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staceyj said:
The reason you had them separated was to avoid cross contamination of something deadly like Mereks. NOT because you were lazy.
Some rogue hungry animal came. Could have happened to ANY ONE OF US. :hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
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Nah.. we had been lazy. We could have started integration quite a bit ago... but laziness coupled with the weather kind of put the kibosh on it. Plus, we don't have the Cappy Monster here, whipping up with wet noodles to complete our chores! :lau
 
I remember! Thanks for the update!!

I need refreshers. All the time!
Smuvers Farm said:
This was the Brat Pack... the ones we rescued from the mulch place, remember? We thought there were 5, turned out to be 8. And one had it's tail feathers completely pecked out (we briefly named her Assless). We'd had them quarantined off, too close to the neighbors wooded area... but hadn't planned on them being there for much longer.

Assless (now Lucy) had her tail feathers grow back and an reintegrated into the Brat Pack. We had one escapee about 6 weeks ago or so, but chalked it up to her wandering too close to the neighbors property and their dog getting her.

We definitely should have integrated them into the main flock a LONG time ago... but we'd been lazy. We also had seen where their fencing was looking a little *sad* in places, but they always seemed fine, so they became kind of low priority, especially with this tatering weather.

The remaining 4 have now been integrated into the main flock. We have already had a few skirmishes...... but everyone is currently in bed. This weekend, time to make the *main*, prefab coop into a CP coop, since it looks like NOW Xena has piled herself and the nuggets into it. They've currently abandoned their CP coop since the Brat Pack is in it.
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CapricornFarm said:
Ok, you can be assistant supervisor.
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OK lol... You started it!

The new schedule will include hours of time for BYC each day, numerous beverage breaks, nap time, lunch break, chicken watching time, puppy play time, time so PIC gets his school stuff done, a second nap if needed, and of course new kitty play time!
:gig

I am NOT fit for any "in charge" sort of roll.
 
Well. I've got a story to tell. A sad one.

I'm working tonight, so instead of visiting my parents I dropped the Milk drinker off at their house so I can work in peace. As I was coming back from my parents' house, which is next door, I heard one on my roosters giving an alarm call, repeatedly. I looked with my headlamp, but didn't see anything. So I sent DH and my FIL out to take a look. I was really worried because one of our coops was damaged and the bottom wasn't completely secure. They went out and found an opossum gnawing on one of my Black Cochin/Dominique cockerels. The opossum had dragged the cockerel out from under the coop through the opening I was worried about. It took them about 15 min of chasing the critter back and forth, but they finally made sure that it wouldn't kill anymore chickens.

Tomorrow, I need to help my FIL with fixing up the coop to make it properly predator proof and do a census of the chickens.

I feel really bad about this, we intend to fix the coop over the weekend, but it was just too cold and messy. What really sucks is that we picked up the supplies to fix it today.

Is it just me or are the squatch watchers a bit cursed at the moment.
 
staceyj said:
The reason you had them separated was to avoid cross contamination of something deadly like Mereks. NOT because you were lazy.
Some rogue hungry animal came. Could have happened to ANY ONE OF US. :hugs:hugs:hugs:hugs
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Well, if they had Merek’s, it is transferred by dust, dander, it is airborne and so highly contagious, that even separation may not keep it from spreading. Also, it could not show up for weeks, months or years. :) I have been reading.
 

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