NY chicken lover!!!!

[Pyxis]

I have another broody orpington! According to their previous owner only one of them used to go broody a year - I guess they like it here. I'm stealing her mixed breed eggs and putting cemanis under her. If she's gonna hatch chicks she's gonna at least hatch the ones I want.

And my drake is driving me up the wall. He is now behaving a little bit better towards my kahki duck but he is still chasing her and he won't just hang out with her, so he keeps trying to go to my neighbor's place to hang out with their ducks, and they have a big pekin drake who just chases him off, whereas if he just stayed here he'd have a girlfriend, ugh. So I'm trying to see if I can find a few other ducks to introduce to the khaki and then try to introduce them to him as a group and see if that works. but until then I'm going to have to keep him penned up so he doesn't just wander off and get hit by a car or something.

At least I got a line on some very nice juvenile American buff geese, about six weeks old, hatched and raised by an old Vermont farmer, so at least Lacie will have some companionship, even if it's not quite the breed I wanted.

 

[Gramma Chick]

And my drake is driving me up the wall. He is now behaving a little bit better towards my kahki duck but he is still chasing her and he won't just hang out with her, so he keeps trying to go to my neighbor's place to hang out with their ducks,

Is your drake not khaki ? are the ducks next door his breed ? some chickens group together with color ..
Maybe ducks do too ..maybe girls the same color as him ?

 

[Pyxis]

Gramma, he's a welsh harlequin. They don't have harlequins, they have khakis and the big pekin drake. He has a pekin girlfriend here, but she's brooding and not out during the day, and he refuses to accept the juvenile 3 month old khaki as a flock member even though she has her big girl voice. She doesn't have any other duck friends and introducing lone ducks to an established flock is hard so I'm going to see about getting her a same age friend and then try them both. At least that way even if he continues to try to be mean she will have some support and a friend. If he keeps being this way he'll just have to deal with being locked up for three weeks until his girlfriend hatches their babies.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Gramma, he's a welsh harlequin. They don't have harlequins, they have khakis and the big pekin drake. He has a pekin girlfriend here, but she's brooding and not out during the day, and he refuses to accept the juvenile 3 month old khaki as a flock member even though she has her big girl voice. She doesn't have any other duck friends and introducing lone ducks to an established flock is hard so I'm going to see about getting her a same age friend and then try them both. At least that way even if he continues to try to be mean she will have some support and a friend. If he keeps being this way he'll just have to deal with being locked up for three weeks until his girlfriend hatches their babies.

A friend for her would be good
Sounds like he is BROODY !

 

[PhoredaBurds]

Same here, considering it, I'd rather go to your all's 'chickenstock' before I would go to one of our 'company picnics'.
Hopefully I'll have red Sussex, white jersey giants, and langshans for sale soon, I would never ask much for them, eggs or chicks, would make me happy just to get others interested in having them.  

Rarebreeds auction has some nice looking langshans right now. Just sayin...

 

[BakerzDozen]

Morning all. Was up at 1130 last night because a bear broke into my silkie coop. Ripped the hardware wire out of the door. It got 3 of my juvenile silkies that I had just moves out there. I ran out like a crazed woman screaming at the bear. It had tipped over the coop as well. Dh and I righted it an I saw that only splash and little big man anD one of the babies was in there. I brought the in and put them in a cage downstairs. When my alarm went off this am I heard distress chirps outside. I ran out to find another baby had survived. It ran to me when I called. Poor things are so traumatized. I had to put splash in solitary this am as she was just being nasty to the babies. Little big man is being nice to them and allowing them to hide under him. They will be staying in the basement for a bit while we get the coop back on its base. That bear won't be leaving the next time it comes back if I have anything to do about it. I am so angry and upset over the loss of my babies. I know you all can understand that. Sorry, had to vent. Time to go fix up a temp fence outback for these survivors. Later all.

So very sorry for the losses of your babies...

I sure hope that bear was passing through.

I leave for a couple days and the thread blows up. and all kinds of bad stuff happens.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

I finally got around to taking a pic of my golden cuckoo maran eggs. There is a difference in shade between the individual hens, but I am happy with them.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

I have 7 pekin babies for sale if anyone is interested. They are 4 weeks old. They have out grown the brooder and juvenile pen we have. DH wants them gone because they are messy not free ranging. PM me for more info or if interested.

 

[pharmchickrnmom]

Morning all. Going to be another scorcher today. Saturday Dh and I reset the base of the silkie coop and he replace the hardware wire on the door. Set the coop back on the base. Can you say heavy? The door is a little off because the wood split a little when the bear pulled it over getting his front paw out. It still works, just a little tight is all. Everyone is back in the coop/run and I close up the outer door at night after I remove the food bowl. Splash is still being a witch to the babies and she gets little big man going so he goes after them sometimes as well. No damage is being done but for now the babies are happy spending their days in the coop with the food and water, unharrased. Splash won't let them go back up the ramp if they come out. She's as neurotic as her mama was. If she didn't throw such nice babies I would find her a new home.

I haven't seen the bear since I ran out of the house like a crazed bloodthirsty wild woman. Dh set up the game camera by the big coops and got a coon on camera. It hasn't had any luck so hopefully no issues there. Not sure why we are suddenly getting predator visits but lead messages are ready and waiting for them.

Luv...sorry to hear about your sister. This may be the wakeup call she needs to quit smoking. A collapsed lung is no Joke and the pain is excruciating. I hope for her sake she takes this seriously and quits so that she is around for a long time.

Cutie...sorry to hear of your troubles. Hopefully by spring things will be better and you will be able to get chickens again.

Rancher..dw does very nice work and I'm sure it's cathartic for her. My mother made all our clothes growing up to save money and because I was hard to fit. Back then material was cheaper than store bought clothes. Nobody ever knew. I did the same when my girls were little. It's a lost art. I did teach my girl scouts how to handset and while some hated it, years later they thanked me because they were able to sew on a button or sew up a hole when they were out and about. I crochet instead of sew now and will be teaching my mother when I go down in august. My mother can still out sew the best of them.

Found a place to get free pallets so I'm going to get some to make bear boards to put around my silkie coops.

Off to the pharm. Stay cool everyone.

 

[BakerzDozen]

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I am looking for an apron and I believe I am going to ChickenStock. I would like the one wit the Red Roosters on it. Please PM me with the cost and any other details. As Chickenstock gets closer I will have a better idea of whether I will be attending ChickeStock, it depends on my husbands schedule, more or less.

I will also be looking for some chicks.. I haven't decided the breed yet. Still researching.

Alissa