The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[fosterson]

My RIR flew over a 6' fence and the Amercaunas love to fly. I had to clip flight feathers on the left side. They just went through molt, so don't want to forget to clip again.

I only have one 'pure' Easter Egger (in that she came from culls from a pure bred Ameraucuna flock) and we named her Amelia for her bizarre flight attempts. She will spring 6 feet into the air, wings flapping, scream like she's been punctured, and then land about 6 inches from where she took off. Repeat ad infinitum.

 

[wolfglen]

I'm originally from Oswego and later from the Newburgh area, so understand the problems of keeping chickens in the cold area. Now in SW Florida I don't worry about that any more.

 

[TeaChick]

I saw 167 posts and got scared.

Sorry I missed yesterday (so sorry!!!) I hate not knowing what's going on.

Did I miss anything important?


ETA: I fixed Superman's little red wagon, BTW!!!

Thanks, Delisha!

 

[TeaChick]

I do as long as they are alive or I am sure that they just died. I know that my Delaware catches critters and large insects on her own anyway and I saw them eat a small sparrow once. We get a lot of jerusalem crickets and small mice. They swallow them whole. But, of course if you are setting out any poisons I would not.

Yeah, my gold Comets catch toads and lizards. I haven't seen anyone with mice.

 

[TeaChick]

I'm originally from Oswego and later from the Newburgh area, so understand the problems of keeping chickens in the cold area. Now in SW Florida I don't worry about that any more.

Congrats on the warm weather!!!

I miss my flip flops!!!

 

[LoveChickens123]

My RIR flew over a 6' fence and the Amercaunas love to fly. I had to clip flight feathers on the left side. They just went through molt, so don't want to forget to clip again.

My amercaunas love to fly also
they have a coop that is about 10ft in the air they love to fly up there

 

[Shan30]

All samples tested negative!!!!!!! Hooooooray!

Debating testing again in a few months...DH thinks I'm paranoid lol

 

[lazy gardener]

I wouldn't be concerned about a child who is old enough to understand that if he/she touches something that it will hurt them. The jolt given by the fence is enough to get your attention if you are grounded. However, when I am wearing dry shoes, I can grab right ahold of it and perhaps not feel anything. I run my charger on a deep cycle battery. At first I thought it was defective, until I took my shoe off and put my bare foot on the ground while holding the fence. Now, THAT got my attention! I would be concerned about any one with a heart condition being around an electric fence, and there is a warning to avoid shocks to the head. If you are kneeling, or have a lot of ground contact, you will get a good wake up jolt. My cats both respect the fence, and occasionally, a chicken will contact it when reaching through to get a bug. You'd have to use your judgement, re: young children. Personally, I'd be concerned about impulsive children under 4, and wouldn't have an electric fence on during the day if I had a creeping infant or a toddler. Contact with the fence is noxious enough that you won't want to repeat it, but I often test it by resting a finger on it. (Call me a slow learner!)

 

[armorfirelady]

Your Stella reminds me of my Andulasions or Campine. Is she a BA? My BA's don't bother with going out, maybe they're just too big to fly up anyway.

I didn't think about zapping people too. I better make sure I have the warning signs too.

Stella is a barred Rock that I got from Sally8 on here. She is the youngest of my flock & now the biggest. She was so tiny when I got her .....

She fit in the palm of my hand. Now it takes 2 hands to hold her

She is also the official greeter, talker & food inspector.

Quote: Yes apparently there are normal blizzards & then there are Buffalo blizzards.........I believe Hamburg had one of the top snow falls for the blizzard. But funny story we didn't have near the same amount of snow that we did for the blizzard of '77 that shut everything down for over a week.
http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/te...his-is-cnns-definition-of-a-blizzard-20140109 this is the link about definition of a blizzard & then a buffalo blizzard

 

[mlowen]

Just had to share...for the first time I got 5 eggs, today! So, everybody is laying!
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