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[RexFires]

Yes its meeee. Lol. Been a while since I've been around. When the byc webpage got remodeled my old profile got deleted and I'm just now starting a new one.

 

[RexFires]

Seth? is that you?? If so, where the heck you been? Amd welcome back!

Glad you remembered me. How's everything going out your way. And boy is it nice to be back.

 

[RexFires]

Howdy and

Where you from and what type of birds do you have? From South of Tulsa myself.

Hay bfrancis I live in the big town of stratford. I use to be on here before I was rexbandit. As of right now I have no chickens just quail. Lots and lots of quail.

 

[cathiesue]

Good Morning All, I need some advice, help or whatever you got. I moved my feeder and waters outside the coop. there's just not room inside. I can't seem to keep the feed dry. I know we probably won't get so much more rain but really, the rain was practically horizontal the other night and it ruined what i had out under an old table. Any suggestions?

I have 13 chickens. 12 pullets and one Sergeant Major roo. Or maybe he's a Marine. I just know he's very stern and serious about his job and boy was he not happy to find wet feed for his flock.
Cathie Sue

 

[Gunmama]

Todays big goal is to get some weeding done in my veg garden befor the sun gets up and makes it just to darn hot. Got lots of yummy thing growing and im sure it will grow better w/o weeds stealing all its food. Got my first egg plant yesterday. was a lil small but had to pic it. it was pulling the plant over. Think i will use it to make some roasted veggies.

Thats what I have been doing too! YUCK on the eggplant though!! lol

 

[Gunmama]

Ok so as we were leaving to take my oldest to summer school she goes and checks on the coops. We found one of the neighbors chickens in there. He lets his free range and they are ALWAYS on our property. I am not even sure he knows how many he has. We even found eggs one time in the kids playhouse. Not sure what kind exactly but do know they are game chickens. When I got back I got some weeding down. Cooling down for a bit then I will go back to it.

 

[NanaKat]

Had a rude awakening event in the hen house this morning at 6:30 am. before I even had my coffee.
Red kept trying to go thru the screen from the brooder room into the layer house. He kept whining. So I stopped filling feed and waterer and took a look.
I could see a dead chick in the floor pen in that side of the hen house. When I investigated I could see a gray form in the corner under the hanging feeder. I grabbed a shovel and was able to kill a 5 foot 4 inch snake that was in the middle of swallowing one of the 10 week old chicks. It had tried to swallow the dead chick but had tried to swallow it wing first.
So the snake is history and we are down two blue CWs. The one is a roo and I'm sure the one the snake actually ate is a pullet. You can still see the feet in the mouth.
As one of my dughters says "Blechk EWWW"
I didn't think a snake would take on that big of a chick.
Time to set some traps and clean out the weedy patch near the barn.



On a brighter note, I picked tomatoes this morning and will go back out to start the sprinklers just in case the rain goes around us again. We used to rejoice when we got a ripe tomatoe by July 4. This year we have been enjoying them since late May.

 

[NanaKat]

Nanakat, I don't think I ever answered about the tomatillo recipes, yes I would like some. I have never grown or eaten it before.

PM me your email addy and I'll send you the ones I have.

 

[NanaKat]

Good Morning All, I need some advice, help or whatever you got. I moved my feeder and waters outside the coop. there's just not room inside. I can't seem to keep the feed dry. I know we probably won't get so much more rain but really, the rain was practically horizontal the other night and it ruined what i had out under an old table. Any suggestions?

I have 13 chickens. 12 pullets and one Sergeant Major roo. Or maybe he's a Marine. I just know he's very stern and serious about his job and boy was he not happy to find wet feed for his flock.
Cathie Sue

I hang my feeder and that seems to help. I use a piece of wire to hang it from. Since i don't have a rain guard on my feeder, I poke a nail hole thru a lid for an ice cream bucket and slide that onto the wire to shed any rain coming down the wire. I also use a corner of a layena bag cut like a cone and make it big enough to reach over the feeder's trough like an umbrella.It also keeps the birds from trying to roost on top of the feeder.

 

[artsyrobin]

nana! what kind of snake, and fencing did he go through??? i better start reevaluating my set up- would a snake like that come onto a porch?? with the dogs running lose?