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[mc chicken]

You guys make me miss my reds.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Nope they'll be here the week after the season closes.

Always the way it goes, may try to hunt em on the ice this weekend

 

[flypen]

Missing some feathers on his head.Very good broodcock though.

HP ylh?

 

[gamelife]

Nesmith Possum Sweater

 

[roosterhavoc]

wind chills at -10 tonight. Just finished shrink wrapping all pens. What fun.

 

[JShubin]

wind chills at -10 tonight. Just finished shrink wrapping all pens. What fun.

Wow thats a good idea... I try to use painters tarp, but it requires too much rope/tie downs etc.

Be careful the winds dont pick up the pens and tumble them down your yard... This is what happens to my pens when there is too much wind resistance (the wind usually the roof picks up like a sail and throws them around...)

This happened last week after after crazy wind gusts hit my yard... Brand new coop just 2 days old, flew up the hill, traveling about 100ft and hit my house...

WAS

NOW -- Destroyed the roof, broke welds and bent metal.


The winds also destroyed my kids new Xmas trampoline which took out a portion of my chain link.

AND to make things worse .... one side of my avairy got destroyed... which let out my older hatch.. I discovered this scene when I got home from work.... (they were actually laying on top of eachother not moving, but I moved them out a bit when I checked to see if they were alive...)



The straight comb survived (barely) but the pea comb succumbed to his injuries overnight and passed away.

So I HATE the wind... dont know if your wind gets that bad tho...

 

[JShubin]

Champ - RIP

 

[JShubin]

I need to get back to the basics and start protecting my chickens better... I hate losing birds to preventable circumstances.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Wow thats a good idea... I try to use painters tarp, but it requires too much rope/tie downs etc. Be careful the winds dont pick up the pens and tumble them down your yard... This is what happens to my pens when there is too much wind resistance (the wind usually the roof picks up like a sail and throws them around...) This happened last week after after crazy wind gusts hit my yard... Brand new coop just 2 days old, flew up the hill, traveling about 100ft and hit my house... WAS NOW -- Destroyed the roof, broke welds and bent metal. The winds also destroyed my kids new Xmas trampoline which took out a portion of my chain link. AND to make things worse .... one side of my avairy got destroyed... which let out my older hatch.. I discovered this scene when I got home from work.... (they were actually laying on top of eachother not moving, but I moved them out a bit when I checked to see if they were alive...) The straight comb survived (barely) but the pea comb succumbed to his injuries overnight and passed away. So I HATE the wind... dont know if your wind gets that bad tho...

man that sucks. Wind really ain't too bad here, woods on all sides blocks most strong gusts thankfully. If I came home to flipped over pens I would back right out the driveway and go somewhere else cause I would have a helluva mess.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Talk about preventable problems. I tried to combine 6 miner hens that had been penned in 3 pairs for warmth. That wasn't happening. Good thing they showed me right away they wouldn't get along. About two seconds in only got 3 birds together and it was on, all hens. My wife was helping me out. Good thing she had gloves on, one of em whipped her good. Lol