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[wingstone]

To those on the fence about venturing into rabbit..

I just had a very satisfying meal, all homegrown
Rabbit cooked in crockpot all day, then the bac meat was taken off and heated with a jar of cream of chicken and served over noodles with the legs on the side as just plain meat.. and canned beats from the garden ....
Really does taste like chicken a little milder than wild caught

 

[chippysmom327]

Need some help form the veterans. I just put the fertile eggs under my broody, but she is still in the same best box as she has been her entire broody time. She is in the nest box in the coop with the others. The other chickens don't lay in her box much, if at all, because she doesn't leave. They lay in the other nest box, or in another corner. Should I mover her into a separate pen? I do have a separate box that I had originally made for my silkies, that is close to ground level with no ramp. Should I move her now? I'm not sure if she would stay, but she is determined to sit on eggs....

I just quoted and replied, but if others haven't already replied, I'd suggest moving her to a ground level nest box if possible. Keep an extra special eye that she returns to that one, because I thought mine would go back to the right one and didn't. Unfortunately we lost an embryo that way, but we're thankful it was just one.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

LMP:

I have fishing line over the runs which should keep most hawks from flying in...however, the second incursion was a hawk who was willing to fly in and go under a bush...and would fly into a run (unless totally covered, with the chooks trapped inside).....if a hawk wants a chook that bad and lands on the ground,...they can swap paint with the roos....I plan or planting more bushes around for the girls to hide under,,,its the best defense....second is a good roo or two...

wow..you have some serious hawk issues...is it something in the water??..geesh, that is very bold! Yeah, i totally agree..a good rooster & more coverage sounds like good plan. For what it's worth, I really hope they find somewhere else to harass soon, you & your birds deserve a break!
I am using that plastic netting over the chooks run. It works for me, but then there isn't an enormous amount of run. I also do it to help keep the tweety birds away... They do get out to free-range here & there, but always under supervision. This time of year is hard, not too much for me to be out there for, but the spring & summer they get out quite a bit..we are always outside.

We did our big downsize on the 24th, no one free ranges anymore. We plan to start a new flock from our remaining breeders and downsize the rest in the spring. I'm not sure what to do about Popcorn, I don't know how to let her go.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

I just quoted and replied, but if others haven't already replied, I'd suggest moving her to a ground level nest box if possible. Keep an extra special eye that she returns to that one, because I thought mine would go back to the right one and didn't. Unfortunately we lost an embryo that way, but we're thankful it was just one.

Thanks, but I think I will have to wait until next time, I'm afraid to move her, so she will stay where she is. I was thinking after she hatches the chicks, I could maybe move her.

Venting time: My DH got some pizza tonight and also some fried onions. But he let the half eaten plate of fried onions on the coffee table and the dog ate them while I was not home. Onions are toxic to dogs, and of course it is Saturday night and an emergency trip to the vet ER would be costly. From what I read, the symptoms often take a few days to develop. Look like it causes severe anemia, depending on the amount ingested. So for now, we will have to wait and see.

 

[SilkieSensation]

I just quoted and replied, but if others haven't already replied, I'd suggest moving her to a ground level nest box if possible. Keep an extra special eye that she returns to that one, because I thought mine would go back to the right one and didn't. Unfortunately we lost an embryo that way, but we're thankful it was just one.

Thanks, but I think I will have to wait until next time, I'm afraid to move her, so she will stay where she is. I was thinking after she hatches the chicks, I could maybe move her.

Venting time: My DH got some pizza tonight and also some fried onions. But he let the half eaten plate of fried onions on the coffee table and the dog ate them while I was not home. Onions are toxic to dogs, and of course it is Saturday night and an emergency trip to the vet ER would be costly. From what I read, the symptoms often take a few days to develop. Look like it causes severe anemia, depending on the amount ingested. So for now, we will have to wait and see.

Never heard that. Our dogs get leftovers containing tons of onions at times & 1 also loves salsa...which is full of onions. No sick dogs here.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Never heard that. Our dogs get leftovers containing tons of onions at times & 1 also loves salsa...which is full of onions. No sick dogs here.

Glad to hear that. Maybe as a precaution I will treat her to some liver, so if she does get a bit anemic, it will clear up.

