"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[RobinB84]

i know nothing about the breed but i say rescue them!! 

I did it, I got them!!! 4 of them.... 3+3+4= my husband MAY put his foot down lol. Oh and I shared with owner what I have learned about pasty butt lucky for the ten left he made a good attempt at cleaning them last night. They do have the feathered feet and smell awful!!! I am assuming I can wash their feet/legs when I wash their butts?!?!?? Do ya'll actually use a hair drier to dry them?? I read that in a thread on here

 

[michaelof504]

No, he has about 4 hens and was looking for 1 rooster to put with his girls.

Did you find your boy a good home?

Unfortunately, no. I could not find him a place after looking for a long time, so I just gave hime to someone who killed him and ate him for dinner. It was about a week ago. Still feeling sad about it, but at least now my 4 EE pullets are not being roughed up multiple times daily.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

My girls ate the fresh fish and today I got them some organic spinach from Sam's. And yesterday they picked that chicken carcass totally clean. I was impressed. No more yogurt. I give them their feed mixed with ACV and waster. I feel like they haven't gotten as much attention as usual lately. But I'm hoping to get really busy soon.

 

[forgetful]

I did it, I got them!!! 4 of them.... 3+3+4= my husband MAY put his foot down lol. Oh and I shared with owner what I have learned about pasty butt

lucky for the ten left he made a good attempt at cleaning them last night. They do have the feathered feet and smell awful!!! I am assuming I can wash their feet/legs when I wash their butts?!?!?? Do ya'll actually use a hair drier to dry them?? I read that in a thread on here

When I rescued some chicks last year I bathed them all, toweled them a little, then stuffed them all in a towel under a heat lamp. They stayed cozy and content until dry, and smelled a whole lot better.

 

[RobinB84]

I went ahead and washed used a little baby shampoo on their bums and dried just a little before putting them back under the lamp... they seem content

 

[RobinB84]

Here is one of the new babies!!!!

 

[Angelicisi]

Oh my gosh! Too cute. Look at those feet!

Here is one of the new babies!!!!

 

[topdog24]

It looks like you used chicken wire. I hope you used hardware cloth and I'm just not seeing it. Most predators can get threw chicken wire. Pam

The bottom is hardware cloth, I have a 6' fence around the coop, and 2 boxer bull dogs and a wiener dog in the back yard with them, i live in town and mostly i worry about stray house cats but the dogs keep them at a distance, if i lived in the country i would build a fort knox for them

 

[PrimroseMom1]

The bottom is hardware cloth, I have a 6' fence around the coop, and 2 boxer bull dogs and a wiener dog in the back yard with them, i live in town and mostly i worry about stray house cats but the dogs keep them at a distance, if i lived in the country i would build a fort knox for them

I live in the city in a subdivision and have trapped numerous possums and have seen raccoons and coyotes. Some of the possums I literally trapped in the chicken yard. You might be surprised. You can read lots of stories about city chickens being killed by predators.
Not fussing, just don't want you to have a really sad situation. At night they should be in coops made of hardware cloth. I learned from this and other threads.

 

[topdog24]

I live in the city in a subdivision and have trapped numerous possums and have seen raccoons and coyotes. Some of the possums I literally trapped in the chicken yard. You might be surprised. You can read lots of stories about city chickens being killed by predators.
Not fussing, just don't want you to have a really sad situation. At night they should be in coops made of hardware cloth. I learned from this and other threads.

I am starting a metal chicken house tomorrow for up to 80 chickens, it will take a grizzly to get in it and if a grizzly shows up here, I sure ant going to argue with him, i will post progressive photos of the chicken house. I appreciate your input and concern.