Utah!

[La Casa de Pollo]

Lisa, you had better hurry and buy those Ameraucana eggs for sell..or I will..I've been looking and looking at those beauties.  Ha, now there's a threat that she will say....go Cynthia..

Go Cynthia, oh yeah oh yeah!

 

[Sphinx]

When I clicked on that link, Cynthia, the second picture in the group was a picture of my FBCM egg compared with a regular white egg. LOL

Sundance, that's great news that she's using it a bit today.

 

[Cynthia12]

LOL..I wish I had more of those funny things.... in the meantime...

I'm going, but not for the white A's. I just got an e-mail saying that my turkens have been shipped..so they should go out tomorrow..oh these will be interesting for sure. My hubby says, why? My son says, why? I wonder, why? I really liked the guys pictures, they actually had feathering up the neck like the showgirls, big bowties.. only they are large fowl.

 

[Cynthia12]

When I clicked on that link, Cynthia, the second picture in the group was a picture of my FBCM egg compared with a regular white egg. LOL

Sundance, that's great news that she's using it a bit today.

Really? The second picture..going to look now..cool! Tis you, tis you! I have seen some of my baby chicks before, my Nankins. I've used some pictures of someones eggs...like today...and someone on here noticed..she didn't mind, but it was that avatar I used for a while with the pretty set up. Eggs in a vase, with flowers.
That's a pretty large egg all right, you know they are big and you can compare them to a leghorn's.

 

[Cynthia12]

Hey, just found out, you can still see some meteor showers tonight! I hope I see another one like last night. Never saw anything like that before. I will go out just after 10, that seems to be when it started..not sure if it is cloudy or not.

 

[MoriahQuilts]

Aw blujems that is awful! I hope your new nieghbors reign the dog in and don't keep letting it go to your place. Hope she heals up ok

Glad it did not decide to eat your chickens while he was there!
I sat out with my son's bb gun this morning trying to scare the hawk away. And a bunch of magpies. My Dh said I was like Annie Oakley, in my bathrobe toting a gun around the yard. It did get rid of them we will see if they stay gone. I had lost one a few weeks ago to my own dog, then the little polish, so I do not want any more injuries/murders going on with my flock!

My neighbor called last night to tell me there were chickens in my front yard. I let them out in the evening because its cooler on the north side of the house. Well, she says I need to put them up because her dogs got loose. I said, No its ok. I sit out with them with a pellet gun in case dogs enter the yard. Later I found out her dogs had killed chickens across town. That may be a strained relationship in the future.

I have taken pics. He knows he will be paying for any vet bills. We would have "taken care of" the dog if we could have gotten a shot. He says it is gone, but not sure what that means. I am thinking about filing a complaint though. She is our best doe and not sure if we will be able to show her or even get her bred this year. Time will tell, but I am worried about nerve damage.
I am pretty sure she put up quite a fight.
All the other goats are afraid to go out front for more than a few min.

So since I am new to this and have only gone on what IFA told me about roosters, I have to find a home for my silkie roo. I don't mean to sound desperate but my DH says it has to go.... like yesterday. What did the rest of you that can't have roosters do with yours when they grew up? Every morning we are getting up and trying to beat him to the punch by giving him seeds to distract him from crowing. That is getting old LOL.

If you can't find anyone to take him, I've got some younger chicks he might fit in with - they are pretty mellow. No promises to keep him forever, because if they can't get along, they get camped. We're in Lindon. I've got lots of room... Filled with lots of birds. PM if interested.

Hey, just found out, you can still see some meteor showers tonight! I hope I see another one like last night. Never saw anything like that before. I will go out just after 10, that seems to be when it started..not sure if it is cloudy or not.

Thanks for the reminder! Do you need to borrow an incubator? Or three?

 

[UtahChickenDad]

good morning all

Have any of you in Magna had night time early morning preditor problems? The girls have been outside since April with no issues,. However just in the last 5 days I have found the something has been diging into the run.I have fixed the first spot with pavers and it just moved. I have dug down and put in a wood and wirecloth and it still dug down tothe wireeven trying to pull it up. What ever it is it can move dirt. iIt seem to only need about3" to clear under the bottom rail of the run. Looks like I will be moving some dirt myself to addsome more depth for the rails.

Other wise weare now getting avarge of 5 eggs a day 2blue/green and 3brown. That leaves 1 we are stl leaves 1 of the sexlinks we are not sure of. It is so great to go out and see what they have left. I do have a cam in the coop so wecan see if the nest are busy and we have seen most the girls in the boxes . Also nice to see them ok at night. tThe timing of the lays are fun 1 or 2 by 8am and again by 11am with last by3pm, so all day thing, so we have just started collecting about2-3pm.

 

[blujems]

good morning all

Have any of you in Magna had night time early morning preditor problems? The girls have been outside since April with no issues,. However just in the last 5 days I have found the something has been diging into the run.I have fixed the first spot with pavers and it just moved. I have dug down and put in a wood and wirecloth and it still dug down tothe wireeven trying to pull it up. What ever it is it can move dirt. iIt seem to only need about3" to clear under the bottom rail of the run. Looks like I will be moving some dirt myself to addsome more depth for the rails.

Other wise weare now getting avarge of 5 eggs a day 2blue/green and 3brown. That leaves 1 we are stl leaves 1 of the sexlinks we are not sure of. It is so great to go out and see what they have left. I do have a cam in the coop so wecan see if the nest are busy and we have seen most the girls in the boxes . Also nice to see them ok at night. tThe timing of the lays are fun 1 or 2 by 8am and again by 11am with last by3pm, so all day thing, so we have just started collecting about2-3pm.

Do you know if it is a raccoon or skunk?
We had skunks digging in to the coop last year and I kept putting cement blocks around and filling holes. Nothing worked. So I had all the nephews and men folk come over and pee all over the fences and around the base of the coop....Never had any more problems after that.

 

[sundancenbare]

Hey, just found out, you can still see some meteor showers tonight! I hope I see another one like last night. Never saw anything like that before. I will go out just after 10, that seems to be when it started..not sure if it is cloudy or not.

Ed and I went out but saw no showers. Just a satelite

 

[Sphinx]

Do you know if it is a raccoon or skunk?
We had skunks digging in to the coop last year and I kept putting cement blocks around and filling holes. Nothing worked. So I had all the nephews and men folk come over and pee all over the fences and around the base of the coop....Never had any more problems after that.

I'm totally cracking up over this, but conceptually, I like it!! I may make dh go pee by our chicken coop every night before bed.


UtahChickenDad, that's scary that it keeps coming back, and getting so close. I'm glad your enclosure has kept them at bay thus far. Congrats on all the egg layers. Very exciting!

My neighbor called last night to tell me there were chickens in my front yard. I let them out in the evening because its cooler on the north side of the house. Well, she says I need to put them up because her dogs got loose. I said, No its ok. I sit out with them with a pellet gun in case dogs enter the yard. Later I found out her dogs had killed chickens across town. That may be a strained relationship in the future.

Whoa, so she expects you to keep your chickens completely locked up IN CASE her dog gets out? I think maybe she should be putting forth a greater effort to keep her dogs contained! What did she say when you said you sit out there with a pellet gun?