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[Blarneyeggs]

Guys... I'm so upset. Chippy was missing today, the only thing I found was a fee feathers. I think it was a fox...
She was 4, and still so healthy. I can't believe she's gone

Hugs

. X's 2, I'm so sorry.

Hey, what's up from SE PA?

Hey there! From Chester County.

 


Emor:

I don't....but mine free range my 1/2 acre....I do have a few pieces of flagstone, a pallet, a log, for the chooks to stay out of the mess...I also put a lot of mulched leaves in there....it sometimes gets messy but it never floods....

I think my main concern is that it is stinky when it's wet. I often let them out to free range if it's nice and we can be outside with them (we aren't fenced so I need to be able to keep them from wandering over to the neighbor's). They have a covered area too that is always dry... I think it's mostly the smell and the fact that it is really going to build up over time that is bothersome to me.  

I've found that a little DE sprinkled about can really cut down smell.

 

[LisaYolkUm]

I am happy to report that all my chickens successfully stayed in their coop outdoors last night!

YEAH!

now I can clean up the indoor area they were in!

The big gals are coming over to the dog crate where the 6 week old ones are in and trying to peck at them thru the wire! .............power struggles..............geesh!

 

[chiques chicks]

I am happy to report that all my chickens successfully stayed in their coop outdoors last night!

YEAH!   

now I can clean up the indoor area they were in!      

The big gals are coming over to the dog crate where the 6 week old ones are in and trying to peck at them thru the wire!  .............power struggles..............geesh!

I had a coop and run in my run last year to introduce some birds. I had them sperate but adjacent for at least a month. When I finally combined, I lost all 11 young ones. They were around ten or eleven weeks old at the time.

Be careful with introductions!

 

[BullChick]

Those are some violent chickens!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I had a coop and run in my run last year to introduce some birds. I had them sperate but adjacent for at least a month. When I finally combined, I lost all 11 young ones. They were around ten or eleven weeks old at the time.

Be careful with introductions!

wow that's rough

 

[LisaYolkUm]

I had a coop and run in my run last year to introduce some birds. I had them sperate but adjacent for at least a month. When I finally combined, I lost all 11 young ones. They were around ten or eleven weeks old at the time.

Be careful with introductions!

oh no!

that is terrible.................I soooo soooooo dont want that to happen........................

I wonder what people recommend..................

 

[chippysmom327]

Hi all:

Got home from work today to find two feather piles and two missing birds....an Americuna and a BCM...the foxes are out of control...

That's what got Chippy... They really are out of control

It's hatching time! One new little black mottled turkey poult is out already - clearly this one is wanting to make a grand entrance into the world.

Hatching here, too. Think 6 orpingtons are out last I looked. Dare I say, another white one with pink eyes the way it looks. They are still in the bator.

Woah... that's amazing! I wonder if the person you got that roo from gets albino babies.

 

[BassetHound]

SE pa lower bucks
First time hatching, the dog says he won't eat them but he's planning on eating their poop!

 

[rinlareine]

Hi again from Apollo,

Did my first hatch of shipped eggs and it went terribly. Half of them got scrambled in the mail and they all had wonky air cells. None hatched. :s so if anyone is hatching wheaten or blue wheaten ameraucanas, I'd love to get a few.

Thanks!

 

[barbiegirl]

Hatching update from my broody silkie. She hatched out 2 silkie babies, and 3 easter egger babies. One silkie egg was a dud and she kicked it out from under her. I didn't think the one easter egger was going to hatch. It pipped yesterday and didn't do anything since then, just the one hole. Today I assisted it. Ikicked away from I cracked the egg and left the membrane and put it back under momma. She was moving around so much it didn't stay under her and got so cold and stopped trying to hatch. I got most of the membrane off and left the bit that was still attached to the belly and put it under momma and hoped for the best. Tonight I went to see if it was alive or dead. I was expecting it to be dead since the last time I seen it, it was not looking so good. I got a great surprise to see them all running around momma! Yay for Blue Bell, she did great. I will try to get pictures of the cuties, she was keeping them hidden on me.

I checked 2 chicken eggs and 1 duck egg in the incubator. There was veining and movement!! I can't wait for more fluffy butts.