TO the Hoarders...

[21hens-incharge]

I live in a very isolated area as well, but have already had inquiries about people wanting my chooks and eggs. I had to respectfully decline.

Sorry, not at this time. I have only 8 layers, and 3 dozen eggs as of this morning.

As for locks on the coop, I don't need to go there, as I have a 5 tiered security system .....

#1 - Line of sight to the only gravel road in, or out …..
#2 - A locked gate at the top of my 1/4 mile driveway …..
#3 - A three dog early warning system .....
#4 - A 5 camera surveillance setup, with intruder alarms …..
#5 - As a last resort, God forbid, a 12 bore scattergun, various handguns, and a pile of scary black ARs .....

Now, you might ask, would I shoot a hungry intruder for trying to steal a chicken ?

No, not at this point at least, but rest assured I would let a couple slip in their general direction !!!

There are a lot of crazies out there, and a desperate person can do desperate things. These are not normal times, so for my family's personal safety, extreme measures must be considered.

Keep in mind that my police response time is at least 20 to 30 minutes, and a LOT of damage can be done in way less time. Basically, I'm on my own.

Sorry if I upset anyone with my comments, but that is just how things are right now.

Yeah I do understand all of that.

The padlocks on my coops went on several years ago when I was getting zero to one egg a day out of 30 birds. No one believed me until it snowed and the bold arse thief left tracks from my drive, across my yard, through my gate, to my coop and back out.
The locks went on that night. The next day I had 19 eggs.
My post about putting the locks back on was joking....mostly.

 

[Perris]

Good idea, and everyone has one of those hair dryer's to get thing's dry again don't they?

you don't have a towel in the bathroom?

 

[BullChick]

Yeah I do understand all of that.

The padlocks on my coops went on several years ago when I was getting zero to one egg a day out of 30 birds. No one believed me until it snowed and the bold arse thief left tracks from my drive, across my yard, through my gate, to my coop and back out.
The locks went on that night. The next day I had 19 eggs.
My post about putting the locks back on was joking....mostly.

I always have to lock the chickens up if I’m leaving the property. The thief is my neighbor/cousin-in-law. I also have to lock my beagle up if I put him in a run.
With this stuff going on, locks are applied at all times.

 

[BlueBaby]

you don't have a towel in the bathroom?

Yes, but I wouldn't want to hide my towel so that no one else can use it too!

 

[daystardoberman]

If someone continues to buy up all of the hand sanitizer and toilet paper, then they are putting themselves at an even higher risk, by depriving others of being able to clean themselves. Think about it....walking out of your pristine environment, only to be met by throngs of filthy people who couldn't buy anything, because someone else stockpiled it. For me, it creates quite a visual....

A lot of people forget that in a pinch, Listerine also works as a hand and surface sanitizer. But I live alone and all Walmart had last week were 20 roll packs of TP, so I'm good for a long time..unless canine Corona virus crosses the species line.
Lol... in dogs, Corona is an intestinal issue.

 

[Rise722]

If you don't have hand sanitizer, then use Whiskey or Everclear....that should kill just about anything....

 

[BullChick]

I am not wasting alcohol on my health.

 

[AllenK RGV]

We just got back from Wally world where they were unpacking a full pallet of water. Naturally that made that portion of the store in passable. People are still insane where I live don't understand why tap water is not good enough for em. Unless of course they can't pay the water bill because they bought a bunch of toilet paper that they could not afford.

 

[AllenK RGV]

If you don't have hand sanitizer, then use Whiskey or Everclear....that should kill just about anything....

everclear I can understand but wasting good whiskey on hand washing I don't get.

As a scotch man that's just sacrilege.

 

[Silkie2005]

I have heard that people's chickens have been stolen because of the egg shortage! Keep your hens safe guys!!