North Carolina

[BHep]

Beth the smallest of Toms babies as tall as mama but not as heavy yet.

Pretty !!!!

 

[TarheelBirdy]

The kids were great!

Makes me miss having young ones around here. Neither of my offspring has plans for reproducing at all! It was fun to see the kids wear the Boys out!

They've never had three "people puppies" at once! Those were good, happy kids. That's the best kind. They didn't misbehave at all! They are welcome back anytime.

I so very much enjoyed seeing you both again.

Thanks for the eggs for Daddy, RF.

He will be pleased with them, I know.

By the by, CS...I've never had anyone refer to me as a "great lady" before, even tongue-in-cheek! I about fell out of my chair laughing!

( I hope Scott approved the pullets!)


After my guests left, hubby got home, and we spent until after dark doing temporary fox-discouraging stuff to the henhouse. The puppy, Reilly, found the trail through the fence, too. Good puppy! at any rate, hubby has 2 x 4 wire buried straight down by both doors. He cut the wire with four inch prongs, then bent them so they pointed back up. A digging animal is likely to get stabbed in the paw. Around the rest of the building there's now chicken wire, that overlays the ground by a couple feet and up the wood. It's stapled, and pegged. On top of that, we just laid the loose cattle panels down on it, with the small squares next to the building. Then we took all the teenagers, put them in rabbit cages, and put them up on the perches and took up the ramp. And hubby is using the pullet that was killed and left behind as bait in the live trap. She spent the day in my fridge.

He's going to come back and bury the pronged wire all around the building, but we didn't have time tonight. Now he can do it a side at a time.

I'm still kicking myself for not doing this sooner. Complacency. I should know better.

Try not to dwell on it. I know the feeling, wanting to kick yourself for it, but it happens to all of us.

 

[LukesCityHens]

just read on Facebook that WCA will ONLY be selling live animals, including hatching eggs! So I guess no more cages/extra wire/feeders etc.... will no longer be accepted for auctions.... Just thought I'd share

 

[LukesCityHens]

Beth: The SFH's are doing amazing, I'm actually interacting with them alot more as chicks than I normally do so they'll be EXTRA friendly!

on a sad note the lav's found a small hole in the fence that leads into the front yard. I had come home from work early yesterday and had a strange lady come knock on the door telling me that she had seen the neighbors german shepard with a "grey" chicken in its mouth =(
so I'm going out at some point today and reinforcing the fence BLAH!

 

[BHep]

just read on Facebook that WCA will ONLY be selling live animals, including hatching eggs! So I guess no more cages/extra wire/feeders etc.... will no longer be accepted for auctions.... Just thought I'd share

Just read it...Thanks for that info.
Here it is for those that don't go on FB.

FROM WICKED CHICKEN AUCTION FACEBOOK PAGE
PLEASE READ: Effective immediately...
NO CARDBOARD BOXES....the heat is kickin in! The only animals we will allow in cardboard boxes are chicks and baby rabbits. (with adequate ventilation) If you bring any animals other than chicks or baby rabbits in cardboard boxes, they will be automatically moved to a crate and you will be charged the $1 fee.
As of JUNE 17th we will only sell LIVE ANIMALS...(hatching eggs will still be accepted). Farm and animal products will be sold by the General Store only. Any items other than LIVE ANIMALS and/or hatching eggs will NOT be run through the WCA. Thank you for your cooperation!

 

[3ChickensinNC]

Just read it...Thanks for that info.
Here it is for those that don't go on FB.

FROM WICKED CHICKEN AUCTION FACEBOOK PAGE
PLEASE READ: Effective immediately...
NO CARDBOARD BOXES....the heat is kickin in! The only animals we will allow in cardboard boxes are chicks and baby rabbits. (with adequate ventilation) If you bring any animals other than chicks or baby rabbits in cardboard boxes, they will be automatically moved to a crate and you will be charged the $1 fee.
As of JUNE 17th we will only sell LIVE ANIMALS...(hatching eggs will still be accepted). Farm and animal products will be sold by the General Store only. Any items other than LIVE ANIMALS and/or hatching eggs will NOT be run through the WCA. Thank you for your cooperation!

Thats a bummer. I got 3 cages last time. Hope they have a lot on June 10th when I make it back.

 

[jdeoliveira74]

I just ordered fly predators... will see what happens!

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

There were an awful lot of cardboard boxes last time I was at WCA, and although some were well ventilated with screened sides, many were not. Probably caused them to rethink their rules and decide what to enforce.

I'm coming up this Sunday, on the 3rd. I just might want a couple EE chicks. Maybe. Thinking about it. We'll see......

The turkey poults I sold got picked up this morning. A couple more turkey eggs and a bunch of bantam eggs went to lockdown this morning. They should hatch while I've gone to Georgia for Mom's birthday party.

Since I've spent days cleaning out barn and henhouses, I had decided to work on the house today. But it's sticky-damp and the dogs are tracking stuff in, so it's not a good day to scrub floors. Ugh. I have cleaned out one pantry, and am trying to decide if I want to do the other one, or just make brownies instead.......

 

[BHep]

There were an awful lot of cardboard boxes last time I was at WCA, and although some were well ventilated with screened sides, many were not. Probably caused them to rethink their rules and decide what to enforce.

I'm coming up this Sunday, on the 3rd. I just might want a couple EE chicks. Maybe. Thinking about it. We'll see......

The turkey poults I sold got picked up this morning. A couple more turkey eggs and a bunch of bantam eggs went to lockdown this morning. They should hatch while I've gone to Georgia for Mom's birthday party.

Since I've spent days cleaning out barn and henhouses, I had decided to work on the house today. But it's sticky-damp and the dogs are tracking stuff in, so it's not a good day to scrub floors. Ugh. I have cleaned out one pantry, and am trying to decide if I want to do the other one, or just make brownies instead.......

I have 2-3 EEs here. "teens".. When I go out to the barn, I will count for sure and make sure they are hens.

And I ALWAYS have eggs.

 

[jdeoliveira74]

Its raining something awful here on the coast... If it doesnt stop soon i am gonna need a chicken boat. This stinks