Sit'n on the porch

[MrFluffyandGirls]

I have hens lay in the evening but they go to their nest box and do it. Not sure why they would be dropping eggs around randomly. Maybe some weird si-fi radio waves telling their subconscious to do it. No seriously...maybe a snake or rat got in the laying box and scared them or something.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I have hens lay in the evening but they go to their nest box and do it. Not sure why they would be dropping eggs around randomly. Maybe some weird si-fi radio waves telling their subconscious to do it. No seriously...maybe a snake or rat got in the laying box and scared them or something.

well, I did check the boxes and they are good, so weird

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Good Morning!
Its a bit overcast & 47 out

All seams well in Coopville - I fluffed the nesting boxes & gave them some frozen kale from last years garden. I'll keep an eye on them weird, AHhh great, it is now raining, hahahahaha

 

[BY Bob]

Your setup reminds me so much of the one I had as a youth. Of course back then I knew a lot less about chicken keeping but I had an old shed I converted that was in the woods. My run was simply chicken wire stapled to trees. That big tree in your run is very familiar.

 

[Chicken Heel]

Your setup reminds me so much of the one I had as a youth. Of course back then I knew a lot less about chicken keeping but I had an old shed I converted that was in the woods. My run was simply chicken wire stapled to trees. That big tree in your run is very familiar.

My first chicken pen in the 1970's was made with 2" poultry wire with no top and the "coop" was a shipping crate for guitars. The wire was held up with green saplings. Those 8 mixed large breed hens and a RIR rooster did fine for several years with no loss to predators. But there were seemingly far less hawks in those days and coyotes had not shown up in NW NC as of yet.

 

[BY Bob]

My first chicken pen in the 1970's was made with 2" poultry wire with no top and the "coop" was a shipping crate for guitars. The wire was held up with green saplings. Those 8 mixed large breed hens and a RIR rooster did fine for several years with no loss to predators. But there were seemingly far less hawks in those days and coyotes had not shown up in NW NC as of yet.

There simply were no hawks here in PA in the 70s. I never lost a chicken to one. The first loss I suffered this go around was a hawk. It was a shock. I have had at least 5 different hawk attacks since.

The run in the 70s was to keep them contained not to protect them. Completely different purpose today.

 

[Chicken Heel]

There simply were no hawks here in PA in the 70s. I never lost a chicken to one. The first loss I suffered this go around was a hawk. It was a shock. I have had at least 5 different hawk attacks since.

The run in the 70s was to keep them contained not to protect them. Completely different purpose today.

I think the use of DDT in those days which almost made the Bald Eagles extinct had similar effects on other birds of prey. Now in Southern VA, hawks are as numerous as sparrows, or so it seems.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

There simply were no hawks here in PA in the 70s. I never lost a chicken to one. The first loss I suffered this go around was a hawk. It was a shock. I have had at least 5 different hawk attacks since.

The run in the 70s was to keep them contained not to protect them. Completely different purpose today.

Cooper Hawks are small-- I "had 6 leghorns with this flock - a hawk amazingly got in right where the red frown face is ---and ate one --Gary dubbed up the chicken fence - the hawk got on the roost nub sticking through to the outside & walked right in

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Well boys & girls,
everything went ok yesterday, 3 hens laid eggs, and all in the nesting box, their favorite box is the top left. I appreciate all the input, we'll see how today goes.

 

[BY Bob]

View attachment 2114288Cooper Hawks are small-- I "had 6 leghorns with this flock - a hawk amazingly got in right where the red frown face is ---and ate one --Gary dubbed up the chicken fence - the hawk got on the roost nub sticking through to the outside & walked right in

O my gosh. That's awful.