The 5th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

[cindynkidsd]

Oh congratulations! I want to see pics please?

I'll post some when I get home this afternoon!

 

[Langshanlover1]

I'm not sure what I can do, maybe. I already have an acre of land with a 6 foot fence around it that stays closed unless I'm out there. I didn't even think a fox would be able to climb a fence like that. Now I'm thinking about getting some sort of guard dog like a Great Pyranees, so my babies can free range again. I feel so bad that they are having to be locked up when they are so used to free ranging.

 

[cindynkidsd]

I'm hoping it doesn't come back, but I know it probably will so I have both my chickens and ducks under lock and key! I really hope her eggs see had left are okay, but since the low was 40F this morning I'm not thinking they'll make it.

So very sorry!

 

[cindynkidsd]

I'm not sure what I can do, maybe. I already have an acre of land with a 6 foot fence around it that stays closed unless I'm out there. I didn't even think a fox would be able to climb a fence like that. Now I'm thinking about getting some sort of guard dog like a Great Pyranees, so my babies can free range again. I feel so bad that they are having to be locked up when they are so used to free ranging.

There's a family in Dinwiddie, VA with 13 beautiful puppies!

 

[chickenlisa]

I am so tempted to put some plain brown BYM eggs in with all of the ones I set on Friday for the HAL....I have Giant White Cochins and a Dominique out there with my BCMs OE hens...I'm wondering what any babies would look like if their fathers were the BCM Roos or the big blue OE Roo...I could leave them in for a few extra days at the end to account for being 3 days behind...
Does anyone know what they'd look like? Any enablers or shouldn't I do it??
Lisa

 

[Langshanlover1]

Aww....man!!!! What a terrible way to start the day!..

Hopefully the rescued eggs should be fine since it isa very early in incubation. I have had eggs that got cold do just fine as long as it wasn't a super long time.

I was thinking they might be okay since it's still early, but it was also 40 last night so I'm not going to get my hopes up too much

 

[cindynkidsd]

Happy Birthday to you Birthday folks! And
Are we there yet?? I can't wait for my first babies! I'll be pacing in another couple of days.

 

[Langshanlover1]

There's a family in Dinwiddie, VA with 13 beautiful puppies!

That's not too far for me to go. Do you have any information for me to contact someone or a website or something?

 

[cwhittington]

I'm not sure what I can do, maybe. I already have an acre of land with a 6 foot fence around it that stays closed unless I'm out there. I didn't even think a fox would be able to climb a fence like that. Now I'm thinking about getting some sort of guard dog like a Great Pyranees, so my babies can free range again. I feel so bad that they are having to be locked up when they are so used to free ranging.

That's what happened to me too! 6 foot fence around their enclosure and whatever it was was getting over. Foxes are notorious climbers. Locked them in the coop like you and then it figured out how to get under the fence for that part of the enclosure too! I tried trapping it (it tried digging under the trap), I tried hunting it, I tried having my boys pee, and I reinforced the section of fence it got under. I left my large black lab out in the back yard for a few days and any evidence of activity stopped completely immediately after that. Maybe you could borrow a dog? It will be back and soon.

 

[Cynthia12]

Quote: pete55