Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[chippysmom327]

That is a gorgeous nest box.

Thank you! Now my hens have a much more stylish place to lay their eggs!

 

[barbiegirl]

You probably didn't see, but I posted a thread in the Egglaying section of the forum about our nest box dilemma.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/815479/post-your-most-original-nesting-box-es#post_11844734

I built a new nest box, and painted them both. My dad had the cutest mint green paint that he was gonna throw out, and there was just a TINY bit left. I wanted a little bit if color in my coop. So this was my project yesterday...



It looks more blue in the picture than it really is! It looks a pastel, mint green in real life.

Looks good!

 

[PAchickenlover]

<3 love it!

 

[PAchickenlover]

<3 love it!

 

[PAchickenlover]

 

Your thing says York? Is the horse farm like public? Anyone can pay and come rid or just private? I would love to start riding again its been a few years for me to...I would love to get a horse but we dont have the land or money to at the moment. and just moving to this area with in the last year i havent figured out everything thats around me yet or were to go to do certain things!

Once i start there ( Wednesday or Thursday) and get a feel for things i will be able to tell you more. I do know she gives private lessons, just don't know when she does it yet.

Oh, i forgot, the farm is close to Freysville in Red Lion

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

No more tracks, the game cam only caught my guineas running around. Camera hogs lol.

Today I had a horrible start to my day. Doing my daily feeding rounds I found half my koi fish dead. Had a filter malfunction. Seems that we have a leak and can't find it yet. When the water gets too low the pump stops pumping. I feel sick to my stomach.

Hopefully you can find the leak. We used to keep a minnow aerator for when there were issues with the pump, back when my mom had fish in the pond. The herons and crane took care of those and most of the frogs for her long ago.

MissyDCPC, sorry to her that you're frazzled and harried. I've been wondering how you were doing. Check back in when you can. BirdsbyGavin's scovies are 2 of the ones you picked up for me, BTW.

Birds by Gavin, I'm glad you're happy with the scovies. My big scovie male with the white head is Elvis, too. Gavin is a cool little kid and he (and you) are welcome any time. Hubby said it was really funny - Gavin kept trying to hide from him when he mowed past him.

Lisa Yolkum, I'd say that it's important to keep enough ventilation in your coop in winter that there isn't a big moisture build up. Moisture is what causes frostbitten toes and combs. Mine sleep in open kennel runs year round. The only time I have trouble with frostbite is when the bedding gets too wet and humidity is high.

Oh yeah Gavin will pretend to be shy, but as you know by now he isn't lol. I just love the way they stick their head feathers higher than the other ducks, reminded me of Elvis when we saw the ones at the lake.

I really need to get one of those GPS thingy's so I can go visiting people,,,,,I get lost at the en d of my driveway, so travel is limited.

Mine's built into my phone, I don't see a point in buying a GPS when I have the phone. I'm lucky to have the sense of direction I have, and I'm glad Gavin has gotten his from me, once I've driven somewhere I can get home or go back to that place without the GPS or a map. Gavin's bio donor got lost leaving a parking lot in Toronto. When I said "You're going the wrong way" he told me to shut up he knew where he was going, about 6 miles later he asked me why nothing looked familiar...

 

[BirdbyGavin1103]

UGH!!!! Well the quarantine for the scovies lasted even less time than I thought it would. A certain little helper decided to feed them tonight while I was next door talking with my parents....

Needless to say they headed straight for the other ducks and the pond. They also refused to be directed back to their run, instead heading straight for the main duck run and straight into the coop... When I tried to take them out the pekin boys (Quacker, Sunny, and Chip) decided to begin biting me and Nya (the mallard girl) decided come out of her nest box hissing at me, while Elvis and Priscilla were huddled in the corner trying to make themselves as tiny as possible.
After 3 bites to my hand, and many more to my legs, I decided the h*** with it and locked them all down for the night. I know I shouldn't have, but I wasn't in the mood to see if the pekins would break skin. Crossing my fingers everything goes alright...I'm more worried about fighting than anything else.

 

[LizardCat]

So this is sad. I got a very kind offer from Stake for some shingles to finish the coop. The wife and I had a lovely chat with him, and got to meet his two friendly dogs and beautiful flock...


...and come home to find that 6 of our girls are missing.

They were still out in the yard when we left.

I'm hoping that they will be back in the morning, clucking up a storm and complaining about how they got locked out, but I'm worried.

 

[My peeps]

I didn't let the chickens out as early as I normally do because my medicine for the vertigo makes me sleepy. When I did go out I noticed the one hen had something in her mouth, flung it and another hen grabbed it. IT WAS A BABY CHICK! I screamed so loud, flung open the door and the one white rock hen ran out with it still in her mouth. I smacked her and she dropped it. The rest of them went after it like it was a treat. I was able to snatch it up before they got to it. I was so afraid to open my hand. I didn't want to find a dead chick. Luckily it was still alive but the wing is bloody. My son heard me yell and came out. I gave him the baby to hold, ran and got the dog crate set up in the garage and grabbed the one Silkie hen that was broody. I was so relieved to see she had the other chick under her but it's head was bloody. She had one egg left and it was kicked out of the nest and in the run. I put all of them including the egg in the dog crate. I was so afraid she would reject them since they were injured. I watched her and she tucked them under her with the egg and settled into the crate. I had my husband check on them when he came home. He looked them over and tended to their wounds. He said he thinks they will make it. Doesn't seem to be life threatening. Oh, and the chick in the egg pipped! This is my first time dealing with a broody. I know others always separate the broody from the rest of the flock to prevent this. I was hoping if I kept her in with them it would make it easier then introducing the chicks at a later time. The Leghorns were the worst at attacking the chicks and all I could think of is, these chicks hatched from your eggs!!! Ugh!

 

[nbenevento]

I didn't let the chickens out as early as I normally do because my medicine for the vertigo makes me sleepy. When I did go out I noticed the one hen had something in her mouth, flung it and another hen grabbed it. IT WAS A BABY CHICK! I screamed so loud, flung open the door and the one white rock hen ran out with it still in her mouth. I smacked her and she dropped it. The rest of them went after it like it was a treat. I was able to snatch it up before they got to it. I was so afraid to open my hand. I didn't want to find a dead chick. Luckily it was still alive but the wing is bloody. My son heard me yell and came out. I gave him the baby to hold, ran and got the dog crate set up in the garage and grabbed the one Silkie hen that was broody. I was so relieved to see she had the other chick under her but it's head was bloody. She had one egg left and it was kicked out of the nest and in the run. I put all of them including the egg in the dog crate. I was so afraid she would reject them since they were injured. I watched her and she tucked them under her with the egg and settled into the crate. I had my husband check on them when he came home. He looked them over and tended to their wounds. He said he thinks they will make it. Doesn't seem to be life threatening. Oh, and the chick in the egg pipped! This is my first time dealing with a broody. I know others always separate the broody from the rest of the flock to prevent this. I was hoping if I kept her in with them it would make it easier then introducing the chicks at a later time. The Leghorns were the worst at attacking the chicks and all I could think of is, these chicks hatched from your eggs!!! Ugh!

Wow, I ould have been freaking out too. I will learn from your experience though. I know those leghorns are a nasty bunch though. They are very aggressive. My you g leghorns who are about 20 weeks old now don't take any crap from the older hens. It's kind of funny actually. They are also the only breed I have that will hiss and peck at me when I reach under them for eggs. I have 9 or 10 (?) different breeds of chickens and none of the others act like that. Little jerks. Hopefully they will be ok.