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SilkieSensation said:
I'm cleaning out pens this week before moving. Pretty sure I have several girls & even some young roos who can go. They would have to be shipped though, unless you want to drive all the way to Ohio. I have a bunch of chicks I'm clearing out for $2-4 each too.
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How much for the girls? I can't have roos (
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) and I shouldn't get chicks beause we're not set up for that... yet, so that would be irresponsible chicken mommy of me to take them. Approximately how much does shipping cost?! Our wallets are pretty light at the momet hehe.
 
joyfulshepherde said:
Where do you have your coop located? My homesteader friend told me that it's important to have it in a place where the hawk does not have a clear flight path. Meaning, he can't swoop in & swoop out quickly - imagine an air plane landing/take off pattern. She said that if they don't have a clear space to fly in, they won't attack.

So, I have my coop between our garage and a medium sized tree that overhangs the run. We have had a red-tail hawk attack, but only when the chickens had escaped from their run and were roaming the neighbor's clear corn field. Maybe you could relocate your coop? So there won't be a clear path?

Funny, the chicken our hawk attacked escaped! I thought she was a gonner - all I found at first were lots of feathers - but a half hour later she showed up clucking alarmingly to be let back into her run & into the chicken house with the other chickens. She had major gashes around her neck area, but she healed.

I had never known the meaning of being called "chicken" before. Those chickens stayed in their coop for about 3 days! LOL!

The hawk hung around for a few days, but really, I don't think I've seen him again since then (he used to live in our back black cherry tree all summer). Either something happened to him unrelated, or he was scared off by my chicken that survived the attack! She is a pretty fearless hen. She can get aggressive, but not dangerously so.

Actually, she's only laying an egg a week (she's 2), so if you want her, I would be happy to give her to you. Not sure if she would help with your hawk problem, though. Plus we're pretty far away from you. She's my dominant hen. I've nicknamed her "lucky."
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Mirrors. Go to the thrift store an buy up the mirrors and mount them facing the sky around your coop and their ranging area. The light flashes from them are disorienting to the hawks and they find somewhere else to fly. Personally I am thinking of getting a gazing ball and gluing tiny mirrors all over it to set out in the yard.
 
hoganTEF said:
Hi - New chicken owner from Chester County…. Maybe someone local can help me out with a few things? First, can I move my 8 week old chicks outside to their new coop today? Without a heat lamp? Second, it appears that 5 of my 6 chicks may be roosters. How can I find new homes for the roosters ( I may keep one ), and where can I find some new friends of same age for the single hen? What is the method to introduce new chickens to the group?
Thank you for any help you can offer !
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Howdy Hogan:

A bunch of us Chester Co folk on here...8 week olds can handle the temps outside...if there are a few that can snuggle up at night....What chicks do you have?
 
Blarneyeggs said:
Also... can I pic your brain? I have some turkey poults that are 2 weeks old. Not sure what breed, we think we have it narrowed down to either, Wild, BBB, or Narragansett, since you have the Narris, what do you think?


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They might be Narri's. I never had wilds, but the ones I see meandering around with their mommas look pretty much the same as BBB poults. Narri's look a bit 'dustier' than BBBs, for lack of a better way to describe the dilute coloration. If I remember, Bourbon Red babies look pretty much like this, too.
 
joyfulshepherde said:
Where do you have your coop located? My homesteader friend told me that it's important to have it in a place where the hawk does not have a clear flight path. Meaning, he can't swoop in & swoop out quickly - imagine an air plane landing/take off pattern. She said that if they don't have a clear space to fly in, they won't attack.

So, I have my coop between our garage and a medium sized tree that overhangs the run. We have had a red-tail hawk attack, but only when the chickens had escaped from their run and were roaming the neighbor's clear corn field. Maybe you could relocate your coop? So there won't be a clear path?

Funny, the chicken our hawk attacked escaped! I thought she was a gonner - all I found at first were lots of feathers - but a half hour later she showed up clucking alarmingly to be let back into her run & into the chicken house with the other chickens. She had major gashes around her neck area, but she healed.

I had never known the meaning of being called "chicken" before. Those chickens stayed in their coop for about 3 days! LOL!

The hawk hung around for a few days, but really, I don't think I've seen him again since then (he used to live in our back black cherry tree all summer). Either something happened to him unrelated, or he was scared off by my chicken that survived the attack! She is a pretty fearless hen. She can get aggressive, but not dangerously so.

Actually, she's only laying an egg a week (she's 2), so if you want her, I would be happy to give her to you. Not sure if she would help with your hawk problem, though. Plus we're pretty far away from you. She's my dominant hen. I've nicknamed her "lucky."
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Joy:

Thanks for the offer, but I actually have more chooks than I ever intended....I have some experience with hawks...I am on the migratory path....it seems a pair have taken up residence behind my house....I scared the boy of this morning...he was sitting in same tree for the past few days....this afternoon, both were sitting their watching my broody with her one week old.....I went back a chased them out again...think Fisher's suggestion for a sling shot is a good one....

I have only had one attempt on my big girls and that failed...last fall, I lost thee chicks to hawks....(not red tails though)....and I've had bald Eagles and some sort of smaller faster falcon/hawk come by....having areas for the chooks to get under cover is important....and now my roos and big girls are hawk savy, I really am only worried about the little ones....
 
KlingKlan said:
WE GOT OUR 1ST EGG!!!!! Wow, what timing... DH was seriously ready to throw in the towel, but I wasn't ready to give up!! Thanks soooo much to everyone for all the advice and support, this is freaking AWESOME!!!



My 10 yr old was very impressed by it's size... you can't see his HUGE grin behind the eggs, but it's there lol!
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Well we decided that quail won't be worth it. We are having a huge issue with flies right now. Hubby tells me to go online and look for some bird that eats flies. The search came up with Muscovy ducks. Looks like we will be getting some Muscovy ducks in the future. Been looking on craiglist and haven't seen any by me. I hope they will help with the fly problem and ticks too!
 

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