Minnesota!

[Rhetts]

Sorry to hear about your creamette Ralphie.

 

[duluthralphie]

I just finished my eggtopsy.

out of 8 eggs that did not hatch

4-non starters
3-stoppers early on
1 looked fully developed


Neither of the other 2 creamette eggs even started....(that makes me nervous)

 

[Cyrus83]

Still have some work to do, but its coming together.

 

[duluthralphie]

Still have some work to do, but its coming together.

NICE COOP!

 

[lalaland]

NICE COOP!

x2 - thats beautiful! love how you have the roosting areas against the walls and the ramp up.

 

[Chickenchick11]

Still have some work to do, but its coming together.

Very nice coop!

 

[Rhetts]

DH saw a mink or a fisher last night. Not happy to have to tackle this battle!

 

[duluthralphie]

A mink or Fisher?


That's like saying I saw a toy poodle or a St. Bernard......

Either way, good luck in removing it. It could make you chickenless in one night. Here is to hoping it trips, falls into a hole, hitting its head causing a blood clot that goes to it's heart, or an object traveling around 1800 FPS accidentally passes through it...

Seriously Good Luck....

 

[Rhetts]

He thought fisher but after looking pictures up online it is most likely mink.

So aside from sitting outside all night long waiting for it with buckshot, how would a person rid themselves of the mink? A live trap? I only have the small foot snare one I used last summer on the ground squirrels. Would that be effective? How do I keep the cats out of it?

 

[Cyrus83]

The coop is WAY too big for just five birds! I told my wife she could pick the next batch, and she has decided some good ol' Buff Orpingtons would be nice. Would anyone know where I could score a young SLW or BO rooster?