NY chicken lover!!!!

[Tough Old Bird]

I just don't want them penned up their whole life. And that's what this person is making it out to sound if they can't even tell me where they'll be housed or if they have a yard for them at least.

Trust your instincts, Lynzi! You are probably right.


TOB

 

[Tough Old Bird]

Has anyone seen this ?
Chicken feet found in a Syracuse school
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index....ters_a_chicken_feet_mystery.html#incart_river

Hi Gramma,

Gosh, no, I hadn't heard about that. How strange is that? And for Contreras to say she didn't think anything of it.... sure..... you get an interoffice envelope with amputated chicken feet in the school's dumbwaiter but don't give it a 2nd thought? As if... Kind of creepy, if you ask me (with reference to that voodoo doo-doo)!

TOB

 

[Coop de Cuse]

I can do that ...My Americanas lay green eggs . no hogs though ..
Can you get a ladder up to them? & Take a broom & push them off ?
I think they may be scared to come down ..they have got to be hungry by now
Most chickens fly up on a whim ...but I have noticed to get down they hem & haw ...( start off then stop again & again .)and second guess themselves..
" OOw can I make it ? , I am not sure "

I keep hoping they get low enough to get out the ladder and sneak up there in the dark and snatch them one by one, but the lowest they have been so far is about 40 feet. Most of the time they are waaaaaaaay up in the trees like monkeys

The wind is relentless tonight. I know they are cold hardy, but this is pushing it! Wind chill is currently -25

I did notice the "can I make it?" with them today. Silly birds! They are going to die up there

 

[Gramma Chick]

I keep hoping they get low enough to get out the ladder and sneak up there in the dark and snatch them one by one, but the lowest they have been so far is about 40 feet. Most of the time they are waaaaaaaay up in the trees like monkeys

sounds like they want to get down .
are you or someone in your house a tree climber ?
If you got a ladder you might be able to climb the rest of the way .
If you could get to them you could push them off .
Or tie a rope over them & lower them down
If you decide to climb ..be careful.
do you know anyone in the fire Dept ...that can help get your chickens down ...
I think they have the tallest ladders ..
You would be the talk of the town ..but your chickens would be safe
They Rescue Cats ..why not chickens ?

 

[armorfirelady]

Coop de cuse it seems your birds are very cold tolerable. I'm guessing they must be getting some blockage of the wind being in the trees. Just like the song birds do. I'm guessing once they get hungry enough they will come down

 

[Coop de Cuse]

Coop de cuse it seems your birds are very cold tolerable. I'm guessing they must be getting some blockage of the wind being in the trees. Just like the song birds do. I'm guessing once they get hungry enough they will come down

That is what I am hoping for and I have food out and about at the bottom of the trees if they decide they don't want to coop it just yet. One of them threw in the towel this morning and simply walked all the way across the snow, into the run and plopped right down in front of the coop door

Very funny to watch

 

[armorfirelady]

Coop de cuse it seems your birds are very cold tolerable. I'm guessing they must be getting some blockage of the wind being in the trees. Just like the song birds do. I'm guessing once they get hungry enough they will come down

That is what I am hoping for and I have food out and about at the bottom of the trees if they decide they don't want to coop it just yet.  One of them threw in the towel this morning and simply walked all the way across the snow, into the run and plopped right down in front of the coop door   Very funny to watch 

If they survive the cold & they were mine I would band them & hatch their eggs if I wanted more of them. They have proven they can withstand the cold lol

 

[Coop de Cuse]

sounds like they want to get down .
are you or someone in your house a tree climber ?
If you got a ladder you might be able to climb the rest of the way .
If you could get to them you could push them off .
Or tie a rope over them & lower them down
If you decide to climb ..be careful.
do you know anyone in the fire Dept ...that can help get your chickens down ...
I think they have the tallest ladders ..
You would be the talk of the town ..but your chickens would be safe
They Rescue Cats ..why not chickens ?

I am very tempted, but I don't think my ladder will reach up to the branches in the tree they are in...and I am frustrated because that tree is lower than the rest, but all the lower branches were cut because of the garage roof. If my ladder was just a bit taller....
I do like the rope idea...string them and throw them over my shoulder as I make my way down the tree...

I will see if I can come up with a safe way to capture those turkeys

 

[Coop de Cuse]

If they survive the cold & they were mine I would band them & hatch their eggs if I wanted more of them. They have proven they can withstand the cold lol

If the wind would just quit, I would not worry as much

The wind should die down by sunrise, so, hopefully, they will make it through the night

 

[JLaw]

Why do you have circles on your eggs ?

Its to mark the air cells. Some people will mark every time they candle. I only do it before lockdown. Lets you see where about they should start pipping. Also ypu can track how bit they are and decide if you need to change humidity while stting them. I just like to see where they should pip.

When i get my sportsman i'll probably stop since so many eggs.