~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[Alaskan]

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these sorts of horrors do tend to happen. SO SORRY!!

 

[JennaLynn122]

these sorts of horrors do tend to happen. SO SORRY!!

I knew i would have to deal with predators everntually. I just thought this one was more secure than it was. but my regular brooder was there too so apparently that one is proofed okay. thank god. i have 21 in that one and 16 in another one.

On a happier note, my 16 juveniles spent their first night in the outdoor brooder with no heat lamp! no one had any issues. some even slept on the roosts in the brooder!

 

[winteree]

i had vet wrap on it but apparently the little Chick Hospital wasn't as cat proof as i thought it was.

Aww darn yeah them felines are opportunists sorry for your loss

 

[winteree]

I knew i would have to deal with predators everntually. I just thought this one was more secure than it was. but my regular brooder was there too so apparently that one is proofed okay. thank god. i have 21 in that one and 16 in another one.

On a happier note, my 16 juveniles spent their first night in the outdoor brooder with no heat lamp! no one had any issues. some even slept on the roosts in the brooder!

woot how old where they

 

[winteree]

lol's the chicks i got at the feed store this last Friday seemed to have grown up with out me they look to be twice the size they where already!! and those 5 little chicks have been going through that feed like mad i had to fill it up already the 11 week old banys don't eat that much!!

 

[Arielle]

Jenna lynn-- soory for your loss. My cats are the opposite-- if the mouse is in the house, then it gets to live here; outside, that is fari game. My dogs were generally the same: in the house the chickens are save, the cats are safe, but in the dog pen-- fair game. Never lost a cat, but occassionally lost a chicken. lol
Sorry -- hope the kitty had a good meal. HOmegrown chicken. lol

 

[SilkieSensation]

Jenna lynn-- soory for your loss. My cats are the opposite-- if the mouse is in the house, then it gets to live here; outside, that is fari game.  My dogs were generally the same: in the house the chickens are save, the cats are safe, but in the dog pen-- fair game. Never lost a cat, but occassionally lost a chicken. lol 
Sorry -- hope the kitty had a good meal. HOmegrown chicken. lol

My cats were born & raised in the room with my bators & brooders. So was their momma, so she already knew momma's birdies are off limits & taught them this. Worst any have done is when the one male was anout 4-5 weeks old, he crawled in my brooder to bask under the heat lamp & accidently laid on a chick & suffocated it. He got his butt smacked & an earful & has never tried to climb in a brooder since. The other male does lay next to the lamps on the screen cover on another brooder though. That was his favorite spot all winter.
Any wild bird is fair game, but they won't touch momma's birdies without being told to. If I have escapees the cats will help herd them toward me on the command of "Get the birdie." Any other time, I can trust them to stand next to the birds & eat kitchen scraps...lol

 

[JennaLynn122]

Aww darn yeah them felines are opportunists sorry for your loss

Its okay. I hate that stupid cat though. Sometimes I seriously debate on shooting it. MY cats are good.

woot how old where they

There are 3 that are 4 weeks old and the other 13 are 5 weeks old. They basically took themselves off the light and they were inside without heat for a week or so then went outside without heat to see how they would do.

Jenna lynn-- soory for your loss. My cats are the opposite-- if the mouse is in the house, then it gets to live here; outside, that is fari game. My dogs were generally the same: in the house the chickens are save, the cats are safe, but in the dog pen-- fair game. Never lost a cat, but occassionally lost a chicken. lol
Sorry -- hope the kitty had a good meal. HOmegrown chicken. lol

MY cats are good. Its the neigbors stpid cat. They were all in outdoor brooders. But apparently I didnt secure that one good enough. I still don't know how it got in but the only animal ever around is that cat so I know that was what got it. As said above, I seriously debate on shooting it every time it makes its furry way over here. The day it takes out one of my big chickens, my dogs will have a good meal of fresh kitty.

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

WE HAS BABY TURKEYS!!!!!

Penelope has *at least* two out. Have a pic of them, but gotta go check on a cow in labor - will post it in a little bit!

 

[GerbilsOnToast]

BABIES!!!!!