NY chicken lover!!!!

[Coupe]

Well it can be hard to trap foxes I guess grays are easier, but regardless double check state law because I believe that you cannot trap it as that may lead to the spread of disease and giving someone else a fox problem if you relocated. As a matter of fact we were told to shoot them. If this is uncomfortable for you than my other suggestion would be to call someone who specializes in this.

Do you lock up your chickens? What time if you do? and what time do you let them back out in the morning?

i dont want them relocated at all..I want them shot! Figured it would be easyer if they where trappes first. Or if somone wanted their fur.
They are getting the young ones through the fencing.I put chicken wire over the fencing around the bottom yesterday and they ripped my older hens head off through the top of the fence (hen was standing ontop of the coop). The fox has tried digging around the pen but dosnt get far, as I have fencing laid underneath.
I do let the chickens out, but the attacks have not been when they are free ranging.only early morning and between 8-9:30 PM

 

[rancher hicks]

A Skunk ...looking for grubs & such ? they dig ...

A dusting of DE on a dry night helps dry up grubs, snails and slugs.

 

[rancher hicks]

Morning all. Can anyone tell me why one of my roosters would pick on a single hen and almost scalp her for no reason? One of my older barred rock hens was hiding in my husbands shed last night and when he picked her up he could see she had been ripped up on the top of her head and neck. We brought her in and I treated her injuries and she is resting comfortably in a cage downstairs. The swelling has gone down and although the wound looks nasty and painful, the vetrx is doing its job. Sprayed it on again this morning and dh will do it when I get home. I am not sure if its roger or bill who did it but I am trying to figure out the why. The boys are 6 months old now (jerk stage) but I havent seen them get like this before. Should I just separate them from the coops for a while in their own sepate pens or will this just further frustrate them? My other roos I had never did this. They were jerks in other ways but never hurt any of the hens. I should mention that the boys are in with the older girls (over 3) and for the most part the girls are keeping them in check. They have been mated a few times but go after the boys when they are annoyed by them. Thoughts would be appreciated. I would hate to have to cull either one as they have great body type and markings matching breed standards and I would like to keep them for breeding.

Off to another long day at work.

After I lost one BR hen , I gave the second away. I don't know why he was after her , just that he killed one and the other was hiding out a night. I've got one of his daughters and she is mean as a hornet. She will flog you if she has chicks. Some roosters are like men and like to beat the hens. AND like men they need to be taken out.

 

[rancher hicks]

I like the brown ones

Rancher - do you have any preference ? Time or place ?

Poultry building -22 have to enter from the back
There is 27- restaurant row on one side , 18 -Colonnode on the other side or 9- state park at the fair .
Time 1:00 or 2:00 pm ?

That is 3 so far - Gramma , Rancher & miquwid
Possibly Breella ,
WHO ELSE CAN COME ? TO MEET EVERYONE ? SAT 24th ?

Some where we're more likely to find a place to sit. Time about 12 ? I expect to get there at 10. Taking the bus over. Maybe Chevy court? I'll most likely bring my cane since we walk a lot and stay all day.

 

[JayinCohoes]

Hi NY Chicken Lovers,

I wanted to share with you my project that I have been working on for the last 3 years which all of you have directly or indirectly helped in this project. I created The Permaculture Inn which is still in its infancy stage but eventually we plan to have a fully functioning permaculture farm with a bed and breakfast and a field-to-fork restaurant. Right now we in the process of becoming certified in permaculture as well as learning sustainable farming practices for raising plants and animals. All of you at backyardchickens.com and more specifically NY Chicken Lovers have been an enormous resource in finding alternative ways of raising chickens and ducks. I strongly believe that what we are doing will be the wave of the future in food. Even though at times it feels like we are stepping back in time the reality is that we all want to change the way we get our food. Just like all of you I love sharing what I've learned and this is carried over into our other endeavors. I've set up a facebook page for The Permaculture Inn. There we not only share how we raise our backyard chickens and ducks we also share what we are learning in becoming sustainable. Below is the link. Please feel free to give your comments and feedback. Thanks to you we are changing the world one fork at a time.

https://www.facebook.com/ThePermacultureInn

very sincerely,
jay

 

[rancher hicks]

If this little silkie chick hatched yesterday afternoon and almost completely dry, walking around in there still, when should I remove it from the incubator and into the brooder? I placed a tiny bit of food in there in a shallow dish but I doubt it'll eat any of it this soon. It just seems to be chirping a lot. Maybe it's just lonely waiting for the others.

I like to leave them for the full three days they can go without eating. This way their peeping might inspire others to come out and play.

 

[rancher hicks]

Egg production is at an all-time high. I got 35 eggs yesterday! Wahoo! Egg customers are very happy.

I'm getting very frustrated over searching for a CNA course that doesn't run during the day. They are ALL given in the daytime. Kind of hard when you work during the day. And I need my daytime job. We can't do without the income and it pays our health insurance. I'm thinking of looking for a home health aide job that I could do evenings and weekends and go to school during the day (it's only an 8 week course for CNA, but then I'm thinking of following with nursing school). Then I worry that what if I hate it, and now I've quit my job at the school that I've had for 8 years?

Someone please tell me what to do.

I suggest you take whatever courses you can on line first. If you are working with patients now, you might have an idea of whether you'll like nursing. The thing with nursing is your options open up as to where you work and what you have to do.

If you're sure you don't want nursing but something in the medical field you could work toward that. Have a friend who was a plumber but is now and resp therapist.

Too don't listen to negative people just go for it.

 

[Lynzi777]

I like to leave them for the full three days they can go without eating. This way their peeping might inspire others to come out and play.

Ok cool, I'll do that. DH will have to take over tomorrow by placing them in the brooder for me while I'm gone.

 

[rancher hicks]

Egg production is at an all-time high. I got 35 eggs yesterday! Wahoo! Egg customers are very happy.

I'm getting very frustrated over searching for a CNA course that doesn't run during the day. They are ALL given in the daytime. Kind of hard when you work during the day. And I need my daytime job. We can't do without the income and it pays our health insurance. I'm thinking of looking for a home health aide job that I could do evenings and weekends and go to school during the day (it's only an 8 week course for CNA, but then I'm thinking of following with nursing school). Then I worry that what if I hate it, and now I've quit my job at the school that I've had for 8 years?

Someone please tell me what to do.

Me too . anyone want to buy some Columbian Rocks. Four hens and one rooster. My goal is to empty one complete coop. These rocks are from GA and big. Nice meat and egg birds. I hate to give them up but I have to. There are too many eggs and not enough sales. I just gave away 5 1/2 doz eggs and still have more.

 

[Metella]

Excuse my lack of puzzling it out - but what does DH stand for ? Dear Husband?