Maine

[kinsey228]

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I've got a 9 week old wyandotte blue laced but has never been outside always at 60 degrees. free for the taking probably a roo.
(and I just posted a chicken plate clock in the everything else for sale area) made in maine- really cute, comes with a stand.

I would love to get it, but I would need to find one or two more that age so it wouldn't be lonely.

I don't really care what breed. My next youngest one it 5 months.

 

[hoppy]

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I've got a 9 week old wyandotte blue laced but has never been outside always at 60 degrees. free for the taking probably a roo.
(and I just posted a chicken plate clock in the everything else for sale area) made in maine- really cute, comes with a stand.

I would love to get it, but I would need to find one or two more that age so it wouldn't be lonely.

I don't really care what breed. My next youngest one it 5 months.

If you find one let me know, it's a single hatch so i don't have any others and it doesn't want to be in with the silkies which are the same size.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

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I've got a 9 week old wyandotte blue laced but has never been outside always at 60 degrees. free for the taking probably a roo.
(and I just posted a chicken plate clock in the everything else for sale area) made in maine- really cute, comes with a stand.

I would love to get it, but I would need to find one or two more that age so it wouldn't be lonely.

I don't really care what breed. My next youngest one it 5 months.

Where is Chesterville? I have 2 girls that are olive eggers that I could stand to lose. Just started laying maybe about a month ago? They were born maybe around May? I'm between disgusta and waterville.

 

[Gordonhillfarm]

Chesterville is on the other side of Manchester -- take route 17 out of Manchester towards Readfield - Fayette -- I live in Chesterville it's only a half hour from my house to Xmas TreeShop in Augusta . Whats in Chesterville your after ? I might beable to help you out -- I'm headed to Augusta to finish up shoping on Friday ~~ Tammy

 

[kinsey228]

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I would love to get it, but I would need to find one or two more that age so it wouldn't be lonely.

I don't really care what breed. My next youngest one it 5 months.

Where is Chesterville? I have 2 girls that are olive eggers that I could stand to lose. Just started laying maybe about a month ago? They were born maybe around May? I'm between disgusta and waterville.

I'm right by Farmington, about 10 minutes from UMF. Olive is the one egg color that I don't have yet. Let me run it by my other half.

 

[ggarratt]

I have two 10-month-old Wyandotte hens that I would like to find new homes for. They were the result of a cross between a buff wyandotte rooster and blue lace red hens. One is a definite buff color (her name is Gladys, our only named chicken) and one is more orange. I would like to get $5 each. I live on North Haven, but can bring them in on the ferry to meet in Rockland if anyone's interested.

 

[PollyC]

I got back from going into town to finish up last minute food items I needed to get and went down to the chicken barns to give them their afternoon treats and what do I see but a bunch of silkie feathers on the ground between the two pens. I thought WTH and continued walking toward the pens and up flew this large bird, and there lay a shredded white silkie.

I have the top of my pen covered with lines of baleing twine but never got it finished with lines going the other way. (looks like a net when completed). I ran into the house to get my grandsons 22 rifle(it is a child size first rifle) but it has been so long since used it gave me trouble. This bird sat in a tree where I could easily shoot it, but by the time I was able to get it to work and get the bird in the scope (I got a good look at it) I was pulling the trigger and it flew off. My boyfriend thinks it is the same one that tried to get into the bigger pen but could not get through because of the net I made on that one. I am so mad at myself for not finishing the covering, I went out in the freezing rain and covered the whole pen with a large piece of plastic and secured it well till I can get something more permanent. I looked up the bird I saw under hawks in Maine and it is a Northern Goshawk. Good thing I did not shoot it cause it is protected. But guess where I live it would not matter anyway I will shoot it to protect my birds. Thank God the other birds took cover back in their barn. I only lost the one (bad enough) and I checked all the others and see no injurys to them, they are just shaken up a bit.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I'm so sorry. Today my ducklings just started hatching... they're replacement for the ducks that hawks ate about 2 months ago.

 

[m.kitchengirl]

I got back from going into town to finish up last minute food items I needed to get and went down to the chicken barns to give them their afternoon treats and what do I see but a bunch of silkie feathers on the ground between the two pens. I thought WTH and continued walking toward the pens and up flew this large bird, and there lay a shredded white silkie. ep I have the top of my pen covered with lines of baleing twine but never got it finished with lines going the other way. (looks like a net when completed). I ran into the house to get my grandsons 22 rifle(it is a child size first rifle) but it has been so long since used it gave me trouble. This bird sat in a tree where I could easily shoot it, but by the time I was able to get it to work and get the bird in the scope (I got a good look at it) I was pulling the trigger and it flew off. My boyfriend thinks it is the same one that tried to get into the bigger pen but could not get through because of the net I made on that one. I am so mad at myself for not finishing the covering, I went out in the freezing rain and covered the whole pen with a large piece of plastic and secured it well till I can get something more permanent. I looked up the bird I saw under hawks in Maine and it is a Northern Goshawk. Good thing I did not shoot it cause it is protected. But guess where I live it would not matter anyway I will shoot it to protect my birds. Thank God the other birds took cover back in their barn. I only lost the one (bad enough) and I checked all the others and see no injurys to them, they are just shaken up a bit.

I am so sorry for you & your family & birds. What a horrible thing to come home to.

Try not to beat yourself up too much. We do the best we can, and no matter how perfect our set ups may be we'll all face losses for one reason or another. You fixed it for now, and have learned from it, which will make you a better caretaker in the future.

I'm so sorry. Today my ducklings just started hatching... they're replacement for the ducks that hawks ate about 2 months ago.

Oooh, what kind of quackers?

 

[kinsey228]

Thinking about getting a couple of ducks this spring. Any suggestions on breed ? How well do they get along with chickens ?