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PrimroseMom1 said:
Luvmychicken: no pic posted. There is a thread on what rabbits do you have? There is someone that posts there called Bunnylady. Maybe you can send her a PM. She is super knowledgable.

I had a big scare tonight. I went to a church function before dark so as soon as I got home at 8:00 I went out to close the coops. They always go into their coops on their own. As soon as I entered the yard I heard something scurry through the leaves. When I walked to the coops 3 were missing. Never happened before. I called them and none came. I found them and they were okay but they roosted high up away from the coops. I put them in the coops. I looked all around and didn't find anything but I am convinced that something scared them away. I also found a broken eaten egg. I just knew I would find dead bodies. Horrible.
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one of the "cute little'' possums
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they love to eat the eggs first then if not satisfied they go for the meat and blood. coons they just go get it all

Jeff
 
Jeff, you are probably correct. There are possums around my neighborhood and often in my yard. I have seen them run across my chicken yard at night. If I have to go somewhere before dark, I have to lock them up when I get back after dark bec I have never been able to put a chicken in the coop before dark, they just won't go in. But this was the first time that something obviously scared them before their coops were locked. I think I dodged a bullet tonight and I am very grateful.
 
PrimroseMom1 said:
Jeff, you are probably correct. There are possums around my neighborhood and often in my yard. I have seen them run across my chicken yard at night. If I have to go somewhere before dark, I have to lock them up when I get back after dark bec I have never been able to put a chicken in the coop before dark, they just won't go in. But this was the first time that something obviously scared them before their coops were locked. I think I dodged a bullet tonight and I am very grateful.
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You dodged a bullet this time, but it WILL be back. You may need to invest in a trap if you cannot outright shoot the little b******.
 
They're new Zealands :) I just got home and didn't wanna disturb her, this is her 1st litter :) . Hubby watched. He has a FB video of her eating the placentas...Ewww! Of all the things really? Lol he saw at minimum 3 heads maybe 4 but she was super busy cleaning then and tucking them in lol wasn't gonna have pics but I screen shot one!

PrimroseMom1 said:
Angelicisi, congrats on the bunnies. Post fotos when you can. What kind of bunnies are they??
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PrimroseMom1 said:
Luvmychicken: no pic posted. There is a thread on what rabbits do you have? There is someone that posts there called Bunnylady. Maybe you can send her a PM. She is super knowledgable.

I had a big scare tonight. I went to a church function before dark so as soon as I got home at 8:00 I went out to close the coops. They always go into their coops on their own. As soon as I entered the yard I heard something scurry through the leaves. When I walked to the coops 3 were missing. Never happened before. I called them and none came. I found them and they were okay but they roosted high up away from the coops. I put them in the coops. I looked all around and didn't find anything but I am convinced that something scared them away. I also found a broken eaten egg. I just knew I would find dead bodies. Horrible.
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I'm glad you dodged that bullet. That's a horrible thing to find dead birds or no birds or feathers. Possums are easy to trap and/or kill. Chickens are smarter than people give them credit for. They have probably seen that possum around before. Pam
 
Holy Smokes. This girl is wooorrrn out! It actually turned out to be a nice mid day for me and I got some chores done outside along with some visiting with the hens, observing and figuring out some logistics. I found out who was laying the pink eggs. Now it doesn't surprise me at all, considering its the hen that I always have thought of as our mentally challenged hen (no disrespect meant at all, she really is slow). We had babies out for some fun while I got some leaves raked. Which is amazing that I can do that at this time of year and not be in a coma of pain. I only did an area about 12ft x 20ft. But there is no way I could have done that last winter, or the winter before. So that is really cool. I am trying to practice the "move it or loose it" line of thought.

I had started putting the light on our hens so we could continue to have eggs for holiday cooking and everyday use. I shut the lights at 9pm. Well, one night we were out and busy and didn't get their few extra hours of light. I was awakened at the ridiculous hour of 4:30 am by the roosters VERY awake constant crowing!!! It happened one other time like this too. It seems this little guy is needing X number hours of sleep, and if the lights keep him awake until about 9pm then he is still sleepy until sun up. But if he goes to sleep early, he rises way earlier than any sane person would want to be awake for.

I also am glad that I have worms
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That sure is fun to say. Here is a picture of the teeny tiny worms.......you can see 3 golden colored ones that are trying to go down in the feed to get away from the light. I have transferred all the adults to the other container.


Here is a pic of some of the adults. They sure do like the underside of the egg carton.




Congrats on those little bun bun babies!

Julie, just be careful! And show us pictures :)

And I hope everyone is having a good week and making progress on your Christmas list. I need to write a list in the morning.........so I know where I stand. Time for a few hrs of sleep!!!
 

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