Maine

[Dita Von Cluck]

Today is bittersweet....moving the hens into they're coop. *sniff sniff tear*

 

[kinsey228]

Today is the first day since Sunday that I haven't lost a chicken. I wish the predator would show itself so I could get rid of it. I think the number of chickens it/they have gotten is up to 7.

 

[bellaleah]

hi card5640, i am in glenburn maine and am having a heck of a time finding orpingtons. do you happen to know anyone in this area that has chicks? thanks so much, julie

 

[hoppy]

borrow a game cam, know your enemy!!

Today is the first day since Sunday that I haven't lost a chicken. I wish the predator would show itself so I could get rid of it. I think the number of chickens it/they have gotten is up to 7.

 

[hoppy]

you might want to go to the poultry show May 26th (sunday) at the windsor fairgrounds. there may be some there or the augusta swap generally have a large amount of poultry on may 25 (saturday)

hi card5640, i am in glenburn maine and am having a heck of a time finding orpingtons. do you happen to know anyone in this area that has chicks? thanks so much, julie

 

[dowgirl71]

hi card5640, i am in glenburn maine and am having a heck of a time finding orpingtons. do you happen to know anyone in this area that has chicks? thanks so much, julie

What a bummer! That man didn't have any?

 

[bwockbwock]

This is a copy and paste from Als Quackery:

Just a heads up, there are some poultry diseases spreading in NH and their swaps have been shut down. Here is a link to their page http://chickenswapsofnh.com/
I also have contact info if anyone wants to know more details.
I am simply advising people to stay bio-secure with their flocks and try to stay clean and safe. I know there are many NH residents who attend our swaps and I just want to help prevent anything from being spread around here and our swaps.

 

[CoopChick719]

Coopchick, your dark roo looks, in the picture, like he might be a dark blue. His feathers look laced with a darker color and I see a stray light grey feather. I have a blue laced mixed hen who is the product of a blue laced red Wyandotte roo over a black Cochin hen, so mixes can be blue if the "blue "dilution gene is carried by one of the parents.

Thanks longgrove...very interesting! I'm pretty sure it's a hen. I noticed today when she was in the sun, she has a green sheen to her feathers and some white or grey feathers near her neck.

Today is bittersweet....moving the hens into they're coop. *sniff sniff tear*

I felt that way when my chicks went from the computer room to the garage. It was so quiet...no little cheeps from the next room.

 

[JustPJ]

hi card5640, i am in glenburn maine and am having a heck of a time finding orpingtons. do you happen to know anyone in this area that has chicks? thanks so much, julie

The swap at the Wilton tractor supply today there is a person who has some orpington roosters for sale for 5 bucks....if you don't want roosters perhaps he would know where to get fertile eggs or chicks? Just a thought

 

[superchemicalgirl]

borrow a game cam, know your enemy!!

x2. You can discover their patterns, too, if there are any, so you know where to wait while you hunt.