NY chicken lover!!!!

[AQHAchick22]

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First, great job with the dog jlaw! I would ask your vet/local animal control officer about the laws. Since you haven't had him long I wouldn't worry too much about the peeing/pooping in the house. That's going to happen for awhile anyway, especially if he's not used to living in a house. I also wouldn't worry about the dew claws, are they losely attached or held tightly against the leg? Usually they can just be trimmed, and really if they are tight against the legs it's even less of a problem....
As far as the food goes, you could just lift the bowls off the ground when they aren't eating and as Glasshen mentioned, feed them separately...like completely different rooms. My boys have their bowls right by each other but they also have a respect for each others food and one happens to be a grazer while the other gobbles it down right away. Also, I wouldn't leave the food bowl full, in my opinion that just asks for trouble because that can cause resource guarding. .
Finally I would get your female spayed and the male neutered as well... .

 

[Lynzi777]

Morning Everyone,
Well I DID see the sun again this morning but it just doesn't want to make it way out and stay out.

Getting excited for Lockdown tomorrow!! My baby bunnies are a week old today, should be opening their eyes soon. Last day of school is Friday!

No more waking up at 6:30 every morning! Although I will have TWO kids home while I work now instead of just one. Vacation for me in 2.5 more weeks and celebrating birthdays after that. Then the summer should calm down a bit.

JLaw - Wow, thats quite interesting about all you have to deal with this dog? What were you thinking bringing it home??? LOL I honestly don't know how I would go about that situation. It's a tough one. If the dog was already fixed and had dew claws removed then I'd probably just keep it and post adds, keep the proof that you did and no one claimed it. But getting it fixed and such? IDK. I would do some calling around to local shelters and such and ask. Hope you can figure something out.

 

[Breella]

If any of my fellow Syracuse Area people live around the Fisher Bay restaurant in Bridgeport I think I saw a fisher cat this morning, it was either a fisher cat or a very small dark brown fox. It was eating some eggs from a Marteen nest. :-(

 

[miquwid]

Ok once again I have something not chicken related but more ny related and need some advice. Here is the storie.

Someone in my area found a dog in her back yard took to vet after posting pics on facebook and some posters around different areas. So far no one has replyed. The dog has no chip and she though was under feed. It's a pup still and I think its just growing so it looks too thin. I picked it up from the vet after paying for the rabbies and distemperment shots. She paid for the boarding of the dog for a night. She found this dog sunday morning and did the posts by like 12 am I think cause I saw well before work and I leave at 2pm. This dog isn't neutered and still has his dewclaws. This dog seems 6-8 months no one in our area has seen it before and no missing posters any where that we can find.

I'm going to be busy tomorrow so not much time to look this all up.

Now for my questions.
1. Does ny have a law where you have to report in news paper so you cant be sued? My mom said in oh if you don't post and they find you a year later you can be sued.
2. How long should I wait do remove dewclaw and his privets? I have a female dog unspaded and I don't want his dewclaws to get caught on stuff. I also am worried about waiting and hurting him more with dewclaws and getting sued if owner shows up in next month or so. Sorta a catch 22. Can be sued I think if I do it but if I hold off will cause this poor dog harm if I wait too long.

This poor guy  flinches if you move up on him too fast and he eats like no other I've seen. At first I was going to ration his food the correct way but DW called me at work and said dogs are growling at food bowl. I told her to leave it full so they have no reason to fight over it. I wasn't sure if it was him or mine growling. He needs lots of training here is a list of what he does. Jumps on anyone even my daughter who is smaller, tries to check out table to eat off it even put head in my daughters bowl at lunch, pee's/poos inside even after just being let out.
I know he's just a puppy so we have to train but seems like he's had some he can sit when not excited but I think he maybe a drop off side of road dog cause the people gave up on him.

Anyways here is the little beast we call Rocko. Not my phone number so blacked it out. Well never mind seems the photo thing is locking up on me so I cant post a pic of the little beast.

Put it this way most shelter hi e someone less than a week and the dog is adoptable. Anyone can sue anyone for anything but the question is will it hold up in court? In your case no. Get the nuetering done asap. have a trainer do an accessment the growling could the two trying to work out who is who in the pecking order so to speak. Remember top hen eats first, dogs can be the same way.

 

[ChickPrincess]

out of season
http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27801.html
Fox attacks man
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/05/fox_attack_new_hartford.html
Nuisance Animals
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/81531.html
Looks like you need a permit 1st ...Legally

You can shoot it if it is damaging personal property. No permit needed. Must be on your property. Also if it looks mangy at all it should be removed from the population so that doesn't spread. Every single one my husband trapped this year had it real bad including the coyote he had to remove from the neighbors garage.

