NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

Only thing I have around here is a fox

we can only use live traps tho because my dogs run loose. We don't have a live trap big enough yet but my chickens are locked up tight at night anyways nothing is getting to them. We have multiple guns here so someday the fox will meet his match

all of my fox attacks have been between 8 am and noon so far. I only use live traps near the house. But with 30 acres my trapping buddy has plenty of land to trap on with his leg holding traps

 

[mderby48]

This fox comes in the middle of the night we have never seen it just tracks. My husband has put foot holds in the woods with no luck. Something ate the bait but managed to miss the traps, lucky!

 

[rancher hicks]

I "mark" daily. Doesn't make any difference at all around here.

I've caught skunks. That is always fun

I'm not concerned to much about skunks but bigger things.

Maybe YOU just aren't old and stinky enough.

I mark morning, noon and night. Anytime I'm out there and at my age it's a lot. If the neighbors have seen me they haven't mentioned it.

The tree nearest the coop died the first year I had chickens.

 

[Framac]

I started with 18.

Now have 26 adults, 5 Juvies, 11 Chicks, 12 Chicks coming, 24 eggs in the Bator, and planning on doing 40-120 more(probably about 50 chicks.)

TOB I started with 25. Which was ok but then I saw other breeds and well like the bible says. " What the eye does not see the heart does not want." And it is so true. I wanted some of every breed I saw. Now I have about 40 (in chicken math terms). Anyone care to explain to her what that means?



Rancher

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

The pound cake turned out good, but I didn't make the reduction. I was running behind. I put some in the freezer and plan on doing the reduction when my in laws come up.

 

[rancher hicks]

I started with 18.

Now have 26 adults, 5 Juvies, 11 Chicks, 12 Chicks coming, 24 eggs in the Bator, and planning on doing 40-120 more(probably about 50 chicks.)

And it's getting worse around here too! I've got two broody hens and I have no idea what to do. I'm planning on building a coop just for broodies but spring can't get here soon enough.

 

[mderby48]

I wish I had at least one broody hen, out of 30 hens not one is broody :/

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Afternoon all! Its always nice to come home and read what everyone has posted. Always good for a chuckle and some info.

Ginny---skinning out a squirrel isnt hard just a pain in the you know what. Their skin is loose so they can turn in it to defend themselves from predators. Its easier if you just peel it down once you make the cut around the legs.

Stony---always have to be ahead in the predator count huh???!!! I hope your numbers are low this year (and I mean that in a good way!). Havent seen anything yet but the year is still young!

Rancher---whatever you have been drinking that killed the tree, you need to lay off that stuff!

Now as far as guns go, I grew up with them in the house. My father taught me to clean them and handle them and shoot them from a very young age. I was also taught to respect them and never bring them into the house loaded. I alway knew where they were and where the ammo was but never bothered them as there was no mystery about them. They were simply tools for hunting and self defense. I find that once you remove the mystery about something, it just becomes another thing thats just there. Just my opinion.

Okay--gotta go find some goodies for the cheeps and get eggs. Delivered 5 dozen today, 2 tomorrow and another on friday. Good thing those girls are laying like gangbusters!

 

[stonykill]

Stony---always have to be ahead in the predator count huh???!!! I hope your numbers are low this year (and I mean that in a good way!). Havent seen anything yet but the year is still young!


Now as far as guns go, I grew up with them in the house. My father taught me to clean them and handle them and shoot them from a very young age. I was also taught to respect them and never bring them into the house loaded. I alway knew where they were and where the ammo was but never bothered them as there was no mystery about them. They were simply tools for hunting and self defense. I find that once you remove the mystery about something, it just becomes another thing thats just there. Just my opinion.

Okay--gotta go find some goodies for the cheeps and get eggs. Delivered 5 dozen today, 2 tomorrow and another on friday. Good thing those girls are laying like gangbusters!

I hope I'm WAY behind on the predator count this year. All I have killed so far this year is 1 weasel. I hope it is a slow predator year.

Guns, absolutely agree. Had my 1st .22 at 7. They are like you said a tool. And like all tools deserve respect.

My girls too! Simply on fire! All those tiny sumatra pullet eggs . So cute! Everybody is stepping up, except the duckers. Just an egg here and there from them.

 

[Glasshen]

I have always been worried by delicate shells. There is a tuna can nailed to a piece of wood that I keep oyster shell in. When I think of it they get a sandwich bag of lobster shells that I ground up in the food processer and then froze, if we have shrimp they get those shells, and I've been microwaving their egg shells when I cook, then processing them up with whatever scraps I give them. I figure the microwaving would lessen the viability of germs etc.

I did get some wooden eggs, but will wait to use them until next month when broodiness would be acceptable. February last year we had the frozen chick experiment, so not to repeat that, for this set up, March or April will be a better time. Then perhaps some SS from Fabius, some Buckeyes from Ginny, and something blond for visual pleasure. I love chicks!

Edited to correct autocorrect's correction. I typed broodiness, which was changed to bloodiness,
Sigh.