NY chicken lover!!!!

[AQHAchick22]

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Yeah my dogs climb it and paw at it and use their teeth to grab pieces of wood and pull them down. It's probably the best mental stimulation they could possibly get. My dogs have pulled down lattice work because they think it will help them get to the mice and chipmunks...ugh haha at least we never have a mouse problem in the house since they let us know if there is one and generally take care of it.

 

[AQHAchick22]

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My office uses internet explorer which doesn't work but my ipad uses safari and my home computer uses google chrome (both of which work). Do you have access to another computer to try it on?

 

[Metella]

I do not have a mac - and I find that firefox almost never lets me down. You will have to google it - and download it - but I find it so much superior to Explorer

 

[Aria]

lAPEERIAN, MY COMPUTER SCREEN....does NOT look like this. I am clicking to administrator and see what happens. Thanks for trying. Aria

 

[Aria]

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My office uses internet explorer which doesn't work but my ipad uses safari and my home computer uses google chrome (both of which work). Do you have access to another computer to try it on?

YES...I HAVE MY HUSBAND'S LAP TOP AND I HAVE A COMPUTER AT MY OFFICE. WILL TRY THERE. THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTION. REGARDS, ARIA P.S. I HAVE ALSO SENT MESSAGES TO ADMINSTRATOR AND WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

 

[Tough Old Bird]

I've already started setting duck eggs aside. I'll try whatever I have by Saturday.
I was devastated yesterday. Broom Hilda has been taking care of the chicks. I went to check on them yesterday and 2 were dead. It killed me.

Oh, that's a shame ... I wonder what happened. Let's hope the little, lone survivor is tougher than nails and defies the odds. Sorry, ke.

Lynzi, sorry your hatch didn't succeed this time. That's a bummer, I'm sure.

TOB my BCM Sophie has become very vocal as she gets older. O love her personality as well, she doesn't pick on her tot siblings at all. And I agree I'm jealous they don't have to shave their legs lol must wait till she molts those feathers come off them and she will look stubbly there lol

As for dogs and rodents. My bear and lily have taken care of my squirrel population (they stay outside the dogs boundary now) and bunnies no longer come around after 2 springs of Lily finding nests and bringing be the babies

. Chipmunks are faster so they are ok but mice and moles are doa if found by them dogs as well.

...and, like mine, they are probably the nicest dogs, otherwise!!

Our bunnies come around after dark, when the dogs aren't out as much. They like to clean up underneath the bird feeders and around the coop.

TOB

 

[Tough Old Bird]

My dogs love the wood pile as well since the bunnies build their nests in it in the spring. Chillies love to hide in to along with the moles and mice. My dogs spend hours there as well but thankfully they don't pull it down. Climb it yes but don't pull it down. They like fall when we move it into the garage as well since they can smell all the critters that have been in it.
On a funny note the chipmunk is quick but tends to go up the downspouts when dogs are close. My Bear will spend the whole day there sniffing and pawing at that downspout till the chipmunk leaves. I normally have to put the dogs in then come shake the downspout till the chipmunk falls out

Armorfire, you reminded me with your stories...! Our downspouts get torn down and crushed by my crocodile-jawed pit mixes. They literally chew on them, if I don't figure out soon enough that they have a chipmunk trapped in there. They are relentless in their efforts to get those little Chip 'n Dales!!!

One more funny story, this one from about 20 years ago with my now-passed kitties, Banshee and Keebler. They were harassing a chipmunk outside, and I just couldn't stand to see that, so I grabbed one cat, and then the chipmunk ran up my leg and perched on my head. The cats were going crazy. A few moments of complete chaos!! If my husband had been filming this, we would now be a very rich couple, thanks to a sure-fire win from AFV.

If it didn't happen to me, I wouldn't have believed it if someone told me.

TOB

 

[Lynzi777]

Ok guys, Fertile or Not Fertile? These are a couple of my Silkie eggs I finally broke open yesterday and had for lunch...

The second two pictures are the same egg

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Elmo Chicken Dance is for me ! LOL I am the kid LOL

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: So you have a great chicken dog ? Guard dog ? Where did you get it ? is it as large as a Pyrenees ?