Never in 43 years!!! Amazed!!!

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

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[McChooky]

2022 ,2023,2024,2025,2026....

 

[NatJ]

@Chickmagnent78

Did any eggs hatch and chicks come safely down from the tree?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

He hasn't been on in a month.
Lots of predators can climb or fly up even if the chicks didn't fall to their death. Opossums, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, owls... I'm positive this didn't end well.

 

[NatJ]

He hasn't been on in a month.
Lots of predators can climb or fly up even if the chicks didn't fall to their death. Opossums, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, owls... I'm positive this didn't end well.

I'm hoping he'll come back and update.

There are many things that COULD go wrong, but I'm curious what he can tell about whether they DID go wrong.

 

[WVduckchick]

He hasn't been on in a month.
Lots of predators can climb or fly up even if the chicks didn't fall to their death. Opossums, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, owls... I'm positive this didn't end well.

Yep, looks like this is the only thread he ever posted in, and hasn’t been back.

 

[McChooky]

He's long gone & forgotten about us.

 

[SilverBirds]

Hopefully he'll long back on one day or another and update us on what happens.

 

[Chickmagnent78]

I'm hoping he'll come back and update.

There are many things that COULD go wrong, but I'm curious what he can tell about whether they DID go wrong.

Sorry I haven't been able to get in awhile. The takeaway from this hen trying to set in a squirrel nest is as follows:

1.It's along way up and down to the nest!
2.Squrrils fix and maintain their nest not really possible for a hen in that circumstance.
3.The temp. Is alot harder for a hen to regulate without a solid bottom.

She didn't hatch any. In fact a few days after my last post, we got a storm! Blew the nest down. Every egg that hit the ground was rotten. I think she may have learned from it. She is setting again in a plastic barrel just above ground level. Thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Sorry I haven't been able to get in awhile. The takeaway from this hen trying to set in a squirrel nest is as follows:

1.It's along way up and down to the nest!
2.Squrrils fix and maintain their nest not really possible for a hen in that circumstance.
3.The temp. Is alot harder for a hen to regulate without a solid bottom.

She didn't hatch any. In fact a few days after my last post, we got a storm! Blew the nest down. Every egg that hit the ground was rotten. I think she may have learned from it. She is setting again in a plastic barrel just above ground level. Thanks everyone for your input. I appreciate it.

Thanks for the update. It's sad the nest fell, but the rotten eggs might of been for the better. No worries on how any chicks were going to get down.