My Flock Journey 2.0

[Magicalflowers]

Predator Update:
A lady that works with me lost 3 chickens last night to a fox. She lives about 10 minutes from my house if that. So they are on the prowl.

That is so sad! Make sure you take extra care over yours so the Fox doesn’t get to your yard!

 

[Magicalflowers]

Hows your flock love?

Thanks for asking, my flock is doing well although yesterday morning a fox was circling the coops at 6:47 am while we all were sleeping! Luckily we ran out and scared it away and no chickens were hurt, it scared us a lot- our chickens make quite a fuss!

 

[KLIL]

Oh no!!! Them darn predators ... I hope yours stay safe

That is so sad! Make sure you take extra care over yours so the Fox doesn’t get to your yard!

I got home this arvo and I have the feed container thats air tight next to my coop. When I got home it was tipped over like something had gone between the coop and the container today! Something was maybe circling the coop. And its not our dog because his inside or with us when his outside. Called my partner to see if the dog tipped it over when he was out with him but nope.
I really want a camera over the coop.

 

[KLIL]

Roosting Update:
Tonight Hazel and JD were up roosting together but the other 5 were all down huddled in the corner of the coop. They aren't getting the idea yet. But Hazel and JD were all snuggled together like little lovers. It was pretty cute.

 

[KLIL]

Weather Update:
Today was Thursday the forecast predicted rain today. Guess what! Not a drop!
Next forecast for rain is Monday.
When we bought this house it was massive floods now not a drop.

 

[KLIL]

Age Update:

 

[TheTropix]

Hi KLIL and everyone. I'm sure you know this by now, but lil' Light Sussex is all boy! lol He's a beauty & should grow up to be a gorgeous rooster! I hope your little Australorp guy learns to mind his manners for ya. I had 2 Australorp roos several years ago. Both were jack-@$$es - 1 was serious about it and the other was kinda stupid and mostly charged and ran into me without jumping up trying to spur. Neither one stayed after that behavior started.
I had an Ameraucana rooster (he was nuts when I got him as an adult) that was the meanest S.O.B. I ever saw. A farmer wanted him to free range on a big farm so he could be a great protector of a whole bunch of free range chickens. He got lucky is all I can say. HA!

 

[rjohns39]

Krystal a game cam can give you a wealth of info. If I could afford it, I'd put a wifi booster on the roof and run extension cords out there for my wifi cameras...

 

[KLIL]

Hi KLIL and everyone. I'm sure you know this by now, but lil' Light Sussex is all boy! lol He's a beauty & should grow up to be a gorgeous rooster! I hope your little Australorp guy learns to mind his manners for ya. I had 2 Australorp roos several years ago. Both were jack-@$$es - 1 was serious about it and the other was kinda stupid and mostly charged and ran into me without jumping up trying to spur. Neither one stayed after that behavior started.
I had an Ameraucana rooster (he was nuts when I got him as an adult) that was the meanest S.O.B. I ever saw. A farmer wanted him to free range on a big farm so he could be a great protector of a whole bunch of free range chickens. He got lucky is all I can say. HA!

Hello
I really wanted Chippy my Light Sussex to be a hen but he is a beautiful Cockerel. My partner and I have agreed to only keep one rooster so at the moment they are on trial to see who makes the cut but I love them both. The Black Australorp JD he has an attitude but he also melts my heart. We only have a small flock of 7 at the moment my coop is rated to 8 chickens so I wont be going over 8 but we are going to look at building a bigger coop and getting more chickens down the track. We weren't sure we would enjoy it but my partner and I are just so happy and love them all so much.
How many do you currently have in your flock?

 

[KLIL]

Krystal a game cam can give you a wealth of info. If I could afford it, I'd put a wifi booster on the roof and run extension cords out there for my wifi cameras...

We have a boost for our wifi to our shed because we have wifi in the shed, cameras and alarm on the shed (where our toys live). I think the ground work has been done just need to get more cameras. I looked at a sensor camera but I think ill get get them properly fitted.