NY chicken lover!!!!

[Gramma Chick]

They don't keep him in a pen, so he keeps coming over here. I've had to stop my dog from attacking it once, and he won't do it again now,

That sucks ! Chicken food is not cheap ..

I suspect they are not feeding it .Warn them once ...ask them to replace the cost of the feed ....then call Animal control when it comes back

 

[shodack]

Pyxis, I would absolutely call Animal Control. Pigs are so smart, they problem solve, so the more you try to protect the chicken feed, the harder it will work to get to it, now that it's found it.

 

[tao chick]

A while back I sold chicks to someone who said she was replacing ones she purchased the previous month. I asked what happened and she said her pigs ate them. She had already packed my chicks up, so I didn't unsell them. She reassured me she had a proper enclosure this time. A little while later she said they were still well, so I was relieved she wasn't buying chicks and putting them in danger.

Now that I think about it, some people don't feed their pigs anything but scraps and poor pasture. If given an opportunity a hungry pig will eat feed, chicks, eggs...

What's the trick to encoraging a chicken to be broody? The longest I've had anyone sitting on eggs is a few hours. They clearly aren't ready to stay broody. I just wish one of them would be. I was thinking about building a few nest boxes in different locations to see if they'd prefer a more private location to brood. Would that help?

 

[tao chick]

Now for why I logged on. I have a climbing rose. Grew from cuttings of my next door neighbor long ago. Each year I try to get it to survive the winters AND mice who have girdled it a couple of times. It makes it back. BUT this past year I put hay and hardware cloth around the base and wrapped it with burlap, in hopes of getting the canes to survive and flower this spring. It only blooms once. Still it did not. Some canes survived but not enough to cover the arbor and bloom. 

What can I do?  My neighbor never covered hers and some years it would bloom profusely. It wasn't on an arbor, but draped over the chain link fence near the back of her house and sheltered somewhat between our houses,  as we lived in the city. 

It got one flower this year and the new canes are up high. A couple will be over the top of the arbor. What can I do to get this thing to survive into next year?  

Looks like we might get a storm. I hope so sort of which is weird. The thunder is sounding. I'm tired of watering the garden. 

Three more hens with eggs but not many. I tossed quite a few last night. Not good. I hope each hen will at least hatch one chick each. So far there are 21. I've picked out a couple of hens to go this fall. New layers. One is a Delaware with white legs. Not sure how that happened. Too and EE that lays brown eggs. 

There are two lavender chicks and one that is Big Delores so it has lavender and white. I hope they're pullets. Too there are more than a few black EE's. I hope a few B. Marans.  

Anyhow these three girls need to be done sitting. It's been to long. 

TTFN, Take care and be well.

I think that if a plant spends energy spreading or vining then it won't flower well that year. It sounds like every year your rose is trying to spread. Eventually I guess that you'll be able to nip off the new growth so it can fill out and flower a bit. If this is true could you clip buds to encourage the cane growth? I'm just starting to think about this, so forgive me if you've thought of this already. Also, how about plastic as a moisture barrier- so same method as last year with hay and hardware cloth, but also add plastic to keep the whole thing very dry- no icy cold near the more sensitive canes. The location of the canes might make this difficult though. If only you could put a mini greenhouse over the whole arbor...

 

[Gramma Chick]

What's the trick to encoraging a chicken to be broody? The longest I've had anyone sitting on eggs is a few hours. They clearly aren't ready to stay broody. I just wish one of them would be. I was thinking about building a few nest boxes in different locations to see if they'd prefer a more private location to brood. Would that help?

Do you have all hatchery chickens ? they are bred to not go broody ...
Rarely they still do ..
You could try giving them feed with soy..that might influence them to go broody ..
As it is hormonal .....they go broody when they get the hormones ..Soy Mimics hormones in a body .
or Get some chickens ..from a breeder
or Sumatras , Silkies or ?

 

[rancher hicks]

Do you have all hatchery chickens ? they are bred to not go broody ...
Rarely they still do ..
You could try giving them feed with soy..that might influence them to go broody ..
As it is hormonal .....they go broody when they get the hormones ..Soy Mimics hormones in a body .
or Get some chickens ..from a breeder
or Sumatras , Silkies or ?

Some breeds and some lines of breeds are more prone to go broody. As far as I know there is no way to induce a hen to go broody. It's just a crap shoot. Some hens make better mothers than others too. When you get a hen that is good you might want to note her and hang on to her. Generally for me young hens tend to go broody more than older hens.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: Its worth a try .....Soy Mimics SEX hormones in a body .
When I had soy in my feed my hens went broody twice that year ...but only the ones that had been broody before

 

[PhoredaBurds]

A while back I sold chicks to someone who said she was replacing ones she purchased the previous month. I asked what happened and she said her pigs ate them. She had already packed my chicks up, so I didn't unsell them. She reassured me she had a proper enclosure this time. A little while later she said they were still well, so I was relieved she wasn't buying chicks and putting them in danger.

Now that I think about it, some people don't feed their pigs anything but scraps and poor pasture. If given an opportunity a hungry pig will eat feed, chicks, eggs...

What's the trick to encoraging a chicken to be broody? The longest I've had anyone sitting on eggs is a few hours. They clearly aren't ready to stay broody. I just wish one of them would be. I was thinking about building a few nest boxes in different locations to see if they'd prefer a more private location to brood. Would that help?

There have been a couple times when I've sold chickens to people and wish I could unsell them as I worry that I might have just sent the poor little birds off to hazardous conditions. We all try to avoid these situations, but people are not always clear about what they are willing to provide for their birds. I wish I could keep them all, but I can't.

Regarding broodies, I found out the hard way that if u leave a pile of eggs in a nest, it can encourage hens to go broody. From what I've read, spitz are not supposed to be broody chickens, but I came home to 5 broody spitz hens after my chicken sitter neglected to collect eggs for a week. It's an easy thing to try, just make sure you mark the eggs you leave.

 

[SammyLee]

Hey guys, I've a question for you. One of my EE pullets seems to be developing strange wings. I'm including pictures, but it might be hard to tell as she has a lot of white-on-white feathers. What I've noticed is that there are gaps in her wing feathering. The lowest feathers also don't fold nicely against her, but rather stick out a bit. Is this a mutation/defect? I don't suspect pecking due to the gaps being identical on both sides. She seems to fly up to the roost just fine, but she sure looks funny. I don't plan on breeding her due to this, but she is a sweet bird.

 

[cracrzy4chicks]

How old is she ? May be a moult.