Nana, sorry you lost two good chicks, hard to loose them once they are that big. I would never have thought a snake would try to eat one that big! I am going to have to rethink our coops I may have to put hardware cloth around the bottom of them so snakes don't have a way to come in. Of course they would probably just find a different way to come in. I just hope I am not the one to find one. That would be a funniest home video winner there I am deathly afraid of snakes.
Cathiesue, Lowes has a plastic shield thing you can buy that is for bird feeders. It is ment to keep pesky squirels out of the feeders but either we have very tallented squirels or it plain ol' just don't work, lol. You might try one of those or really it is just a plastic dome, you could get the top off a trash can and drill a hole in the middle to fasten it to the feeder.
Shelly, pretty birds! I am putting Kurt's Partridge banty cochin roo with his girls this week so hopefully in a few weeks he will have eggs to hatch littles from. He is away at camp this week and I keep worrying that something will happen to those birds while he is gone, lol. Jack's little buff brahma banty cochins are back to laying after a week off. That pair we get darn near 100% hatch rate from every time. He has lots of chicks to pick what he wants out of it and then he plans on selling the rest. I told him no way can we keep 4-5 chicks of his every week, haha.
It has been a crazy busy week here, moved birds on Sunday to make room for chicks coming out of the house, the last hatch should start today or tomorrow. Had some pipped last night so hope we get a good hatch so I can end on a good note this season. Mom is home from the hospital but still can't see well enough to use her own phone. I can't believe they just sent her home like that. She is alone during the day because my sisters and I all work day jobs. My 12 year old niece has been staying with her but that isn't much help. She is kind of hard to get along with even on a good day so I feel for my niece. I am sure she isn't great to deal with now that her vision is not 100%.
Robyn, how is your FIL doing?
Cathiesue, Lowes has a plastic shield thing you can buy that is for bird feeders. It is ment to keep pesky squirels out of the feeders but either we have very tallented squirels or it plain ol' just don't work, lol. You might try one of those or really it is just a plastic dome, you could get the top off a trash can and drill a hole in the middle to fasten it to the feeder.
Shelly, pretty birds! I am putting Kurt's Partridge banty cochin roo with his girls this week so hopefully in a few weeks he will have eggs to hatch littles from. He is away at camp this week and I keep worrying that something will happen to those birds while he is gone, lol. Jack's little buff brahma banty cochins are back to laying after a week off. That pair we get darn near 100% hatch rate from every time. He has lots of chicks to pick what he wants out of it and then he plans on selling the rest. I told him no way can we keep 4-5 chicks of his every week, haha.
It has been a crazy busy week here, moved birds on Sunday to make room for chicks coming out of the house, the last hatch should start today or tomorrow. Had some pipped last night so hope we get a good hatch so I can end on a good note this season. Mom is home from the hospital but still can't see well enough to use her own phone. I can't believe they just sent her home like that. She is alone during the day because my sisters and I all work day jobs. My 12 year old niece has been staying with her but that isn't much help. She is kind of hard to get along with even on a good day so I feel for my niece. I am sure she isn't great to deal with now that her vision is not 100%.
Robyn, how is your FIL doing?
. The huge Blue Cochin boy only has 2 girls in with him (2 of the girls from you, Seth!) and their feathers are in perfect shape. Why are some roosters so rough on the girls??? Sheesh.
