North Carolina

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Good morning folks

It appears summer is going in cycles for us. Cycle of no
rain then a cycle of daily rain. I can deal with that if the
cycles aren't too long. The heat seems to be here to stay
for the summer.......but it is summer after all. The chickens
seem to be doing ok with it so far.

hope everyone has a good day

 

[ramirezframing]

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Yeah I figured they would. Just means I am probably done working on the polish projects for this year, as those girls look for any excuse to stop laying.

 

[FVRM]

I grow a bunch for us here anyway I could just get a ton extra going. I try to stick with heirloom because I don't think they GMO those yet

And they breed true, unlike hybrids.

 

[BHep]

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[ramirezframing]

Haven't seen the pitt bull pup since the day the attack happened. Today I'm sick and been in bed all day and my son runs in yelling that the dog is back. I grab the gun and run out and start shooting, couldn't even tell you if birds were running in the pen or not

. After emptying a whole clip onto the dog (only a bb gun right now, thinking I might need to upgrade), I slow down enough to replace the clip that my son ran to grab, took a quick look and noticed only one (a silver laced polish rooster) was in the pen. He wasn't moving and was up between the waters. Once reloaded I preceded to start shooting the brown mutt again, as she goes between the two polish pens. She then just stops and sits there but can't/ won't get out. So I hand the gun to my oldest (with instructions to shoot if the dog moves) and go over across the road to get her owner. Needless to say her owner couldn't believe that her dog was in my chicken pen. She slowly comes over to get her dog (I have a feeling it's because I wasn't leaving), who's name happens to be Katie, out of my chicken pen. Next time I think I'll be better off just calling the pound and waiting for them.

The rooster popped up and ran to the nest box with the rest of the birds. Needless to say he's pretty naked on his back /neck and took a pretty good chunk out of the tip of his beak (up past the quick line by a bit) but alive. The rest are looking like they are ok also.

This is the same brown dog that I had a feeling brought over/ was followed by the pitt pup, as I have never seen the pitt pup till that day, but have caught this "Katie" in my yard before. Normally she barks and growls at me, but stays about 10 feet away from me until she has ran out of my yard.

Now to crawl back in bed before I up chuck everywhere

 

[TiaRC]

Haven't seen the pitt bull pup since the day the attack happened. Today I'm sick and been in bed all day and my son runs in yelling that the dog is back. I grab the gun and run out and start shooting, couldn't even tell you if birds were running in the pen or not . After emptying a whole clip onto the dog (only a bb gun right now, thinking I might need to upgrade), I slow down enough to replace the clip that my son ran to grab, took a quick look and noticed only one (a silver laced polish rooster) was in the pen. He wasn't moving and was up between the waters.  Once reloaded I preceded to start shooting the brown mutt again, as she goes between the two polish pens. She then just stops and sits there but can't/ won't get out. So I hand the gun to my oldest (with instructions to shoot if the dog moves) and go over across the road to get her owner. Needless to say her owner couldn't believe that her dog was in my chicken pen. She slowly comes over to get her dog (I have a feeling it's because I wasn't leaving), who's name happens to be Katie, out of my chicken pen. Next time I think I'll be better off just calling the pound and waiting for them.   

The rooster popped up and ran to the nest box with the rest of the birds. Needless to say he's pretty naked on his back /neck and took a pretty good chunk out of the tip of his beak (up past the quick line by a bit) but alive. The rest are looking like they are ok also.

This is the same brown dog that I had a feeling brought over/ was followed by the pitt pup, as I have never seen the pitt pup till that day, but have caught this "Katie" in my yard before. Normally she barks and growls at me, but stays about 10 feet away from me until she has ran out of my yard.

Now to crawl back in bed before I up chuck everywhere 

Deffinately need to upgrade weapons. I had a black lab that was a repeat offender come and wipe out 2 flocks. Needless to say 3 strikes your out. Owner came looking. I denied seeing the dog. Lol he was 6 feet under about 3 field over from th e house.

 

[ramirezframing]

Well that was the owner's only chance as she and I now know without a doubt that her dog has attacked my birds. If I catch it again before an upgrade of weapon can be done, then the dog is going to the pound.

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

Well that was the owner's only chance as she and I now know without a doubt that her dog has attacked my birds. If I catch it again before an upgrade of weapon can be done, then the dog is going to the pound.

Time to send cops over to inform this owner of their financial
responsibilities as well. I hope you got a picture of that mutt
in the pen.

 

[JayDubYa]

I am casually thinking about the possibility of adding a couple of hens to my khaki Campbell collection. As of now I have one hen, one drake, and the drake is always bossing everyone around. The KC hen don't mind, but my silkies and cochin do. And when he tries to tell me what to do, I just ignore him... Anyone nearby with some KC hens around 3 - 4 months?
JW

 

[dutchbunny83]

This is my favorite rooster. He follows me around the yard whenever I'm out there.
They got coccidiosis as chicks so they've been slower to grow. I know he's going to start crowing on me soon though and have to go.
He has such a pretty sheen on him, can't really see it from the photo. My husband wants to process next week before we go out of town, but I'm hanging onto him as long as I can.