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[Chickielady]

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A piece of duct tape over the hole will work, spary foam has formaldehyde fumes that emit forever..not good in an incubator.

 

[Chickielady]

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You should get regular BOs or some BOs with light gold neck & saddle hackle.
They would all be the BO & BR body type.

 

[Chickielady]

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I doubt a bear got your chicken.chickens are fast, bears are not fast enough to get a chicken unless the bird is cornered and has no where to go.
I would bet coyotes got your bird (or a domestic dog)
But the bear may well be there too...they say they are very hungry, raccons too, nothing is growing well to provide them food.
If they are hungry, coons are hungry, coyotes will be hungry too.
What am I saying, coyotes are always hungry.
Even our bobcat came up & peed on our front door!
I have had coyotes try to take hens that were ON my porch, lucky I heard their distress call & came running just to see the coyote run away from within 5 feet of my front porch.
We trapped a racoon directly under our bedroom window last week.
But bears do not stalk & catch prey like a cat or dog can...they are big & slow.
They can catch a human though

Keep Alex indoors!!
Be careful & make alot of noise whenever any of you go outdoors.

 

[Ogress]

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I have a Black Java (9 months) that is fantastic & gorgeous.
And Ameraucanas:
Blue (very nice & friendly)
A Black (also very nice)
3 Wheatens..all cockerals, about 4-4 1/2 mos.
But I am awfully far away!
I love having Cockerals & "head" Cock birds in my flocks.
They are on red alert 24/7 to dangers.
They will attack to protect their hens while the hens run away.
He will 'herd' them and 'call' them in when necessary for feed or if he feels they have strayed too far.
If predators do attack, he will attack back.
He may succeed in scaring off a predator, or he may become a victim.
In this way, the hens hopfully get away to safety.

And it is easier to replace a Cock more so than a hen.
You also have the benefit of fertile eggs should you decide to hatch some, or have a hen go broody, perpetual flock replacements.

If there is "danger" outside, day or night, even if it is a flap of a tarp, my Cock birds sound the alarm, and I run outside, and every hen & chick will be inside their coops, while the Cocks stand outside crowing their 'alarm' calls.

Mine may not be good at protecting the flock, or maybe it is something that comes with age. Both were up near the house with the 2 orpington pullets and the Sussex hen (all my plus-sized chickens) when the hens were in the orchard scratching at the new compost pile when something took one of the hens last night. When they saw the panicked hens run in from the orchard, they ran with them all to the window I was sitting near and were calling with them to get my attention! I'm keeping the chickens in their overed runs today. I think I'll go check on everyone now. It is very foggy out, pea soup - I was just out at the bus stop with Olivia when I saw a hunched over large black animal approach us through the fog. My heart skipped a beat, and then I saw it was just the neighbor's dog, sniffing the ground as he came up the hill!

 

[Chickielady]

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They came out perfect, thanks! 4 min on one side less than 3 on the other, cooked on the outside, red in the middle, just like I like it! Very tender because of the marinade, leftover from what I made to season the asparagus the other day. (soy sauce, hot chili oil, garlic, toasted sesame oil, pepper, brown sugar, ginger and hot chilli sauce)

Ooh, that marinade sounds yummy!!!!!!!!!!
I almost did the same thing with prawns last night, over jasmine rice.

 

[Chickielady]

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I have a Black Java (9 months) that is fantastic & gorgeous.
And Ameraucanas:
Blue (very nice & friendly)
A Black (also very nice)
3 Wheatens..all cockerals, about 4-4 1/2 mos.
But I am awfully far away!
I love having Cockerals & "head" Cock birds in my flocks.
They are on red alert 24/7 to dangers.
They will attack to protect their hens while the hens run away.
He will 'herd' them and 'call' them in when necessary for feed or if he feels they have strayed too far.
If predators do attack, he will attack back.
He may succeed in scaring off a predator, or he may become a victim.
In this way, the hens hopfully get away to safety.

And it is easier to replace a Cock more so than a hen.
You also have the benefit of fertile eggs should you decide to hatch some, or have a hen go broody, perpetual flock replacements.

If there is "danger" outside, day or night, even if it is a flap of a tarp, my Cock birds sound the alarm, and I run outside, and every hen & chick will be inside their coops, while the Cocks stand outside crowing their 'alarm' calls.

Mine may not be good at protecting the flock, or maybe it is something that comes with age. Both were up near the house with the 2 orpington pullets and the Sussex hen (all my plus-sized chickens) when the hens were in the orchard scratching at the new compost pile when something took one of the hens last night. When they saw the panicked hens run in from the orchard, they ran with them all to the window I was sitting near and were calling with them to get my attention! I'm keeping the chickens in their overed runs today. I think I'll go check on everyone now. It is very foggy out, pea soup - I was just out at the bus stop with Olivia when I saw a hunched over large black animal approach us through the fog. My heart skipped a beat, and then I saw it was just the neighbor's dog, sniffing the ground as he came up the hill!

When a predator is that fast & stealthy, a Cock bird will hopefully sound the alarm & run like heck!!
I'd say dog or coyotes.
I lock my birds up before dark.
Gawd the dark thing in the fog would scare the dickens!!!
Make you want to carry at least a big handgun to the bus stop!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Ogress. walk to the bus stop banging a big pot with a big wooden spoon!!!!!!!!!
The image in my mind is making me smile, but the idea of a bear loose in your neighborhood is not funny at all!

 

[Chickielady]

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WOW beautiful dogs!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

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Unfortunately, I am no help in the "dress up" department. I just glamour up my jeans and tennis shoes. Course there are not many dress-up places here in Omak anyway.

Except Wal-Mart and we all know how that works!

 

[Ogress]

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I doubt a bear got your chicken.chickens are fast, bears are not fast enough to get a chicken unless the bird is cornered and has no where to go.
I would bet coyotes got your bird (or a domestic dog)
But the bear may well be there too...they say they are very hungry, raccons too, nothing is growing well to provide them food.
If they are hungry, coons are hungry, coyotes will be hungry too.
What am I saying, coyotes are always hungry.
Even our bobcat came up & peed on our front door!
I have had coyotes try to take hens that were ON my porch, lucky I heard their distress call & came running just to see the coyote run away from within 5 feet of my front porch.
We trapped a racoon directly under our bedroom window last week.
But bears do not stalk & catch prey like a cat or dog can...they are big & slow.
They can catch a human though

Keep Alex indoors!!
Be careful & make alot of noise whenever any of you go outdoors.

I'm taking Shasta with me! (I think Willow would cower and hide behind me!) They were out in the yard the night before last, accidentally left their run door open. Willow had a bite mark on her face and a cut on her leg in the morning. That is why I was bathing them. Shasta and Willow usually get along, but they got into an aggressive spat over some spilled chicken feed that eveining about 2 feet away from me! Crazy dogs. Shastais usually the brave one, but Willow is pure muscle, so she always wins. Still Shasta managed to give Willow a bloody nose. I assume the cuts on her face happened at the same time as the bloody nose, but I had not noticed. I don't know what got into them to make them turn on each other like that.

With the neighbors, the bear always took the chickens at night, but would break into the coop anytime to raid the feed which they kept in metal garbage cans. I'm hoping my coop is sturdier!