NY chicken lover!!!!

[stonykill]

looks like a possum maybe raccoon, looks like its time to set traps or get a .22 ... search "possum tracks in snow" on google

agreed. Looks more possum but hard to tell from that pic. Traps and a gun as IT WILL KEEP COMING BACK until you are out of food for it or it is dead.

 

[Lynzi777]

Figured out this evening what that little chipmunk is after that has tunnels dug behind my rabbit hutches. I just went out to feed and water and one of my rabbit hutches has a drop pan under it. I looked down and noticed these "holes" dug in the shavings/droppings/dropped food. He's obviously going up there, grabbing the food that the rabbits spill and bringing it back to his hole. Just when you think you aren't leaving any food out....I only give my rabbits what they need to eat that evening - I do not fill their bowls as that is just asking to be wasted. Well apparently they are spilling even the smallest bits and feeding the other critters living close by.

 

[ke5hde]

I finally got a Barnie egg today e
It's on the left, next to a bantam cochin egg for color comparison.
The Barnies are just 6 months old.

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

I finally got a Barnie egg today :-D
It's on the left, next to a bantam cochin egg for color comparison.
The Barnies are just 6 months old.

Yay!!! My barnies are the only ones laying for me. I'm glad yours are finally laying! Very pretty speckled color.

 

[ke5hde]

I'm considering ducks next year. Any chance you can post a pic of their coop? I'm not sure what type of coop to build. Should duck coops be the same as chicken coops.

I am sorry for your loss.

Pics of my duck house are on the thread somewhere. They don't really need much and don't use it anyway, they would rather be in the pond. Anything would really work, they just need a place to get out of the weather if they feel the need.

 

[rancher hicks]

Lol sorry but the ******* in me had to laugh. Mainly because i was just in my works office talking about how they just like to say no to people.

As for breds i have ee's and oe's i know not really a breed but you know what i mean.

Well I'm glad you get me cuz I WAS just kidding. Please folks I love you all don't take me too seriously. If I have a breed then I can have eggs and chicks available, when the wenches cooperate.

I have Birchen Marans, EE's , Delware and Lav orps. I also have a frizzle hen but she is young yet. I expect to get Columbian Rock eggs to replace my rooster and I have BR eggs in the incu now. Keeping my fingers crossed.

New chicks from the EE's may be olive eggers, blue or blue/green layers.

I do not show birds. I am always open to trades if we can agree on what we each want.

 

[rancher hicks]

Figured out this evening what that little chipmunk is after that has tunnels dug behind my rabbit hutches. I just went out to feed and water and one of my rabbit hutches has a drop pan under it. I looked down and noticed these "holes" dug in the shavings/droppings/dropped food. He's obviously going up there, grabbing the food that the rabbits spill and bringing it back to his hole. Just when you think you aren't leaving any food out....I only give my rabbits what they need to eat that evening - I do not fill their bowls as that is just asking to be wasted. Well apparently they are spilling even the smallest bits and feeding the other critters living close by.

I set three traps in the orp run, cuz I've been seeing a mouse even during the day. I will catch it.

 

[Lynzi777]

I set three traps in the orp run, cuz I've been seeing a mouse even during the day. I will catch it.

I think I'm going to attempt to groom my dachshund tomorrow now that I've let his longhaired coat grow in, and try the fur thing you guys mentioned with placing some in the hole of the chipmunk's whereabouts. I don't usually mind chipmunks, it's when they enter my bird feeders that ticks me off. And I had a whole family of them doing that this summer.

 

[stonykill]

I think I'm going to attempt to groom my dachshund tomorrow now that I've let his longhaired coat grow in, and try the fur thing you guys mentioned with placing some in the hole of the chipmunk's whereabouts. I don't usually mind chipmunks, it's when they enter my bird feeders that ticks me off. And I had a whole family of them doing that this summer.

 

[Lynzi777]

Lol, Stony I think you need a dachshund to help out with all those predators...