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[galanie]

 A REALLY bad day here...We had some nice poultry folks visit this morning to see the buffs.Then Buddy and I went to the feedstore. We were gone for 45 minutes. All the Buffs were out, as they are every day. Came home, and decided to band some of the young birds. Got to the main coop and orchard, and did not see a bird. Something very wrong. The upshot is that I am missing my newly shipped English Buff  Orp. K from Marc, as well as a HINKJC large pullet. I thought the cute little cochin pet of my husband's, LuLu, was gone too, but after 2 hours of searching, I found her under some ivy by a stump, scared to death. There are no feathers in the yard, and no signs of any kind of a hawk strike. My property is surrounded by an 8' wood fence with wire into the ground. My 4 dogs patrol the property. I cannot believe that this was a hawk or coyote strike. I think a 2 legged strike. Please keep an eye, and ear, open for my birds. The K was about 10-12 weeks old. The pullet was14 weeks. I can't believe that hawks could, or would, select a breeding pair, and nail them in 45 minutes. Somebody had to have been watching this place as we have no set schedule.

WHAT?? Oh NO! I'm otherwise speechless.

 

[wekiva bird]

Vicky, Hope you find them .

 

[aveca]

not that i have anyt birds of that value..but do we now have to install security sytems for chickens? ...i am not a big fam of id chips, but if you have something valuable or rare..it might come to that with a show coop sign, this bird will be gps tracked through a chip.

 

[Bulldogma]

A REALLY bad day here...We had some nice poultry folks visit this morning to see the buffs.Then Buddy and I went to the feedstore. We were gone for 45 minutes. All the Buffs were out, as they are every day. Came home, and decided to band some of the young birds. Got to the main coop and orchard, and did not see a bird. Something very wrong. The upshot is that I am missing my newly shipped English Buff Orp. K from Marc, as well as a HINKJC large pullet. I thought the cute little cochin pet of my husband's, LuLu, was gone too, but after 2 hours of searching, I found her under some ivy by a stump, scared to death. There are no feathers in the yard, and no signs of any kind of a hawk strike. My property is surrounded by an 8' wood fence with wire into the ground. My 4 dogs patrol the property. I cannot believe that this was a hawk or coyote strike. I think a 2 legged strike. Please keep an eye, and ear, open for my birds. The K was about 10-12 weeks old. The pullet was14 weeks. I can't believe that hawks could, or would, select a breeding pair, and nail them in 45 minutes. Somebody had to have been watching this place as we have no set schedule.

So sorry to hear about this! How sad that humans can be so catty and dishonest! (Assuming it wasn't an overly-selective hawk with amazing taste in quality Orps!)

 

[Bulldogma]

Just wondering if I can get any advice on this chick. If it's a pullet, I'm going to keep her, but if it's a roo, I need to take him back this week. Can anyone tell for sure? I know it's early, but I also don't know this breed well enough to be a good judge. The comb looks big to me, but again - don't know the breed well enough to know what's "normal" for either sex.

This is a 4 1/2 week old Black Orp chick. Is this a roo?





Thanks in advance for any input!

 

[gootziecat]

I've been fooled with Orp chicks before so I'm no expert. But it looks like a roo to me. Hopefully others will chime in.

 

[aveca]

cock a doodle doo...thats a little roo..

 

[Johnn]

 

[thedragonlady]

Vicky, Hope you find them .

There is NO sign of the missing birds anywhere, or feathers. I'm assuming that someone herded the youngsters into their run, and grabbed them. Their little cochin buddy was terrified, but apparently they weren't interested in her.The birds taken were an English Buff Orp K who Marc shipped me on 8/21, and a HINKJC P. that I hatched and raised. Both were between 12-14 weeks old. Mrs.Pumphry, Monty, and the rest of the big girls are safe...and under lock and key, unless I'm out with them. I'm also putting netting over all the bushes that the birds like to lounge under. Right now the leaves are very thick, but they will fall shortly. I do not believe it was a hawk strike, but better safe than sorry. I had planned to do this anyway pretty soon, but the netting goes up today. It's NOT knowing what happened to the birds that's worrying me.
Thank you, everybody, for your concern.

Vickie

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Blue cigar bubblegum all around! Congratulations, its a boy!

Just wondering if I can get any advice on this chick. If it's a pullet, I'm going to keep her, but if it's a roo, I need to take him back this week. Can anyone tell for sure? I know it's early, but I also don't know this breed well enough to be a good judge. The comb looks big to me, but again - don't know the breed well enough to know what's "normal" for either sex.
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I've been fooled with Orp chicks before so I'm no expert. But it looks like a roo to me. Hopefully others will chime in.

cock a doodle doo...thats a little roo..