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Auroradream26 said:
We've decided that we're not quite ready to add a horse to our little "farm" BUT we will in the future. We need to get prepared first. If anyone is interested though, we know someone who is giving one away. He's 7 years old and gelded. Doesn't get along well with other horses and isn't broke to ride yet.

So, my babies are in their brooder in the screen porch and It's a grand total of 8 degrees out. They only have 1 heat lamp on the one side of the brooder. The other side is as cold as it is outside. Would you believe that there are a few of them hanging out on the cold side, roosting on the little roost over there? They're more hardy than I thought. They're from 4-7 weeks old!
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That's awesome about the chicks. They are tougher than we give them credit for. I remember when my broody hatched out babies in the cold and how they would scurry out, play, and go back under her. You'd think their little feet would be too cold!
 
Auroradream26 said:
We've decided that we're not quite ready to add a horse to our little "farm" BUT we will in the future. We need to get prepared first. If anyone is interested though, we know someone who is giving one away. He's 7 years old and gelded. Doesn't get along well with other horses and isn't broke to ride yet.

So, my babies are in their brooder in the screen porch and It's a grand total of 8 degrees out. They only have 1 heat lamp on the one side of the brooder. The other side is as cold as it is outside. Would you believe that there are a few of them hanging out on the cold side, roosting on the little roost over there? They're more hardy than I thought. They're from 4-7 weeks old!
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That's awesome about the chicks. They are tougher than we give them credit for. I remember when my broody hatched out babies in the cold and how they would scurry out, play, and go back under her. You'd think their little feet would be too cold!
 
Auroradream26 said:
We've decided that we're not quite ready to add a horse to our little "farm" BUT we will in the future. We need to get prepared first. If anyone is interested though, we know someone who is giving one away. He's 7 years old and gelded. Doesn't get along well with other horses and isn't broke to ride yet.

So, my babies are in their brooder in the screen porch and It's a grand total of 8 degrees out. They only have 1 heat lamp on the one side of the brooder. The other side is as cold as it is outside. Would you believe that there are a few of them hanging out on the cold side, roosting on the little roost over there? They're more hardy than I thought. They're from 4-7 weeks old!
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That is cool about the chicks, the 'cool zone' method does seem to give the most natural option to broody hen raising. We use it with the meat birds and have had great success with it.
 
Chuck laid her 3rd egg this morning and then was killed while we were having lunch :-(

She was my 2 year old's chicken and our first ever layer.

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Apologies for the picture, please let me know if it's a faux pas on these forums to post pictures like this. Is there any way to tell if it was a fox or a hawk from the picture?

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The mood in the house has changed from happy egg collectors to mourning. All the other chickens are locked in the run now.
 
@kie4 I'm so sorry for your loss :( the same thing happened to one of or silkie pullets not long ago. The very next day, we caught a hawk in our run. I'm guessing that it was the culprit.
 
fisherlady said:
@kie4

I would say hawk. Fox more likely to carry it off.
So sorry for your loss.

We all understand the pictures, so no problem there.
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Thanks everybody, if it's carried off it's a fox, if not this one was a hawk then.

My 2 year old didn't understand when we told him. Our 4 year old said "Are we going to get another Chuck cos Chuck is dead?"

Still a lot of noise from the chicken run from the friends Chuck left behind. Hope they get over it soon.
 
Blarneyeggs said:
I am 2 weeks behind here, but am wondering...anyone else outside tarping runs like mad with frozen fingers?? Seems as if every year I am still tying tarps in place as the sleet starts....and my family is warm and cozy inside. I am thawing out a bit and have learned to tie the cords onto the tarps while INSIDE. Steep learning curve there for me.
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Never a fun job and like you we often push it later than we should. A couple of things which have greatly improved it for us is use of clear plastic roofing panels for some of the barriers and investment in amish made canvas wall pieces for main coop run which are put up with permanently attatched twist snaps which meant after first installation we left the snaps in place on all the posts so now just have to line up the tarps and snap them in place. The canvas walls are an expensive investment but should last at least 10 years, they are really weather tight and they have windows for light and a zip up door panel for easy access. We are on year 4 for ours and they are still in great shape.
 
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This 17week "baby" decided to jump in the water bowl tonight. SOooo, of course I had to bring her in before her feet turned into blocks of ice. After a warm bath to loosen the crud on her feet, which froze immediately like licking a pole in winter, she is drying off. I enjoy her company but think she will go back out tonight when she is completely dry and warm...so she can freeze with her friends of course ;)
 

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