I've been waiting for the one that took Buddy and 6 of the girls. She's been back a few times, always when I'm not close to the gun

That's what I was thinking. Thanks, Gramma for posting the DEC pages. I somehow could not find that. I looked up their definition of "damage to property" and yes, it includes poultry.
Sunnyside, hope you get that fox! I want to see that tail hanging in your garage! lol

 

[ChickPrincess]

This is what you call "very strict" ? No matter crush or other wise I disagree. They are far to young for a relationship of any kind. I don't care what another mother or even father thinks. If they disagree that's to bad. There is more to a relationship than the physical. There is the emotional part too.

I originally posted this to vent about how nuts a kid was acting. Not to be chalked up as some kind of lax mom for allowing my daughter to call someone a boyfriend. She's high honor roll and just a few months away from black belt (which, in itself, has certain criteria to be met in how you live your life). I'm obviously doing something right.
I just won't post about personal things. Learned my lesson.

 

[rancher hicks]

I would so like an "at home" job. School was over for me last friday. Now I miss having something to do other than laundry. Though this rain makes it hard to work outside.

Hope you didn't misunderstand Jlaw about the dog thing. We did have Bertha at the time of Maggie but she was much better behaved. I miss her. DW says no dogs.

Good luck with your lockdown Lynzi.

 

[Lynzi777]

Just candles ALL the eggs one last time before tomorrow. Threw the two out that stopped developing and left the two good ones in the incubator. Still a lot movement from the tiny bit I can tell right near the edge of the air cell. Stella's eggs are all looking good as well. I have one egg from my black Silkie hen and three from the splash. Both were bred with the lavender split roo so I can't wait to see what hatches!

 

[rancher hicks]

I originally posted this to vent about how nuts a kid was acting. Not to be chalked up as some kind of lax mom for allowing my daughter to call someone a boyfriend. She's high honor roll and just a few months away from black belt (which, in itself, has certain criteria to be met in how you live your life). I'm obviously doing something right.
I just won't post about personal things. Learned my lesson.

Now now chin up. Sooner or later we all run into someone who has a different idea of how to raise "our" kids. I've been there with the in laws. You just have to shake it off. I certainly wasn't chalking you off as a lax parent. You have to consider I'm older and what I considered strict my parents and their generation considered to easy. It will most likely be that way when your kids have kids.

It's helpful when raising kids is to be confident in how you're doing it and not be bothered by what others say.

I have grandchildren in three different families, you don't think I agree with how each of their sets of parents are parenting do you? And they don't agree with each other either. I had 7 siblings all with kids. You don't think we all agreed with how to parent do you?

When my son and his came to visit my single no child daughter was bothered by how my son and his were parenting. I told him to tell her "when you have kids you can raise them how you see fit". I told him to rehearse it over and over so he remembered what to say. What's funny is when he did say it to her, she knew it was me who told him to say it.

Princess these are your kids and you and yours have to raise them how you see fit. If I or others disagree, such is life. I'm sorry I upset you.

I wish you well,

Rancher

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

I'm new here and just wanted to say hello from Ulster County. I've been lurking for a few weeks, this appears to be a very active thread. I have no chickens yet but am planning a flock for next spring. I'm interested in getting a mixed flock (for egg color variety and fun) of Wyandottes, Black Copper Marans, Wheaten Ameraucanas, and Welsummers. My sister in Vermont has a large flock of Buff Orpingtons.

My husband and I work full-time (no kids) so although we built a lovely coop about 10 years ago, we hesitated actually getting a flock started because we were afraid we could not get home in time to lock them up securely each evening. We have since built a 7-foot fence for our dogs around a large portion of our yard containing the coop area, so my sister is encouraging me to finally get some hens. We'll also build an attached run for the coop this fall/winter. My property borders a huge tract of NY State Forest Preserve in the Catskills and we have a lot of predators, especially bears. I figure a lot of you from Upstate NY are dealing with the same and hope to learn a lot from you.

Anyone here from Ulster, Delaware, Greene Counties, or the Hudson Valley? When the time comes, I'd be interested in obtaining chicks locally for pickup, if possible. (I consider within a 2-3 hour drive to be somewhat local).

Anyhow, thanks for sharing your knowledge, I love all the info on BYC. Hope everyone is staying dry.

--Terry

Welcome to the thread and I am just down the road from you in Stone Ridge. Let me know when you wish to start your flock and I will hatch some chicks out for you. However, I dont have the varieties you are looking for so maybe you wont want any. In any case, welcome!