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[jrjoplin]

@NanaKat we’ve has bobcat sightings in the neighborhood and I found a few carcasses stashed under a brush pile so I’m thinking bobcat. We did have a juvenile mountain lion sighting about 3 miles from us so that’s a possibility but with the complete eating of the bird and the stashing of extras I’m pretty confident that it was some type of cat.

 

[Kprestridge]

Hello fellow Oklahomans I am in Tulsa and wanting to find a new home for 4 of our pullets. Asking enough to cover some of the cost since we bought them from a hatchery. I am copy pasting what I posted in the Buy Sell Trade spot here. They are 5 weeks old on 6/18/19.

Hello, we are selling 4 of our Easter Egger Pullets. We ordered these from Hoover's Hatchery. They hatched out on May 14th. The reason we are selling some is because we can only keep 6 of them after they are over 8 weeks old.
They are still living inside, no heat source, and we have no other animals here. They have been taken outside to eat clover and grass several times. They have all been handled and given treats. Connie and Marigold don't really like to be picked up. They like treats and like to eat lettuce from your hand.
We are selling them for 5$ each if you take all 4 (20$ for all) or 6$ each if you take 2. I would prefer not selling less than 2 at a time. I will meet you at a public location we agree on. I do not want to ship them.
The pictures are of the pullets we are selling. The names are just what we have been calling them.
#1 Connie
#2+3 Miss Beak
#4 Miss Wing
#5 Marigold

 

[artsyrobin]

Had a coop break in last night and lost about 20 birds. It looks like brute force was used to pry a section of the run up and I just had the coop door pulled shut so secondary entry was easy. I’ve got the remaining birds back in the grow out pen as that coop will comfortably hold what I have left. I’m beside myself as I had made improvements (or thought I had) since the flock massacre 2 years ago.

I’ve canceled my chick shipment that was coming next week and the I’ll wait till I’m in a better mindset before I reorder. I think I’ll plan on a complete rebuild this summer and try to keep the remaining pullets in the smaller coop for now.

I am so sorry! With the rains and flooding alot of predators have shifted territory- here in Muskogee its snakes and coyotes. After that kind of loss can you move them inside a garage or house even? Until you get reinforcements, they will come back for that easy meal. I am so sorry

Things are in the usual chaos here, i need it to dry out enough to do some pens. Looks like the weather pattern is stuck currently, we had no major flooding here, we are up higher, so other than our snake invasion we are doing ok, continually removing snakes from home and coops. Just west of us was water to the eaves of houses, very sad.

 

[ducklvr3]

Meanwhile in Oklahoma...

 

[CLSranch]

the ducks are happy.lol

 

[jrjoplin]

I am so sorry! With the rains and flooding alot of predators have shifted territory- here in Muskogee its snakes and coyotes. After that kind of loss can you move them inside a garage or house even? Until you get reinforcements, they will come back for that easy meal. I am so sorry.

It’s my fault as I had gotten lazy and stopped closing the coop door completely and was just closing up the run. They’re still in the coop but now the doors get locked once the girls roost for the evening. I’m on the lookout for any evidence of return and haven’t seen anything yet. I have a camera set up to see if anything is lurking around.

@NanaKat i only have one Lakenvelder rooster left. He’s the only rooster that I have left so he gets to remain intact but I won’t use him for any breeding.

 

[artsyrobin]

It’s my fault as I had gotten lazy and stopped closing the coop door completely and was just closing up the run. They’re still in the coop but now the doors get locked once the girls roost for the evening. I’m on the lookout for any evidence of return and haven’t seen anything yet. I have a camera set up to see if anything is lurking around.

@NanaKat i only have one Lakenvelder rooster left. He’s the only rooster that I have left so he gets to remain intact but I won’t use him for any breeding.

Sounds like you have it set - i have considered hot wire. I am hoping the predators go back to their territories-

 

[NanaKat]

Having extra animals in the predator pool is frustrating. Hopefully the rains will slow and the water recede and those critters will go back home!
Hot wire around the bottom of the pens helps with ground critters. The jumpers and flyers get above the wire thus avoiding the charge....bobcat, coyote, owls.

I have attached 2" X 4" hog fencing over the tops of my breed pens. So far no issues with any predators.

The free-ranging chickens and ducks are locked up securely in the barn and coop pens every evening. The duck pen had an owl attack early one evening before I shut the gate on their coop. I shut it now before the pole light comes on.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

So glad to see familiar names still posting. Just got 10 chicks after a long chicken hiatus. Something killed off my previous chickens and I've really missed the eggs and entertainment. We have a metal building now that will be converted into a more secure coop. Nothing better than chicken TV!

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

This is the flock they came from. I have 7 white babies, one reddish with green legs, and 2 black babies with some white on them. Watching those combs closely for pink and using female pronouns for luck. They are 3 weeks old. Any ideas on the general breeds of the parents? I know they will be mixes, Thanks