NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

I'd name mine yip yip

 

[Henicillin]

I'd name mine yip yip

BRRR-ING!

 

[Sachasmom]

Where can I get a trap? I'm thinking if I can trap this thing I'd rather release it on the other side of the mountain. As much as I'd like to see this thing dead for all the garbage I woke up to every morning last week, I don't think I have it in me to get the job done LOL

TS has traps, I have one, I have yet to catch an actual predator in mine, bc I suck at trapping apparently. They sell these ones online I am considering, the coon reaches in the trap for bait and gets trapped, then you can dispatch.

FYI its illegal in NY to catch and relocate, you could hire someone to trap it, good luck getting anyone to come out tho, I've emailed I don't know how many hunters/trappers and have yet to get a response. Heck I offered to check their trap line, call when they caught something AND pay them for every coon/possum/fox/mink they caught and still nothing. I'm thinking of taking some classes maybe to just learn how to do it better myself.

 

[featherz]

TS has traps, I have one, I have yet to catch an actual predator in mine, bc I suck at trapping apparently. They sell these ones online I am considering, the coon reaches in the trap for bait and gets trapped, then you can dispatch.

FYI its illegal in NY to catch and relocate, you could hire someone to trap it, good luck getting anyone to come out tho, I've emailed I don't know how many hunters/trappers and have yet to get a response. Heck I offered to check their trap line, call when they caught something AND pay them for every coon/possum/fox/mink they caught and still nothing. I'm thinking of taking some classes maybe to just learn how to do it better myself.

Same here, no trappers to help and the ones that will want obscene amounts of money. Minimum $150 just to take away something you already trapped, but if you want someone to trap it it's $500+!

 

[featherz]

Mine is sitting on my front porch waiting for me to put it up. I got the one with the closer posts (I think, I must have changed my mind about what one to get a million times!) How hard was it to put up? I have chickens in my rabbit cages until I get the dang thing up and no help to do it (Husband and son are gone for the week now, ya think they could have found time in the last two weeks to help me? Noooo. I guess putting up a fence in 90 degree heat with a whining baby is what I will have to do. Men, bah.)

What energizer did you get? I've been to TS twice and can't decide and I don't know what I am doing... I assume the giant red X on the box thru the chickens and bunnies means NO! Dead bunnies and chickens??? :O I want it to keep stuff out and not fry the chickens/bunnies... I just have the one net plus the gate but I am going to add a second net to it once I get the darn thing up and running...

I got the one with the further away posts because the closer post one did not come in 164 foot lengths. at 164 foot it was easier to do with two people, but I could have done it myself if necessary. If yours is smaller than that, should be cake. We already had a big box of step in electrical posts, so used those to prop up the net.

I think the ones with the X's through the chickens and bunnies means it won't keep them in, but I won't swear to that. Pretty sure it doesn't mean it will kill them!

Mine is a Parmak Mark 8, was something like $100 on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Parmak-Impedance-120-Volt-30-Mile-Electric/dp/B0002YUWFC) and is putting out 14,000 on the fence. I asked premiere and she said that charger would power a LOT of net. They are very helpful, just email them with the model you want to use and ask em.

 

[Cass]

Ok, who logged me out? And why did it take me 10 minutes to figure out where the "reply" box went? DUH!!!

The 3 rowdy, randy roos are in the freezer and it's only 9:30 am. On SUNDAY. I think it's time for a nap.

On the brighter side, it's gonna rain....oh, oh, that's nap time....I love sleeping with the rain hitting the roof and windows.

AND the chicken coop is sooooo much quieter. The three hatchmate hens to these 3 roosters came out from under the nest boxes and actually went OUTDOORS. Apparently they didn't like the rape scenes that kept these rooster brothers going so they kept to themselves under the nest boxes.

I hope no one has to deal with flooding today. The ground is sooo hard it is going to run off for a while before it soaks in.

 

[featherz]

Woot! Princess took the babies! (my little broody). Cass, I stuck what I think are two of your chicks under her, the other two under BOB (BigOrangeBroody) and bob also has a NN baby. The rest went to Pyxis, who is trying them under her broody. So far all are happy EXCEPT for the evil witch RIR pullet I have in the coop with princess. The RIR is sweet to humans and a good layer but she is a biatch to the other pullets. So I reluctantly put princess and her two chicks in a cat carrier in the coop. Princess is a tiny rumpless araucana so she fits fine.

Anyone want an evil RIR pullet? She's nice to people, really she is.

Have to get my real camera out there, but here's a bad phone camera shot. It's so muggy in the coop the pic is a bit foggy. (the other chick is still under her)..

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Sheesh...I go to a wedding and you guys blow up the forum! And which one of you has been talking to my dh about silkies??? He calls them useless shortbus riders. I told him he was just jealous that they are cute. He tells me they are alienlooking wannabes and the other chickens make fun of them. Sigh. And so the silkie debate rages on. I do kinda like the term mini-yetis though. I have to trim up their faces and butts soon.

Sachas and Featherz--I would rent out my dh for that amount of money to kill a coon! Thats absurd. Bullets dont cost that much.

Lynzi--Is your coop on the ground? If it is, you may want to consider elevating it. This makes it harder for a coon to get leverage to try to open doors or break in. All my coops are elevated at least 2-3 feet off the ground. When we had a coon come by last month, it tried desperately to get into my little silkie coop but could get no leverage on the doors from the ground. It did drop onto the roof from the pine tree its under but again, could get no leverage on the nesting box or the doors because of the placement of the latches. I am concerned, given the light wood your coop is made of, that it could get its claws under a piece and rip it open. You may want to consider and electric fence around the coop and run as a deterent. Just some thoughts on my part.

I am so hoping we might get some rain that the forecast is saying we will get. My lawn is nothing but chicken frenchfries now.

 

[Lynzi777]

Lynzi--Is your coop on the ground? If it is, you may want to consider elevating it. This makes it harder for a coon to get leverage to try to open doors or break in. All my coops are elevated at least 2-3 feet off the ground. When we had a coon come by last month, it tried desperately to get into my little silkie coop but could get no leverage on the doors from the ground. It did drop onto the roof from the pine tree its under but again, could get no leverage on the nesting box or the doors because of the placement of the latches. I am concerned, given the light wood your coop is made of, that it could get its claws under a piece and rip it open. You may want to consider and electric fence around the coop and run as a deterent. Just some thoughts on my part.

It is on the ground, I guess I could elevate it, but my problem is the run that attaches to it. I guess I could get another run of the same size only without a "roof" to place underneath it, raise the coop up to the same height and then just make the "ladder/door" to the coop run further to the ground. That may be a little cheaper than having to deal with all the electrical stuff for 4 chickens. I just went out to TS to get locks to replace the latches with. I will feel much better once those are on.

 

[Henicillin]

Sachas and Featherz--I would rent out my dh for that amount of money to kill a coon! Thats absurd. Bullets dont cost that much.

That might be a nice little side business. "Trapped a problem raccoon? Call Racc-Whackers - we'll do the dirty deed for you!"