 

[chippysmom327]

I just quoted and replied, but if others haven't already replied, I'd suggest moving her to a ground level nest box if possible. Keep an extra special eye that she returns to that one, because I thought mine would go back to the right one and didn't. Unfortunately we lost an embryo that way, but we're thankful it was just one.

Thanks, but I think I will have to wait until next time, I'm afraid to move her, so she will stay where she is. I was thinking after she hatches the chicks, I could maybe move her.

Venting time: My DH got some pizza tonight and also some fried onions. But he let the half eaten plate of fried onions on the coffee table and the dog ate them while I was not home. Onions are toxic to dogs, and of course it is Saturday night and an emergency trip to the vet ER would be costly. From what I read, the symptoms often take a few days to develop. Look like it causes severe anemia, depending on the amount ingested. So for now, we will have to wait and see.

Okay on the 'moving her next time'. I'd just be nervous about the chicks falling out of the box.

As for the onions, I would have called a n Evet and asked what you could do at home. They may have suggested inducing vomiting if it was a realt danger. My beagle mix at a WHOLE 9x13 tray of brownies and was super sick for a few days, but she made it. That old girl had an iron stomach, and was so tough. God, I loved her.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Okay on the 'moving her next time'. I'd just be nervous about the chicks falling out of the box.

As for the onions, I would have called a n Evet and asked what you could do at home. They may have suggested inducing vomiting if it was a realt danger. My beagle mix at a WHOLE 9x13 tray of brownies and was super sick for a few days, but she made it. That old girl had an iron stomach, and was so tough. God, I loved her.

Some animals can be so resilient! My other dog could eat anything too.

I just heard a big commotion, and come out into the backyard to find the hawk perched on my fence, only about 8-10 feet away from my girls who were under a pine tree. That bugger just sat there until I got within about 10 feet. The girls are smart though, when they saw the hawk had flown away for now, they hide under the fence and coop/nesting boxes.
Luckily, the previous owner put up the wood privacy fence, even though there is a chain link fence. So the little gap is perfect for little chicken heads to hide.

 

[stake]

Some animals can be so resilient! My other dog could eat anything too.

I just heard a big commotion, and come out into the backyard to find the hawk perched on my fence, only about 8-10 feet away from my girls who were under a pine tree. That bugger just sat there until I got within about 10 feet. The girls are smart though, when they saw the hawk had flown away for now, they hide under the fence and coop/nesting boxes.
Luckily, the previous owner put up the wood privacy fence, even though there is a chain link fence. So the little gap is perfect for little chicken heads to hide.

Anne:

That sounds like the type I encountered the other day....a smaller type....very stubborn....given more time, the hawk would've tried to go under the pine tree or to scare one enough to make one run and pounce on it....

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Thanks, but I think I will have to wait until next time, I'm afraid to move her, so she will stay where she is. I was thinking after she hatches the chicks, I could maybe move her.

Venting time: My DH got some pizza tonight and also some fried onions. But he let the half eaten plate of fried onions on the coffee table and the dog ate them while I was not home. Onions are toxic to dogs, and of course it is Saturday night and an emergency trip to the vet ER would be costly. From what I read, the symptoms often take a few days to develop. Look like it causes severe anemia, depending on the amount ingested. So for now, we will have to wait and see.

sorry to hear this

...i don't know how much it "takes" to start symptoms, but from what i had thought/read about onions and dogs, it is one of those foods that "builds" in the system..that disturbances don't happen overnight, but it takes time...sometimes years....if in smaller bits & pieces, like when you chop onions & a piece falls to the floor. Unfortunately, the mix between the deep fried coating & the onions may be something or the start of something...

hopefully, your pup will just have a little potty issue. I really hope everything works out Anne

Some animals can be so resilient! My other dog could eat anything too.

I just heard a big commotion, and come out into the backyard to find the hawk perched on my fence, only about 8-10 feet away from my girls who were under a pine tree. That bugger just sat there until I got within about 10 feet. The girls are smart though, when they saw the hawk had flown away for now, they hide under the fence and coop/nesting boxes.
Luckily, the previous owner put up the wood privacy fence, even though there is a chain link fence. So the little gap is perfect for little chicken heads to hide.

thank goodness they were able to hide!! Awesome they found that place..