NY chicken lover!!!!

[SunnysideupstateNY]

That's my splash hen, Jane. I wish she had a bigger crest of feathers but I love her splash coloring.

Glad to hear your migraine went away. Yayy on the eggs!!

Oops, she. Sorry.

 

[AQHAchick22]

19 eggs from 29 hens today!!! Spring is getting close

Bad news is I kept smelling skunk all day...I'm wondering if it was a skunk that killed my hen. I set the game cam up again just outside the coops so hopefully I get something. It might be time to set up the traps.

Good luck everyone with your hatches! I'm still trying to hold off and keep away the urge to unpack the incubator.

 

[Lynzi777]

Nervous now....Gru flew the coop today...Up and Over the poultry netting! When I went to get him back in he took off on the path of grass/mud that led under the side porch because he refused to touch snow. So he's roosting under the deck now. There's no getting him out either. Please keep your fingers crossed nothing gets him tonight. I can't believe he's under there and hasn't come out. Then again it's dark out now so he's probably settled for the night.

 

[AQHAchick22]

Nervous now....Gru flew the coop today...Up and Over the poultry netting! When I went to get him back in he took off on the path of grass/mud that led under the side porch because he refused to touch snow. So he's roosting under the deck now. There's no getting him out either. Please keep your fingers crossed nothing gets him tonight. I can't believe he's under there and hasn't come out. Then again it's dark out now so he's probably settled for the night.

Ick that sucks. The good news is I had a hen living under my front porch for over a month and she was fine

predators don't tend to come too near my house (I think because of the dogs). I'm sure he will be fine for one night. You could try shaking some scratch by the porch and maybe he will come out?

 

[Lynzi777]

Ick that sucks. The good news is I had a hen living under my front porch for over a month and she was fine

predators don't tend to come too near my house (I think because of the dogs). I'm sure he will be fine for one night. You could try shaking some scratch by the porch and maybe he will come out?

I'm thinking the same too - my dog has chosen that spot to go in (right in front of the opening of the porch) so I'm sure there is enough of his "stank" there to keep them away. I haven't seen many tracks in the yard all winter but I was just worried now that a lot of the snow has melted that critters might start wandering out of the woods since there isn't 2 feet of snow to trek thru.

 

[rancher hicks]

Sunny sorry for your migraine. DW and DD get them and I know they're not fun.

Up all night with DW and her back. Can't speak of specifics but she's been sick and spent some time in the hospital. She sort of rested all day if you can call it that. She did make chicken soup for dinner. I don't think she's human and the older I get the more I appreciate her.

Lynzii, can't say anything about the freak aliens, other than I hope you brain doesn't get sucked out in the middle of the night.

Hens are laying lots these days. Moved the last of the B. Maran hens in with a Marans roo. That means EE roo is only with EE hens. I will most likely move my only RIR hen in with him. I do have a EE youngster with red in it's feathers. I hate to say it's a roo for fear it will be.

I've got chickens to get rid of. Mostly roos. Wish there was a auction nearby. I don't know what to do. I'm getting plenty of eggs these days. The Dels are doing very good but the rooster I have is so bad/small I'd like to wring his neck just to be rid of him.

I've eggs on day 10 today. Going by the average on the two therm/hygrometers. That's makes it about 99.5 so I figure we're good.

I'm planning on shipped eggs next month, both Columbian Rocks and Delaware. I have to replace roosters.

Nice out today. Cleaned two coops of the mostly wet stuff.

Bunny still there. Don't know what they eat. I did dump a half head of cabbage and carrot peelings in the compost, so maybe it will come out and mosey over to the salad bar.

Tab, how are those orps doing? Good I hope.

Well take are everyone, be safe.

Rancher

Forgot, reading "Chickens" by Annie Potts. (not the actress). So far it's pretty good.

 

[Lynzi777]

Nice out today. Cleaned two coops of the mostly wet stuff.

Bunny still there. Don't know what they eat. I did dump a half head of cabbage and carrot peelings in the compost, so maybe it will come out and mosey over to the salad bar.

I don't know what they eat either, but I'm sure they're having a grand 'ol time picking up the feed my rabbits drop out of the cage when they decide to dump their bowls over!

I was talking to Andy (of Andy's Produce) at the VIP dinner of the Buffalo Dino and told him I wanted carrots delivered twice a month to my house for my rabbits.

Man is that a guy a riot! Seriously tho, I have to have DH bring some home whenever he stops in there because don't normally buy carrots at the store unless we're making homemade chicken soup.

 

[armorfirelady]

Lynzi you should have them keep,all the leftover veggies for all your critters. Most of it can be frozen. I know my girls don't care if their veggies are frozen. They are just thankful for veggies during the winter.

Rancher- I know you don't have cable. A friend at work told me about this antenna that gets hd channels for free. I bought one since I am also going cable free. I get 20 channels with it. The same I got with the basic cheap cable plan. Except it wasn't cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIFIM36/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You can go their website to see what channels are available in your area. Mine only showed 8 but I get 20.
I also got a chromecast which plugs into the hdmi slot in my tv. I can stream Netflix, YouTube & chrome web pages onto my tv. It works great & for $35 a real good deal. I just bought another antennae for my room. For all 3 things it's still less than what I pay for cable and internet a month. Now if I occult find cheaper internet that still had decent speed

 

[Coop de Cuse]

Nervous now....Gru flew the coop today...Up and Over the poultry netting! When I went to get him back in he took off on the path of grass/mud that led under the side porch because he refused to touch snow. So he's roosting under the deck now. There's no getting him out either. Please keep your fingers crossed nothing gets him tonight. I can't believe he's under there and hasn't come out. Then again it's dark out now so he's probably settled for the night.

Same thing happened to me

One guinea slipped through the netting and 3 others followed before I could even complete a shutdown on the coop

All my chicks are safe and sound, but I have 4 guineas in the trees somewhere on the property. I can see one of them about 80 feet up. Supposed to get cold and snowy tonight

They should be safe from any wandering predators, but I have no idea how I am going to get them down...

Good luck with yours

 

[Lynzi777]

Same thing happened to me

One guinea slipped through the netting and 3 others followed before I could even complete a shutdown on the coop

All my chicks are safe and sound, but I have 4 guineas in the trees somewhere on the property. I can see one of them about 80 feet up. Supposed to get cold and snowy tonight

They should be safe from any wandering predators, but I have no idea how I am going to get them down...

Good luck with yours

Holy moly! In the trees? I didn't know they could fly that high! LOL Well I hope they are safe, at least from predators if you can't get them down. Do you think they'd stay there all night?