NY chicken lover!!!!

[Lille]

Dang !

Fox got my daughter's favorite hen this afternoon . She was a very personable Barred Rock. If I could find, another and a rooster too, I'd take them in a heartbeat.

Gotta be more careful I guess.

 

[featherz]

Dang !

Fox got my daughter's favorite hen this afternoon . She was a very personable Barred Rock. If I could find, another and a rooster too, I'd take them in a heartbeat.

Gotta be more careful I guess.

=( So sorry about your chickie!! It's hard to be careful when the critters are so hungry. I lost two to predators the other day also.


Everyone enjoying the cool off? huge hail here!

My tiny little araucana started laying the cutest blue eggs. She's even smaller than the d'uccles I used to have (which are now with cass) and she's so cute! My husband named her princess and said I can't let her get eaten. So she's on lockdown. Instead of the usual 'tufts' she has two tiny tufts where they should be and one poking out of the top of her head!

 

[Glasshen]

Oh no! Sorry about the predator losses. The Barred Rock lost to a fox is close to my experience, I now have three young BRs 8weeks old. they are adorable, and very spunky and smart. We have hawks too, and the girls are staying in their pen most of the time, or in an electric fenced area, or for a special treat before bed I supervise them in a damp area with lots of snails and bugs. More careful is right!

Our loved birds will live on in our memories.

 

[Henicillin]

Lots of thunder here, but very little rain as of yet. It looks like this line is going just above us and hitting all the Saratoga/Albany area folks hard instead.

 

[featherz]

Lots of thunder here, but very little rain as of yet. It looks like this line is going just above us and hitting all the Saratoga/Albany area folks hard instead.

We had a ton of rain and golfball hail. chickens ran out and started eating ice balls.

 

[In His Service]

Quote: That would have been a sight to see!

Fortunately we had thunder. lightning, and rain, but no hail, I would hate to lose my garden now.

 

[Lapeerian]

To make this chicken related, This way, if I let my chicks out to roam, they won't be digging up my plants....I'm worried though that because they are up high, they will dry out faster than my "ground" garden and need to be watered more often...\

Tim, is watering an issue with raised beds?

I also have raised beds, 3 - 4x8 and 3 - 4x12. They can dry out faster than the ground, so drought years can be harder to keep them hydrated. But it is a bonus in soggy years so they don't drown, at least not as quickly. I had some made from rough cut lumber and after a couple years they degraded, so replaced with composite lumber, angle iron for the corners and carriage bolts. The 4' width does make it a stretch to reach the middle without stepping into the box, but do like the boxes better than working on the ground. When we got the major rain last fall, the water was rushing down the lawn, hit the side of the box and ran around. Some damage on the lawn from water swirling in front of the box, but the dirt in the box stayed intact. Unfortunately the butternut squash that had grown out of the box onto the lawn was lost. I threw them out due to unknown pathogens in the water that comes down the hill. (Amish live uphill, they dont have plumbing....)

 

[My Henny Hens]

Love the "Beek" stuff too

Agreed! Love the stickers - maybe I'll get one of those!!

 

[java girl 2]

well I got the barn cleaned out today as it really needed to be done.

and as I was doing one of the room, guess what I found, two chicks under my broody duck hen!!

I did not think the eggs were any good but I guess so now! I gave the duck hen the duck eggs I had in the incubator to her as she was not ready to have chicks yet and put the other chicken eggs in the incubator. my one barn room is starting to be a maternity ward now!!!

I have 1 chicken and 1 duck hen going broody with the chicken hen due Monday and a rabbit doe due tomorrow-Sunday if she is carrying.

 

[marquisella]

I also have raised beds, 3 - 4x8 and 3 - 4x12. They can dry out faster than the ground, so drought years can be harder to keep them hydrated. But it is a bonus in soggy years so they don't drown, at least not as quickly. I had some made from rough cut lumber and after a couple years they degraded, so replaced with composite lumber, angle iron for the corners and carriage bolts. The 4' width does make it a stretch to reach the middle without stepping into the box, but do like the boxes better than working on the ground. When we got the major rain last fall, the water was rushing down the lawn, hit the side of the box and ran around. Some damage on the lawn from water swirling in front of the box, but the dirt in the box stayed intact. Unfortunately the butternut squash that had grown out of the box onto the lawn was lost. I threw them out due to unknown pathogens in the water that comes down the hill. (Amish live uphill, they dont have plumbing....)

The wood I used was old fencing and not treated so I know it will rot, but by then I won't care! LOL