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[i-love-my-honey]

I use a pellet gun to shoot all the freezer camp candidates, I know not the same since mine are point blank and restrainded.  But it is over in seconds to moments.  Breathe, take aim and be mindful of what is beside and behind your target.  Don't rush your shot, remember is has to be done, b/c you still have chickens they will come back for, and I'm sure you will be getting replacements.

Thank you, that is good advice!

Replacements, yes. Must think about that. Don't suppose anyone has too many 'pet' trained birds they are willing to get rid of, so I guess it will be back to the brooder. :0/

 

[i-love-my-honey]

Sure hope several turn up after their fright and sorry to hear about the losses. The girls are in my thoughts as they deal with losing cherished pets. Antibiotics would be helpful..try Penicillin.
Hope you get the dogs responsible.

We have had a huge hawk circling and swooping in for a snack. Early this morning, the bil was waiting and got a shot while the hawk was descending on a young juvenile...nailed him.

Thank you! One of the dogs came back today, but I could not get out of the house with my gun while he was still on my property. Maybe next time. Glad you got one of your predators, though!

 

[i-love-my-honey]

yes tsc has it, here is dosing info

Oh, thank you so much!! :0)

 

[i-love-my-honey]

Oh, so sorry it was Nixie! I would change her dressings for 3 days, morning and night, and leave it open after that as long as no one is picking on it. You don't need to keep her separate now that the danger of shock is past.

Yes Penicillin is a good idea. You need a LARGE gauge needle to draw the med out. Pen-G is the one my local store carries, you need at least an 18 gauge needle and shake it REALLY well before you draw it up, it is really thick. You have to ask for it, it's in their locked refrigerator and must be kept refrigerated.

That's it.

Thank you so much! I appreciate you!

 

[bluerosebirds]

I'm sorry - just logged in. We've been busy looking for insurance and a job. Still no job so we will be at Vinita Auction Friday night Nov 13th. I think they start selling poultry about 5:30pm.
Selling out our Splashes. Oldest pair is a Splash roo and a Frizzle hen - 1 year. They've brooded twice. All other are 5 months or younger. Also have 2 pair Muscovey

 

[bluerosebirds]

 

[NanaKat]

Sure have had the predatory critters this year!
Another hawk was sitting on one of the bird house poles when we got back from picking up pecans. It was scoping out the free Rangers. We turned off the engine and just waited. When the hawk made its dive, the BIL shot it.
So far the tally is 9 raccoon, 3 possum, 3 owls, 4 hawks, 4 snakes, 5 rats, 5 skunks and hundreds of mice. We would love to catch the coyote that keeps marking territory around the pens at night. We can't set out the snap traps because I still have a few juveniles that slip out through the gate gap early in the mornings and our barn cat roams the barn perimeter near the pens.
Mice are horrible to cage birds nibbling on their feathers and toes besides bringing in fleas and raiding the feeders. We have been waging war and are keeping them in check.

 

[Adorkable]

@artsyrobin sorry about Galahad... he was a beautiful boy!

@i-love-my-honey Sorry about your losses too, and good luck on your hunt. I've had to shoot several dogs over the past few years. Some stray and I'm sure a couple have been from neighbors that can't keep their dogs on their property. You can do it!



I saw a bald eagle about a week ago. It's the first time I've ever seen one. I've only been in OK about 5 years and have never seen an eagle of any kind in anything other than pictures. It was beautiful and huge. I saw it in the morning but I guess I scared it off and only got to see its back end so I thought it was a really big hawk. About an hour later I went out to check on the girls and got a good look at it as it was flying toward the lake. I feel lucky that it didn't take any of my free range layers.

I did actually lose 2 speckled sussex hens recently, but not to predators. They were only 1.5 - 3 years old and died in their sleep. The first I lost about a week or so ago and the last was a couple of nights go. They have several acres to free range on and this was their favorite thing to do. Strip the laves off a couple of tomato plants that are growing near the coops. They had not been well the day before they died and weren't moving around much. They just laid down near one of the waterers the whole day and weren't running around with the flock the day/night they died. I think I read somewhere that the leaves on tomato plants are toxic so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. After she passed I ripped those 2 plants out and got rid of them thinking it may have had something to do with it. If anything I hope it was something genetic and not contagious so that the rest of my free rangers don't suffer the same fate.



I had really bad luck with speckled sussex hens from "my pet chicken". I got them from a hatchery because they were just going to be part of a free range layer flock and we wanted something pretty to look at. I got 5 pullet sand 1 cockerel. 1 didn't make it which is expected when you get day olds in the mail. Out of the 5 left 2 turned out to be cockerels, 4 out of 5 had crooked and curly toes and 1 had a pendulous crop. The only one without crooked toes was the cock so I put him over the 1 SS girl who's toes weren't too crooked and hatched a few to see if they had the same toe problems and sure enough all the babies grew up to have slightly crooked toes. Well I am down to 1 SS girl and I think if I want anymore I will get them from a breeder, even if they are just going to be layers and not a part of a breeding program.

 

[artsyrobin]

@artsyrobin sorry about Galahad... he was a beautiful boy!

@i-love-my-honey Sorry about your losses too, and good luck on your hunt. I've had to shoot several dogs over the past few years. Some stray and I'm sure a couple have been from neighbors that can't keep their dogs on their property. You can do it!



I saw a bald eagle about a week ago. It's the first time I've ever seen one. I've only been in OK about 5 years and have never seen an eagle of any kind in anything other than pictures. It was beautiful and huge. I saw it in the morning but I guess I scared it off and only got to see its back end so I thought it was a really big hawk. About an hour later I went out to check on the girls and got a good look at it as it was flying toward the lake. I feel lucky that it didn't take any of my free range layers.

I did actually lose 2 speckled sussex hens recently, but not to predators. They were only 1.5 - 3 years old and died in their sleep. The first I lost about a week or so ago and the last was a couple of nights go. They have several acres to free range on and this was their favorite thing to do. Strip the laves off a couple of tomato plants that are growing near the coops. They had not been well the day before they died and weren't moving around much. They just laid down near one of the waterers the whole day and weren't running around with the flock the day/night they died. I think I read somewhere that the leaves on tomato plants are toxic so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. After she passed I ripped those 2 plants out and got rid of them thinking it may have had something to do with it. If anything I hope it was something genetic and not contagious so that the rest of my free rangers don't suffer the same fate.



I had really bad luck with speckled sussex hens from "my pet chicken". I got them from a hatchery because they were just going to be part of a free range layer flock and we wanted something pretty to look at. I got 5 pullet sand 1 cockerel. 1 didn't make it which is expected when you get day olds in the mail. Out of the 5 left 2 turned out to be cockerels, 4 out of 5 had crooked and curly toes and 1 had a pendulous crop. The only one without crooked toes was the cock so I put him over the 1 SS girl who's toes weren't too crooked and hatched a few to see if they had the same toe problems and sure enough all the babies grew up to have slightly crooked toes. Well I am down to 1 SS girl and I think if I want anymore I will get them from a breeder, even if they are just going to be layers and not a part of a breeding program.

thank you- He was an amazing boy, and his girls are milling around seeming confused i assume that is to be expected- he was he with them for years

i think you might be right, i have read the same on tomato plants

 

[bluerosebirds]

Sorry - both Frizzles are sold. See ya tonight !