The Old Folks Home

[pennyJo1960]

Eh Perchie you and me both BF was putting in window to new coop then window slipped out broke it he had a window down in the garage was in the attack so we got to put it in bigger window than the other as in longer more light, lots more ventilation

 

[superchemicalgirl]

loud radio?

 

[microchick]

I tried enclosing the run with netting. The little demon spawn found tiny openings where the chain link is attached to the frame and the netting is attached to the frame in order to gain access. I swear these things are Houdini incarnates. When the netting got snagged and tiny holes happened, so did the sparrows. I caught more than one trying to find the tear it got in though so it could get out. I tell ya these Missouri sparrows are tough and determined customers.

I'm hoping that moving the food and water inside will cut back on the problem. What is funny is that they leave the Bantam run and coop alone. Those little OEGBs are tougher than the sparrows and will not tolerate any intruders.

If that doesn't work I'll have to return to netting idea. I was just wondering if there was any sort of 'scarecrow' apparatus that they would react to and the chickens wouldn't. I did put a rubber snake near the feeder and that did help for awhile until they figured out that darned reptile never moved. The chickens didn't mind it a bit. After initial growls and pecks I saw them standing on it while they ate.

As for them being an invasive species from England (kinda like the lady bugs that blight the midwest in the fall) it was probably their way of getting back at us over that 'tea' thing.

 

[ronott1]

I have been editing coop pages. Thousands of them did not move over correctly from the old site. @Alaskan bantam page is so cute!

 

[chickadoodles]

I have been editing coop pages. Thousands of them did not move over correctly from the old site. @Alaskan bantam page is so cute!

 

[Alaskan]

I have been editing coop pages. Thousands of them did not move over correctly from the old site. @Alaskan bantam page is so cute!

Thanks!

So very glad you liked it.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I had a pet rabbit for several years, that suddenly began biting. He had ear mites, and I didn't know it. Once we got his ears cleared up, he was fine again. That's about the extent of what I know about mean rabbits.

Ear mites! Can you imagine how awful that must feel?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

My genetic stock comes either:

1. tall and thin with thin shoulders. And the thin stringy muscle type...you can get strong, but bulking up doesn't happen. But by tall...I mean 6' to 6'5" max. It matches up with thin long faces and like 7 chest hairs and scraggly sparse facial hair.

2. Short, and wide, with bulky muscles, round faces and lots of facial hair and chest hair. Short like 5'4" to 5'10" for the men.

Funny contrast.

Spouse's family is all more of the bulky type and more average facial hair , but more odd all over body hair. And mostly taller, like 6 foot.

So, I am always looking at my 5 boys....wondering which way they will go.

Eldest is 18, his mustache is pretty good now...can't yet tell how good his beard is going to be...he doesn't shave, but he is so young it is still scraggly. I made him shave when his beard was in the diseased looking stage
..you know..one tuft of hair here..one there. ....

Now that's A LOT of variables. I can see how exciting it is to see the finished product as each boy grows up. That would be cool! Genetics are so darn interesting! DH grew slow, I grew really fast...the boy has been right down the middle. Faster than everyone else, but not anywhere as fast as me. (Thank goodness!) When I mentioned him being the strongest in school, that was with arm wrestling. I have no idea how much he can lift. Didn't want it to sound like mine was stronger than yours...lol. 18 year olds are usually stronger than 16 yr olds.

Speaking of mustaches, I have no idea about the boy. He was wearing some serious Elvis style sideburns, but you couldn't see them well because he'd grown his hair out, about 12 inches or so (but it was curls and body, like Antonio Banderas I suggested he pin it back like Jason Momoa on "The Bad Batch" movie. Um..no, he didn't think much of that...lol. He got it all chopped off yesterday and...he hadn't thought about the sideburns. Well, they're gone. I've never seen hair above his lip...I'll have to ask. (I just asked...he does!)

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Wicked, did your location change? Or am I hallucinating?

Where did I go?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I tried enclosing the run with netting. The little demon spawn found tiny openings where the chain link is attached to the frame and the netting is attached to the frame in order to gain access. I swear these things are Houdini incarnates. When the netting got snagged and tiny holes happened, so did the sparrows. I caught more than one trying to find the tear it got in though so it could get out. I tell ya these Missouri sparrows are tough and determined customers.

I'm hoping that moving the food and water inside will cut back on the problem. What is funny is that they leave the Bantam run and coop alone. Those little OEGBs are tougher than the sparrows and will not tolerate any intruders.

If that doesn't work I'll have to return to netting idea. I was just wondering if there was any sort of 'scarecrow' apparatus that they would react to and the chickens wouldn't. I did put a rubber snake near the feeder and that did help for awhile until they figured out that darned reptile never moved. The chickens didn't mind it a bit. After initial growls and pecks I saw them standing on it while they ate.

As for them being an invasive species from England (kinda like the lady bugs that blight the midwest in the fall) it was probably their way of getting back at us over that 'tea' thing.

Sorry to hear about your rooster. I have no sparrow ideas that are solid. I did come across the idea of a sparrow trap when I was researching rats. Basically the same idea for both. I have no idea if it would work.
I look out the window here and the scourge are out there eating with the chickens. I have the chicken feeder and water in the coop but I feed grain outside and I have a couple water dishes outside for the birds & bunnies and the sparrows poop in the dishes. They're everywhere here. They mess on the machinery. I keep the doors closed on the coop but I see the barn swallows found their way in. They got shut in and I found the one on the floor this morning, just about dead. I guess they won't eat or drink. Mirror balls work for the barn swallows. I've got to get the rest of mine up.