Oh my goodness! I am with you when it comes to hawks! I also used to love them, now, when I see one, even if I am miles away from home, I'm talking to it through my car window..you stay right down here, don't even think about going up to my house! I've had them sweep right down in front of me..Cooper hawks. Brazen little stinks!
Edit .. almost forgot to say so sorry..how rude of me! I got so riled up just thinking about it!
GOOD NIGHT ALL..SLEEP WELL
HOW MANY WATTS IS THAT ELEMENT?/Well I melted my dehydrator bottom with the element. Word of caution: Never turn them upside down to use as a brooder heater. On the upside there were no chicks this was just a test to see if it would work. This is what happened because the heating element was not rigged to hang upside down and have the heat build up on the plastic bottom.
Melted through the bottom.
Here in the last photo I have removed the element which still works and I will mount it on a metal pie pan or cake pan.
Snow?? How about either dirt or mud. Thank God for the rain when we get it, but I've fallen to many times in the mud and my birds are to dumb to get out of it. The first time I fell this year, they decided it was a good time to climb on me. Glad I didn't pass out or they probably would have feed on the fat lady.
I'm going to have to ask about some of these as well. But I think I may know who to ask. I lost my SQ pair last year and have one hen left out of them. Also have to find some nice Wellies.....If my birds were all laying I could probab;y trade. Gotta take a stock put out tomorrow and have THE TALK with them.
They are laid that way.
Welcome to the insanity. Might be your first, but trust me, it won't be your last
I'd rant too! Sorry about your girl and your chicken roundup.Well, my luck ran out today. I walked out on my back porch to the screams of my chickens. The sound was coming from everywhere, but not a bird in sight. I took off running and a huge hawk flew up off of the ground right in front of me. He had already gotten one of my little Cuckoo D'Anver roo's.Then the fun started because I had to round up 30 chickens and get them all locked up in their coops. After about 45 minutes of slipping and sliding in slushy, icy, chicken poop filled mud...we finally got them all inside.
I learned that my kids are only help for the first 15 minutes of any job, and then promptly turn into whiney spoiled brats
. All of my runs are in ruins, and the gates are frozen deep into the ground. It's supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow finally, and my poor babies will be locked up because Ray has to work. What a day.... Have I mentioned yet that I hate hawks??? Oh, I used to be a hawk lover too....pre chicken farmer.
END OF RANT!
So sorry!
Here's what my colection usually looks like
The one at the bottom is lavender, but not showing well on there for some reason
Another one at 9:00
OZ! The beach? Really? I don't live near one anymore. Central Valley sucks for anything unusual.
