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[Mojo Chick'n]

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She's a large fowl, but she is a red sex link, I think - about medium size, not huge, but not small, either. What eggs did you get from them?

Eta - she's in a nest box that is about 13 inches across and is filling it by flattening herself out, so however many could fit under her, I guess

She could probably not handle more than 10, in reality, though, if they all hatch out.

maybe 8 eggs?

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I had a 3' chicken wire fence around mine, and they almost never went in there. I had to put something under the 'door' to keep the babies out. They would just walk right underneath it.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I had a 3' chicken wire fence around mine, and they almost never went in there. I had to put something under the 'door' to keep the babies out. They would just walk right underneath it.

yeah, I was thinking maybe a 4 foot high chicken wire fence. That ought to keep them out - mostly, anyway

 

[shelleyd2008]

Well, all my birds can fly really well, and they didn't bother. The silly guineas would get stuck in there and run back and forth trampling things trying to get out, but other than that there were no problems. Other than the bitties that would go under the door. Definitely need a door down to the ground if you have itty bitties running around! I read somewhere on here how somebody had planted the sunflower plants right in the run. When the heads of the sunflowers dried up and dropped, they dropped right in the run. You would probably have to grow them outside and transplant them though, or they wouldn't have a chance!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Well, I could plant them next to the run so they can shade the main run. That needs shade anyway. I tried a climbing rosebush, but the guineas ate all the leaves off it

stoopid birds. I'll have to move the rosebush next spring. I had thought about planting beans or something that grows fast to climb up the run side, so maybe sunflowers along with those would work.

meri

 

[kycowgirlchick]

Well I didnt have any trouble this morning until I got closer to Danville. I have to go down the crab orchard knob and it was clear. But my husbands truck was iced over this morning. I park my car in the garage so it is a little warmer. I have coworkers that come from Harrodsburg and they were very slow going. I dont know what it is suppose to do other than rain.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Well, not too bad looking now, our school cancelled, too, but the steps are melting off - had maybe <1/4 inch ice on them.

It'll all be good by noon, probably, as long as you drive carefully in the dips and gullys, those stay colder longer.

eta - I have a film of ice on the truck, but it is melted to the point where my fingernail will take it off easily - not frozen hard.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

One of dad's dogs got loose sometime during the night and killed one of Cris's 'feather chickens'

Dad just left to take it to the pound. My little splash hen is missing a chick as well. She went into the building last night, and had 2 of them with her. The other couldn't figure out how to get up there. After the wind we had had Sunday night/ early Monday, dad's bantam roos and Cris's black/grey silkie's tractor had gotten tipped over. Dad was in the building gathering his roos up, and scared the hen's chicks out of the building. I think they ended up sleeping alone in the nest, which is in the same tractor as the silkies. So since she (Sissy) is missing a chick, and one of the silkies is gone, I'm assuming that dad's dog got it too. If dad would ever feed them like they should be fed, maybe his dogs wouldn't feel the need to eat chickens. At least he didn't just shoot him. He had asked me if I wanted him to shoot the dog or just dump him somewhere! What good would that do? He would just get shot by someone else! He is a really nice dog, and at least at the pound, if they do end up killing him it will be more humane than a gunshot. What a terrible day

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Well, not too bad looking now, our school cancelled, too, but the steps are melting off - had maybe <1/4 inch ice on them.

It'll all be good by noon, probably, as long as you drive carefully in the dips and gullys, those stay colder longer.

eta - I have a film of ice on the truck, but it is melted to the point where my fingernail will take it off easily - not frozen hard.

meri

Yeah, it's almost melted completely here. The only ice left is what's on the vehicles, there isn't even any on the ground.

 

[estpr13]

We have snow on ice here in Lexington.

I woke up to find only 8 of my nine week old chicks.

Couldn't find it, so I fed and watered all the rest and my 5 week old chicks as well. I then got dressed and heard some cheeping so I went back and found the little guy in amounst the junk under the table I have the brooder/cardboard box on. Picked it up and warmed it up then put it into the brooder. I was afraid that I would be looking for a dead body, but got lucky.

Well that inspired me to put the 1½ week olds in with the 5 week olds. I took the one that jumped on the quart watering jar and put it in with the older chicks.

They stared at each other but nothing happened so I got a second and a third then all of them. Seems to have worked out well. As long as I keep plenty of food and don't let them get trampled.

The reason I felt that I could do this was that the Del x Cornish meaties have been very calm and docile. Curiously they jump on each other for no apparent reason but just to jump on each other.