Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

Cyn - did LH get that thing in her trap?

 

[holm25]

what breed is she

 

[mlm Mike]

So far, Dusty has hatched 1 barnevelder chick. Hopefully some of the welsummer eggs will hatch today. Today is hatch day, so we will see. I had a heck of a time getting under her just to see the 1 chick.

I hope you see Welsummers chicks soon!

 

[Happy Chooks]

what breed is she

An Exhibition quality Barred Rock.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Beautiful!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Quote: Beautiful!
Thank you, I love her. I can't take credit for her breeding though, I got her from Kathy's birds.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Quote: Beautiful!
Thank you, I love her. I can't take credit for her breeding though, I got her from Kathy's birds.
Oh okay. One thing I don't get is how you can get all the barring right, it always amazes me.

 

[robhuncor]

She just called. They were after it when someone drove by and scared it into the woods. LH, her hubby and his blacksmithing apprentice searched the woods and it just vanished. She thinks it may have some sort of den because of how quickly it disappeared. That is so frustrating! But, it came back three days in a row, after being beat up by Lancelot, then cut badly by a garden hoe. The neighbor driving by saw it and said, What in the name of all that's holy was that?! He saw it and got out to help them look for it.

They're going to bait it and try to trap it tonight. She thinks it could be a fisher with mange or some mutation from the size and height and the teeth on it. I didn't think they were that far south (N. Ky), but apparently, some ijit introduced them into the area.

I can testify to the viciousness of a fisher! A couple of months ago I lost 17 of my best laying hens to a fisher attack. We know what it was because DH & I set up a video camera and recorded it when it returned the next day. It got in through a tiny 2 inch space that opened up when fencing came loose where it was attached to a post, probably from frost heaving the ground. It sprung the havaheart trap by jumping on top of it. It just raced around in a fury searching for more chickens to kill, then left the way it came in. I have read that they were released in Connecticut a couple of years ago - I'm right over the state line in NY. They have a huge territory, up to 30 square miles. We have not seen it again but are still checking the video. They kill everything they can get a hold of just for the sport of it. LH was incredibly lucky to have stopped it when she did.

It took me awhile to recover from this tragedy. First, I was "no more poultry, I can't take it" but I can't live without my chickens!, so this is why I decided to check out some threads on BYC. I've been reading threads on different breeds I'm interested in and by that roundabout fashion came upon Stella's Social Club. You guys are the best! Love all your different topics of conversation. I'm quiet, but I hope you won't mind me keeping up with you all.

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: How awful. Have you picked a new breed yet?

 

[The Yakima Kid]

An Exhibition quality Barred Rock.

Pretty. Where can I get one?
I suspect that keeping Icelandics might be akin to keeping Dominques. Landrace breeds seem very opinionated.