NY chicken lover!!!!

[marquisella]

Quote: That is my worst fear, I live on a busy road. I have them locked up inn a secure pasture for the winter, but will have to repair all the fences in the spring so they can go & graze larger area.

 

[Lynzi777]

I've decided to expand my coop population and thought I would check if any of you have what I'm looking for before I buy online. I'm looking for 1-2 Dark Brahma hens, 1-2 Buff Orpington hens and a Roo. I would even get chicks if anyone has those breeds available. Pearl has seemed to want to raise another brood so if I got chicks I think she'd do great again.

I'll have chicks available if any make it thru this hatch. I have 11 set from my Buff and Lav Orp and also the BR. I've only hatched blue from the Lavender and Gru so far. Not sure if you'd be interested in that color if more hatched. Not sure what the Buff Orp x Splash (Gru) would throw.

 

[Cass]

I have a tote full of jeans that are worn out, holes, ect that I saved for a project like this. If anyone can use them, I'll bring them to the picnic. Or someone teach me!

Bring a sharp pair of scissors, a large plastic crochet hook and I'll show ya how it's done. I loved the ones I made for the camp. Several of them are still there over 30 years later. (But it is a camp, only used seasonally....so only season tromping on them)

 

[Cass]

I have too many deer here.. last week I saw 6 does running through my horse pasture & they took out my electric fence....aarrgh..

Anyone, someone, come hunt here....please

I don't have a permit or I would. Would love to have some venison stew right now.

 

[elieugene6]

Finally got a pic of some of the ducks to upload.


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[Cass]

I contacted someone from CL about paying for and having a hive installed and maintained on my property. $350. I am just interested in having the bees and am willing to share the honey of course. This set up included bees and I would receive some of the harvest. It would make nice gifts for family and friends since DW and I don't use a lot. I just like it in my tea.

I have read that honey doesn't spoil, but cant' say for sure. I do use it in my jellies or jams on occasion too.

Now to figure out how to get that $350.

OR you could check at your feed store for anyone who might need a place to put hives this spring. I have 2 hives on my property....An egg customer was saying how he had to split a couple of hives he had and I said "hey, I have a lot of space here, want to put a hive here?" And he said "wonderful. This is closer to my house than my other hives." And Presto!! I had a hive (about a year later. LOL. Men, can't rush them into things) Later that same season he set up a second hive when he made the mistake of answering his phone on the weekend about a swarm....which he went and got and set up in a hive in my yard. I will have to say, being as rural are we are, the wild bees had a lot of places they could forage and they were ignoring my garden....since the hive showed up I have had much better pollination rates (on the few things that were stil in bloom when he brought the hive late in the season)

Honey NEVER spoils if it is put in sterile jars. They found honey in the pyramids that was stil eatable

 

[Cass]

i own the posted hill, if they are on it, they are trespassing. guess 150 yards from occupied buildings doesn't really mean anything if you miss your shot and within a mile and 1/2.........--as far as the red tail hawk--it is illegal to shoot them(beautiful birds they are and they need to eat also), but I guess its ok to let them eat your chickens and ducks.

thanks guys for getting me thru the summer with no job and being a part of this forum.

It's illegal to shoot or harrass any bird of prey. Federally illegal. But 1. They have to catch you doing it. Hense SSS. 2.IF they are eating your livestock (and chickens are considered livestock) you can get a permit to shoot them. 3. It is NOT illegal to harrass them in non-lethal ways if they are causing harm to you, your pets or livestock.

I can tell you (but not how I know) that shot gun blasts keep them away for a while. Also banging on a metal bucket and chasing them across the yard moves them on to the back feild to hunt instead of your back yard. (and didn't I look like a lunatic doing THAT a couple of times this fall when they were migrating and congragating on the cell tower to scope the place out)

 

[Glasshen]

Ke, I'm glad your little ones made it through the night. Good thing it wasn't one of those super cold ones!

And Rancher and Tab, those are seriously beautiful Orps!

I agree that you should not have to pay to have bees on Your land. It is worth a lot to the beekeeper to have a spot for his/her hive. Soon after we moved here a swarm landed in a pine tree right by the house. It was very loud, and I worried about the bees and us coexisting so was looking for someone to adopt them. No one wanted them because they thought it was too late in the year and they might not make it through the winter, and since they had swarmed they might not stick around. They finally moved on. $350 is a lot of purchased honey. I saw a show on tv that the grocery store honey is not really the same as fresh honey, since it has been so mixed and processed. So I've been buying from small bee keepers.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Good morning
Went out to open the coops today and found the breaker for the garage outlets tripped. It's the same breaker that runs the big coop. Ordinarily it wouldn't be a big deal but the chick's that hatched NYE are in the grow out pen in there. I thought for sure I had lost some but the little guys are tough. Everyone was huddled together keeping warm. From the look of the timer for the main coop light, the breaker tripped around 10 last night. I have to remember to turn the air compressor off when I'm done with it.

It was a good thing that last night wasn't nearly as cold as it was a few days ago. Thank goodness! I'm glad they are OK.

That happened here across the street many times last winter. The horse had gotten out from the pasture a handful of times because the deer had either knocked a fence over or broke the electric fence. We had to lure him back there twice with apples and relatch the fence. His owner did it the three other times.

Yes, the deer occasionally pull down the hot wire / mesh fencing at my horse's pasture, too. We have to check the pasture line, and every once in a while, we miss something and my horse and his pals go on a wild junket. Thankfully, they've never gotten hurt, but have been known to gallop up and down the road which freaks me out. Once, the school bus driver pulled over and helped get them back in. How great is that? So thank you to people like YOU, who help wrangle the ponies, even though they're not your own!

TOB

 

[Lynzi777]

It was a good thing that last night wasn't nearly as cold as it was a few days ago.  Thank goodness!  I'm glad they are OK.


Yes, the deer occasionally pull down the hot wire / mesh fencing at my horse's pasture, too.  We have to check the pasture line, and every once in a while, we miss something and my horse and his pals go on a wild junket.  Thankfully, they've never gotten hurt, but have been known to gallop up and down the road which freaks me out.  Once,  the school bus driver pulled over and helped get them back in.  How great is that?  So thank you to people like YOU, who help wrangle the ponies, even though they're not your own!


TOB

We were heading out before to do some shopping and go to lunch and that's when I him. He's still out there and in between the grape vines/posts. Think I'll take a walk over and try to get him back in there. :-/