NY chicken lover!!!!

[ke5hde]

Quote: I looked around my yard after she left and found her nest right under my stairs of my deck. I never saw her and I am always on those stairs along with my dog. I probably looked right at her and didn't see a thing.

She must have felt safe enough, even with you and the dog. That's pretty cool. Chris

 

[JayinCohoes]

First mistake...posting on CL. LOL Second mistake, letting people come to your home to get the birds. I did that exactly ONCE and will always make the trip to a public convenient place to swap birds in the future. I do NOT want anyone knowing I have chickens, how many and where they roost at night. As paranoid as that sounds, people are getting weirder and weirder and I don't want them coming back to take birds I don't intend to get rid of. Some of the worst predators are 2 legged.

I second that. I lock up all of my animals with a padlock and my yard is booby trapped in every direction. I can't tell you how many times someone has hopped my fence and tried to open my shed. I now have an electric fence on top of my regular fence which is also laced with cut rose prickers and poison ivy. If they get close to the fence they're also stepping in dog doo. Next I'll have my shed rigged like the house in the movie Home Alone. Aw the joy of trying to keep crack heads out. That will be the next video I post on here.

Jay

 

[miquwid]

worked in shorts and sandals all day. My kinda work day

. Yup, I was outside all day, sometimes in the sun, sometimes in the shade. Simply beautiful day out there

It was a nice day, unfortunately I work inside but Monday was nice my day off and I worked in the yard all day. Plus sweating does release toxins from the body. I have a lot of tattoos so at work I wear long sleeves and collar button up my neck so I'm use to heat so this weather is quite tolerable, just lots of water!

Just please be careful posting on CL. I posted 5 roosters last year, and had 3 guys show up who I would NOT welcome back on my property again. I will not list roosters again. Never. No way. Na da. Uh uh.

So I'm glad it's not just me worried about 2 legged predators. Unfortunately here in Rochester we have a lot of dog n cock fighting. People are constantly eyeing my pit and we don't talk to much about the chickens or allow many on the property.

 

[horsekeeper]

Rancher, the part that has always been the worst for me is the gut smell that hangs on your hands for a couple of days, real or imagined. Back in the day it seemed as if nothing but time would get rid of it. Now I find that the scented hand sanitizer makes it disappear like magic, even around the fingernails. It's kind of like changing baby diapers. Once you get past the first few it's easier to ignore the smell.

 

[horsekeeper]

Hatched out my first turkeys in 40 years. Got four and they are in the brooder tub with the four welsummers that hatched the week before. Sweet little things. Supposed to be sweetgrass and apparently one of them is penciled.

 

[miquwid]

Very cute

 

[featherz]

I don't let anyone come to my house anymore *unless I know them*, in which case, come on by! First off, almost 100% of people get lost and end up at my neighbor's house.. And secondly, I just don't feel comfortable with it anymore. Have had many strange types respond to CL ads and then there's the people who stand you up. And they know where you live. I might make an exception for a massive rehoming (like if I was rehoming 10 chickens) but in general I meet people at a truck stop near my house.

 

[Pyxis]

I don't let anyone come to my house anymore *unless I know them*, in which case, come on by!  First off, almost 100% of people get lost and end up at my neighbor's house.. And secondly, I just don't feel comfortable with it anymore. Have had many strange types respond to CL ads and then there's the people who stand you up. And they know where you live. I might make an exception for a massive rehoming (like if I was rehoming 10 chickens) but in general I meet people at a truck stop near my house. 

Yes, finding your house sure can be an adventure!

I also don't want people at my house anymore. For biosecurity, since many people who buy chickens already have chickens, and also because it makes me nervous that they know here all my adult birds are. I've gotten compliments on them before and I'm always scared that I'll go out the next day and the bird I was complimented on will be gone. Plus, one time a guy said he was coming over, and when he was late I called him and he still insisted he was coming over, and when he never showed, I was afraid I'd wake up and he'd have stolen all my chicks in the night, even the ones I intended to keep.

 

[Cass]

I second that. I lock up all of my animals with a padlock and my yard is booby trapped in every direction. I can't tell you how many times someone has hopped my fence and tried to open my shed. I now have an electric fence on top of my regular fence which is also laced with cut rose prickers and poison ivy. If they get close to the fence they're also stepping in dog doo. Next I'll have my shed rigged like the house in the movie Home Alone. Aw the joy of trying to keep crack heads out. That will be the next video I post on here.

Jay

Remind me to never come visit you after dark.

Around me I don't have crack heads, I have weird country folks. And by "weird", I mean more desperate to feed their children and families.
Currently I have a gray car driving past every evening very slowly.

 

[rancher hicks]

Rancher, the part that has always been the worst for me is the gut smell that hangs on your hands for a couple of days, real or imagined. Back in the day it seemed as if nothing but time would get rid of it. Now I find that the scented hand sanitizer makes it disappear like magic, even around the fingernails. It's kind of like changing baby diapers. Once you get past the first few it's easier to ignore the smell.

Use some dishwasher with lemon juice or just plain lemon juice. That should kill the smell.

Jay forgot to say nice video of the ducks.

Horse cute chicks, but then they're all cute. (silkies don't count)