The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[Leahs Mom]

Okay...I totally missed your second post. I must have been posting at the same time. Just watched the videos so now I see how they work. Thanks!

 

[lindz8504]

Today: January 26
Temperatures in the 20's

Look how nicely this is healing!

This looks amazingly good!

 

[Scott H]

I checked my live trap to see if it needed some olive oil lubrication ....I barely put any pressure on the trip plate and it closed...coon must not have put any weight on it....can't wait for the Z's

 

[hellbender]

You've got two of my very favorite breeds! ACDs are actually the only herding breed I care for at all. Patterdales are amazing working dogs too!

Not very likely I'll ever own either though. Can't imagine my life without an APBT and despite my current situation, I'm a one dog sorta person. And APBTs are often a one dog sorta breed!

I love the APBTs too but I can get the job done with dogs that weigh under 18 pounds each.

So then do the healers run with the chickens during the day if you turn them out to range?

Sounds like a good day/night shift crew

Where the chickens go...the Heelers are somewhere close...very close.

 

[lindz8504]

My dad bought my kids a Heeler for Christmas. He is doing great with the chickens so far!

 

[chicalot]

Leahsmom, thats amazing how good his comb looks. I have a couple oh hens with frostbite and will definitely be hands off with that.

So folks... a while back I put eggs in my new incubator and it turns out only one egg is fertile! I sure thought I had more fertility in the flock but it's not totally syrprising as I have bantam roosters with big girls.. lol. Anyway, if this egg happens to turn in to a chic, is it going to be terribly miserable?. Should I immediately set eggs again to try for a friend or would a 21 day age difference be too much? I also might be back with plenty of "help me not kill this chic" questions.... maybe.

Also of note, my white rock who I've thought and Delisha said possibly looks to have some cornish is now officially too fat to fit through through the pop door. She won't come out until I open the big person door. Apparently she won't be laying eggs either. I was hoping one of my bantam roosters would get lucky with the smaller white rocks but I've seen them try for a while. The hen just walks around like "is there a fly on my back", lol.

 

[Scott H]

My dad bought my kids a Heeler for Christmas. He is doing great with the chickens so far!

He is stinkin' cute! They are great dogs but need a job. They need to be stimulated. Only dog I ever saw "load up" into the back of a dump truck ...up over the side....unreal!

 

[hellbender]

My dad bought my kids a Heeler for Christmas. He is doing great with the chickens so far!

Handsome fella! Firm hand and a kind word and he will be an excellent protector. (In all truth, I wouldn't want to be a stranger, walking up to my chickens). My farm is remote, isolated and the back door is where the 1plus mile gravel drive ends. The property on both sides of the road belongs to me...so strangers have NO business there.

I'ts well known that I brook NO visitors unless they are invited or someone calls ahead.

Here's a pic of my door bell.

Just about half kidding but you get my meaning...

 

[SavageDestiny]

I love the APBTs too but I can get the job done with dogs that weigh under 18 pounds each.

My guys are just pets, APBTs are just my all-time favorite breed. Plus where I eventually want to move, I need a big enough dog to take on any possible coyotes that might try to go after the chickens. Even though your average Patterdale would think they could anyway.

Although despite the fact that my current Pit Bull is a spoiled house dog, she still thinks she's hot stuff. Can't keep those terriers down!

 

[hellbender]

My guys are just pets, APBTs are just my all-time favorite breed. Plus where I eventually want to move, I need a big enough dog to take on any possible coyotes that might try to go after the chickens. Even though your average Patterdale would think they could anyway.

Although despite the fact that my current Pit Bull is a spoiled house dog, she still thinks she's hot stuff. Can't keep those terriers down!

EDIT:A couple Pats. can make the average yote wish he were elsewhere!