Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[bobrut]

if you guys are in a area where you cannot fire off a shotgun or just don't want to hurt the hawk, get an airsoft gun, it will sting but not kill the hawk, but it will get it's attention.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

First night in the cabin. Wood stove not set up yet & the electric heater hasn't been on long enough to see if it will do much. We are each burried under about 5-6 layers of blankets. Have to finish running wiring, hooking up water & woodstove & organizing this mess tomorrow. Help is supposed to be coming. My son cut down several trees today, so I should have enough firewood for a while.

..hang in there!!! SO glad you are getting a fresh start!..Hopefully get some heat in there too!!

@Cynthia12 Yup, everything has a place so far except washer & dryer...and I WILL find room...lol It's not very big, but a lot bigger than my rv that I have been in since June.

@AnneInTheBurbs We have hot water...heated in a pan on the hot plate, woodstove or firepit. Shower is a 5 gal bucket & a cup. The bathroom in the rv has a tiny shower stall for privacy. This is only temporary as I will be building a shower & am ordering an instant hot water heater. I'm just debating on whether I want propane or electric. Electric would save me having to buy propane, but propane would allow hot water even without electric. I have been warned that electric goes out A LOT here. My son & I are discussing getting a backup generator. He & his gf are staying in the rv for now but are planning on putting another cabin in beside mine in a couple months.

it is always a great idea to have secondary heat source or power!!

..if you can do both, that is definitely the way to go.

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

water was frozen IN the coop this-morning...BRRrrrr....
Added hot pepper seeds to their food too, so hopefully

this will help to "kick-start" their insides..in a good way..as in EGGS!!
If nothing else, they will be feeling a bit warmer!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

if you guys are in a area where you cannot fire off a shotgun or just don't want to hurt the hawk, get an airsoft gun, it will sting but not kill the hawk, but it will get it's attention.

That is an excellent idea, but money is tight right now as we have some known expenses coming up. Every morning, I let the girls out, and then leave the window open a crack while I read so I can hear any disturbances. *Nerd Alert!*

 

[stake]

That is an excellent idea, but money is tight right now as we have some known expenses coming up. Every morning, I let the girls out, and then leave the window open a crack while I read so I can hear any disturbances. *Nerd Alert!*

Bob/ Anne:

I'm not sure if shooting hawks is a good idea...first, its illegal....second, if an environment is supportive of hawks, another one will promptly replace it....hanging CDs in the trees doesn't work(by my experience),,,there is a thing called a hawk protector...its a sheet of plywood with four legs cut from 2x4s....the chooks will go under it...the hawk will know the chooks are there and the chooks will know the hawk is there....in the event the hawk tries to land and walk under, the chooks can run as fast as the hawk can and if a roo stands his ground, the hawk's best weapons are useless....lastly, if I ever get my act together, I'll be planting English Laurel and Holly bushes at strategic places to ensure the chooks will always be near a safe place.....my two cents....

 

[stake]

Wing:

Are you still looking for quail? http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/grd/4796209344.html

 

[Blarneyeggs]

anyone in west chester that can pick up a rooster..
Attacking kids and just needs it gone.. a little bit of a drive for me

I'm very close to WC and could pick him up, wanna PM me info? I'm done getting birds processed, but I have a local friend who would probably make dinner of him.

@LMP, what does the note on front of the ACV say?

 

[dheltzel]

Has anyone tried the Night-gard predator lights? They are normally about $20 each, but Jeffers has a 4 pack for sale Wednesday for $45. Don't want to get them if they are a waste of money though.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Has anyone tried the Night-gard predator lights?  They are normally about $20 each, but Jeffers has a 4 pack for sale Wednesday for $45. Don't want to get them if they are a waste of money though.

I haven't tried these, but for $45, if you can spare it, seems like a good deal. It's rowdy out there. My neighbor texted me to let me know her hubby saw the fox creeping last night. She also said her friend about 20 minutes away had her flock wiped out (10+ chickens) the night before. My mailman said today his friend in the next town over put out a trap and caught 6 foxes (in pretty developed suburbia). Glad my girls are locked up until I let them out.

Do you guys manually close your doors every night?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I haven't tried these, but for $45, if you can spare it, seems like a good deal. It's rowdy out there. My neighbor texted me to let me know her hubby saw the fox creeping last night. She also said her friend about 20 minutes away had her flock wiped out (10+ chickens) the night before. My mailman said today his friend in the next town over put out a trap and caught 6 foxes (in pretty developed suburbia). Glad my girls are locked up until I let them out.

Do you guys manually close your doors every night?

Wow that's scary! I manually open and close my pop doors every morning and evening which really stinks right now wit the cold (i don't handle cold well AT ALL) but I feel better about doing it that way. I saw a hawk fly into our yard a coyote weeks ago worth everyone out (babies were only 4 weeks old).I was SO thankful that my roo was on guard. He signed the alarm and everyone hid until it left. We've seen numerous foxes up and down the road from us and a neighbor said he saw a coyote run through his yard but never in our yard......yet (fingers crossed).