Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[chiques chicks]

I'm gonna try to find one. What I have been doing is letting them into the coop during the day and bringing them in at night but I can only imagine that this is incredibly stressful for them. I have 14 chicks.

Any incandescent will work. It doesn't have to be a heat lamp. The cheap household bulbs from dollar stores work fine.

 

[chiques chicks]

My eggs went in lockdown over the weekend. 10/10 orpingtons hatched, but only 1/6 SFH. Three failed to pip, and one died after pipping. They we all incubated together. Some hatches are like that.

 

[heatherscooby77]

I'm gonna try to find one. What I have been doing is letting them into the coop during the day and bringing them in at night but I can only imagine that this is incredibly stressful for them. I have 14 chicks.

I use reptile bulbs. They don't make 100 watt anymore, and 75 is the next to go (home use). The reptile bulbs are exempt from the laws. I also put it on a dimmer so I can control the temp better. I got a porcelain coated fixture that has the dimmer built in right on the cord. I am not an electrician or building smart at all, so it was a good alternative for me, and its mobile!

 

[barbiegirl]

My female guinea went missing the beginning of the week. I know she isn't broody because she just came off the nest. All the eggs were cracked but no babies. Yesterday I found some big paw prints around my coops in the mud. I think they are mountain lion tracks. There were no claw marks like a canine would leave, just toe prints. They are around 4 inches by 3 1/2 inches. I took pictures but they are hard to see in the picture and my other guineas were running on them since I was trying to look at the prints.

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

My female guinea went missing the beginning of the week. I know she isn't broody because she just came off the nest. All the eggs were cracked but no babies. Yesterday I found some big paw prints around my coops in the mud. I think they are mountain lion tracks. There were no claw marks like a canine would leave, just toe prints. They are around 4 inches by 3 1/2 inches. I took pictures but they are hard to see in the picture and my other guineas were running on them since I was trying to look at the prints.

Whatever it is it's BIG! Can you borrow that trail cam again? Sorry bout your girl going missing

 

[tweetr1979]

My female guinea went missing the beginning of the week. I know she isn't broody because she just came off the nest. All the eggs were cracked but no babies. Yesterday I found some big paw prints around my coops in the mud. I think they are mountain lion tracks. There were no claw marks like a canine would leave, just toe prints. They are around 4 inches by 3 1/2 inches. I took pictures but they are hard to see in the picture and my other guineas were running on them since I was trying to look at the prints.

Scary when you see that huh - the paw prints along our fence line and in the field in oklahoma were every so slightly bigger than them - played havoc with my nerves knowing there was something so big SO close to home. I hope your girl comes back!

 

[rdilbarova]

I use reptile bulbs. They don't make 100 watt anymore, and 75 is the next to go (home use). The reptile bulbs are exempt from the laws. I also put it on a dimmer so I can control the temp better. I got a porcelain coated fixture that has the dimmer built in right on the cord. I am not an electrician or building smart at all, so it was a good alternative for me, and its mobile!

I have a 65 W that I will try out today. If it doesn't get them warm enough back in they go. And I do have a thermometer in the coop, but I have a weird feeling it may not be accurate

 

[Sally Sunshine]

My female guinea went missing the beginning of the week. I know she isn't broody because she just came off the nest. All the eggs were cracked but no babies. Yesterday I found some big paw prints around my coops in the mud. I think they are mountain lion tracks. There were no claw marks like a canine would leave, just toe prints. They are around 4 inches by 3 1/2 inches. I took pictures but they are hard to see in the picture and my other guineas were running on them since I was trying to look at the prints.

look like coon tracks ??



but I swear I see a mans head in that image!! lol

 

[beaglady]

Barbiegirl, can you make a plaster cast of that pawprint? We did that once with a bear print, and have gotten lots of entertainment and conversation from it since then.

To the person who was asking about keeping bees, I don't have any this year, but have for years. Generally, honeybees are pretty gentle, and don't sting unless you step on them. They are sometimes a bit crabbier during time when there's no nectar source, but as long as you put the hive away from places where you walk into their flight path, and don't run a stinky lawnmower right in front of the hive, you should be fine.

 

[barbiegirl]

The prints are still there but my guineas have stepped in them. I don't know how to make a plaster cast would have tried to make one. It's not a raccoon track. Not a hand print. We have a few raccoons and seen their prints. It's scary because it is less than a foot away from my silkie run. Don't think I'm mountain lion proof. Sally I see the face too, ow that you said something :/ I gotta get the trail cam down there and see what's going on. I really don't want s\to see a lion that close to my chickies If we get video of it I will see if I can post it.