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[Cowgirlgrace]

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Yes, the bracelet! Been there done that! Very noisy and not appreciated during the night. I suggest you get him set up for sleeping on the couch with his machince till he serves his term so you can get some sleep!

 

[renart]

Anyone know off the top of their heads, is there a set formula for how many nesting boxes vs how many hens one has ?


1 for every four ? Would 4 boxes be enough for 15 hens ?

 

[Chickielady]

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Welcome to you Elizabeth!!!
Join in & gab, we are very chatty here and you will learn alot.
Almost all of us breed & hatch birds also.

 

[Chickielady]

TouchO'Lass :

ChickieLady: I agree. It is a LARGE collection of animals, and I rarely see anyone there. I think her adult daughter stays for at least a couple weeks a year, but why have all those animals and only visit 'em now and then? I really hate to judge, but she's just the type to point fingers and blame everyone but herself for the mis-treatment of her animals.

Unfortunately, the area where I live is becoming very popular with (sorry guys!) "Coasties" because land is so much cheaper than west of the cascades, we have a beautiful river and lots of un-trafficked roads, so there are a lot of folks from the Seattle area buying summer places over here. I lived in Kingston/Indianola/Poulsbo for a couple years and apparently the same thing happened there. DH worked on one remodel right on the slew/slough (sp?) in Kingston that had a flat screen TV in 6 rooms, including the laundry. The owners paid almost a mil then did over 200 thou in remodel to live on that stinky piece of water just walking distance from the ferry...

Hallerlake: The Dep Sheriff said there was a 'shoot on sight' order on the coyotes/strays, and Fish & Wildlife has gotten involved, so I'm hoping the culprits will be dispatched soon. Unfortunately, where the lawyer's property sits, she has neighbors very close to the south, east, and west, and only a little ways to the north and it's surrounded by trees so a misplaced shot could do collateral damage.

My property, on the other hand, has only orchard to the north and east, bare land to the south and about a 50 ft mountain rise to the west, so someone shooting across my place (almost NO trees) would only have to miss my cabin and horses. I'm actually hoping to see the 'yotes here again, cuz I'd have NO problem taking them out. Once an animal has slaughtered like that, there's not a lot of hope for rehab.

At the very least, I'm going to try to borrow or rent a live trap because they've also started scoping out my chicken run. I know I've seen the yellow one skulking away before, but I thought it belonged to one of the orchard workers...

Stumpfarmer: I wondered about that and thought maybe the llama got his injuries trying to protect the goats..? They pretty much wiped out the sheep in their earlier attacks, so the goats were the next easiest prey and are in with the llama, but I think they're separate from the sheep. I may just go get a picture of the "pasture" all those animals share and post it, but it's a little depressing...

Meantime, my little JD's Loki and Chance are gonna have to learn
to poop on a leash...

While these two run free
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Oh you are SOOO LUCKY you got pictures!!
I wonder who the 2 dogs belong to ?
This attorney sounds like the type of well-to-do that "wants what they want when they want it" and most treat their little 'farms' as just another "time share" that they can visit if desire arises, or maybe they will go to their time share in the Sierras next week instead........

They just want to 'play' farmer every so often.........in between skiing, and the time share at Cancun.....

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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No matter how many you put in, they will all fight over the same one!!!

We have 16 in our layer coop of 15 birds, and they use maybe 3 of them at most.

4 should be more than adequate.

 

[Chickielady]

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Probably, mine all argue over 1 nest box, and everyone of my breeds does this, they all want the same nest box.
Sometimes occupied, they will lay an egg right in the middle of the floor cuz they cannot get int "THE" nest box

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Welcome!!! Feel free to jump in ask any questions! Someone is usually around to help out.

 

[Chickielady]

HI CCG!!!!!!!!!!!

HI TAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye for now, gonna go watch a movie!!

 

[SadieSue]

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. Hi neighbor! I'm in UP. I have visited Gardensphere and plan on going on the coop tour. So I'm guessing from your screen name that you do not currently have chickens but are thinking of getting some? You've come to the right place. This thread is full of enablers!

 

[TheReidHomestead]

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Hi Back at ya! Stay dry! I just had a little nappy.

This weather is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo depressing.