NY chicken lover!!!!

[Bigdumogre]

We have:
Bantams-
Chocolate Wyandottes
Belgian d'Anvers
Watermaals
Old English Game
Modern Game
Cornish
Speckled Sussex
Silkies
Ko Shamo

Large Fowl-
Lamonas
Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Olive Eggers
Leghorn
Langshan
Barnevelder
Ameraucana
Orpington

What a beautiful mixed collection! Every time my local breeder gets speckled sussex in they are gone before i can get there. Never heard of Ko Shamo

 

[Bigdumogre]

Coons I lost 4 to coons already. Caught them though and slow cooked them for my chickens lol

Hahha thats the way to teach them a lesson. I keep a pellet rifle by my door in case some come by. But i also extra reenforced my coop and run. But as we all know all it takes is no weak spot for them to come in

 

[Bigdumogre]

Hi im in northern NY. I have black,blue, and splash Ameraucana and a few silkies. I’m starting over with large fowl after a weasel or ermine took out my bantam flock in November.

Wow sorry to hear that. Weasels are nasty and can fit through holes that we think would be too small for anything to get through

 

[NNYchick]

Wow sorry to hear that. Weasels are nasty and can fit through holes that we think would be too small for anything to get through

I didn’t realize the red squirrels had caused damage in the back of the coop. Last summer we had a horrible time with them doing damage, they caused damage to our garage too. I learned a hard lesson never underestimate predators, always be on guard. Just because you have never seen a certain predator doesn’t mean it’s not out there.

 

[Bigdumogre]

I didn’t realize the red squirrels had caused damage in the back of the coop. Last summer we had a horrible time with them doing damage, they caused damage to our garage too. I learned a hard lesson never underestimate predators, always be on guard. Just because you have never seen a certain predator doesn’t mean it’s not out there.

Thats so true and never thought of thought. Always expect the unexpected I guess. And i had squirrels chew away parts of my garage before and found a few dead ones in the roof after winter.