The Moonshiner's Leghorn Thread Peanut Gallery

[JacinLarkwell]

@Overo Mare, do you ever have pullets go broody? I think my oldest (by like a week) barred pullet just kicked my Japanese off the nest and took over. She's certainly acting broody. She was a march 3rd chick so roughly 6 months

 

[Painted Calls]

@Overo Mare, do you ever have pullets go broody? I think my oldest (by like a week) barred pullet just kicked my Japanese off the nest and took over. She's certainly acting broody. She was a march 3rd chick so roughly 6 months

Absolutely

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Absolutely

Okay, cool. I was just worried that she kicked her off just to hoard the nesting box to herself. She knows she's the top girl in the group and likes to reinforce her status occasionally. As long as someone is brooding the eggs, I don't really care so much who.

 

[The Moonshiner]

So because of the increase of covid cases our local feed store has cancelled their fall chick days.
Luckily their fall fish day will continue as scheduled.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Yeah.
These popped up at Whole Foods;get'um while they last. Surprisingly delicious. Invasive and NO LIMIT on number catches.

 

[The Moonshiner]

@ColtHandorf. what's going on with that bobcat?
I just caught bits and pieces. Saw something about shooting it. Are you setting traps?
Saw about the white orps. That sucks and I feel your pain. I lost one of my barred lacy girls and my only crele hen that's old enough and laying the night before last. Knew it was a raccoon because they were grabbed through the wire and pulled to it.
Today.....

 

[Miami Leghorn]

@ColtHandorf. what's going on with that bobcat?
I just caught bits and pieces. Saw something about shooting it. Are you setting traps?
Saw about the white orps. That sucks and I feel your pain. I lost one of my barred lacy girls and my only crele hen that's old enough and laying the night before last. Knew it was a raccoon because they were grabbed through the wire and pulled to it.
Today.....
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It's gotta be done.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ya. I never had raccoon problems like this year That's the second one that was coming into the barn.
I like them, always have but damn they are clever and don't just kill one every few days. They'll kill multiples nightly. I can't have that.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I've never heard of fish days

So because of the increase of covid cases our local feed store has cancelled their fall chick days.
Luckily their fall fish day will continue as scheduled.
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[ColtHandorf]

@ColtHandorf. what's going on with that bobcat?
I just caught bits and pieces. Saw something about shooting it. Are you setting traps?
Saw about the white orps. That sucks and I feel your pain. I lost one of my barred lacy girls and my only crele hen that's old enough and laying the night before last. Knew it was a raccoon because they were grabbed through the wire and pulled to it.
Today.....

I don't have any traps large enough to try catching her in a live/box style trap. I'm trying to find someone willing to come do it, with no real luck. I've waited up trying to shoot the stupid thing and it never shows up on a night that I'm out there.

Sorry you've been having trouble with coons. They are so cute, but just get into so much trouble. I haven't had an issue with them until this year either. I did shoot the one that was pulling chick feet through the wire floor of their cages and chewing legs and toes off. Stupid creature couldn't be happy with the chick starter they were dumping on the ground.