Old Salt 1945]

Originally Posted by Old Salt: You don't need crates to transport chickens. Tie their ankles together.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The following post by [/FONT]Old Salt: Good news about my Jersey Black Giant pullet. She is now walking without a limp.
Hmmmmmm~ sounds suspicious to me!

Yeah! I know what you mean about suspicious.

My opinion is that she was faking the injury so she could qualify for disability benefits and ultimately get government cheese delivered to her roost.

John

 

[HouseKat]

I couldn't get any of them to stay on the perch while I was close enough to take a picture, so here's one of just the perch.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/108504528764462877739/posts/TmEZYmo2Urw

We tried dowel rods first, but they were too narrow, so this is made of two pieces of quarter round trim.

 

[JAG0105]

I hope it was Angel Soft

 

[bradselig]

Alright, I'm kicking myself in the butt for two reasons:
1. Incubating 4 sets of eggs only 2-3 days apart making lockdown near impossible with only owning 2 incubators (one of which is the main incubator)
2. Selling the third incubator I had because I thought I wouldn't need it again! Lol

So, I'm needing an extra incubator if anyone in the Fort Wayne area is selling one. I'm thinking of building another cabinet bator for hatching but don't think I'll be done with it in time. Ill be needing another one in about 2 weeks.

 

[danand]

Bad- my living room has looked like that on many occasions!!

 

[danand]

Well I have a dilemma. I'm taking 2 more Roos to my MIL tomorrow for freezer camp!! And I'm about fed up with my 2 large Roos as well!! They are beating my hens to death!! If I get one of 1 will the other one settle down? I have more girls coming on but they are too young to put out with him!! He wants to mount everything he sees!! He's a BO , not people aggressive . But he's driving me nuts. I'm keeping a younger Black astralorp for the younger girls and I also have younger BO Roos growing and could keep one of them. One of my EE hens has learned to get in the garage to escape the Roos, and has not taken up semi- permed ant residence!! Not to my DH' s liking!!!

 

[Old Salt 1945]

If only it worked that way lol. I just laugh and hope the next time I catch them in the act so they can get disciplined. But they don't get into anything when I'm home. My min pin is a defluffer of toys and shredder of paper when I'm gone. The other two do pretty good. I just gotta make sure things are put up out of reach before I leave.

My Lab doesn't often bother anything that isn't hers, but I still crate her when I leave.

John

 

[bradselig]

My Lab doesn't often bother anything that isn't hers, but I still crate her when I leave.

John

Due to me being a single guy and working during the day, I feel bad leaving them crated that long. If I was able to come home on my lunch and let them run around for 1/2 hr or so, they would be crated when I'm gone as well. It helps keep my house picked up knowing they are out. It only sucks when I forget that something was left out lol.

 

[Old Salt 1945]

Well I have a dilemma. I'm taking 2 more Roos to my MIL tomorrow for freezer camp!! And I'm about fed up with my 2 large Roos as well!! They are beating my hens to death!! If I get one of 1 will the other one settle down? I have more girls coming on but they are too young to put out with him!! He wants to mount everything he sees!! He's a BO , not people aggressive . But he's driving me nuts. I'm keeping a younger Black astralorp for the younger girls and I also have younger BO Roos growing and could keep one of them. One of my EE hens has learned to get in the garage to escape the Roos, and has not taken up semi- permed ant residence!! Not to my DH' s liking!!!

You could use the trick that people who raise fighting cocks use. They tie a non-slip knot in a rope around the rooster's leg and stake the other end. Food and water are placed within reach. The guy who I stumbled on had a 55-gallon plastic drum with a door cut in the side so the bird could get out of the weather. It's been 20+ years since I saw it, but as I recall, the rope was about 3 feet long. The chickens were placed just out of the reach of each other. He probably had 30 of them. It looked like a barrel farm.

Anyhow, even though we all find cock fighting reprehensible, you could use their stake out technique to corral your roosters. They wouldn't be cooped up in a cage. Chickens quickly accept restrictions. The hens can present or avoid at their discretion. If you use a proper non-slip knot, the rooster is unharmed.

John