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[Cowgirlgrace]

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Maybe a weasel? I hear they bite the chickens throat and drink the blood.

 

[Chickielady]

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It sounds like he was "fence fighting"
Mine do that, they fight through the fence with each other (not all, only some of my Cocks do it) and end up with bloodies combs/wattles which can be bad enough to drip on their breasts.
Maybe that was it ?

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Okay, not sure if you meant me TERESA or another TERESA....but I don't have any coffee right now or it WOULD be coming out of my nose.

 

[OvertheHenHouse]

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LOL!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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I guess I must be hoity toity. I don't buy blue tarps.

Well, maybe I am too then although I do use fishing nets. I just like things to look a certain way on my property. I'm not super picky about it but I try to keep things somewhat visually appealing. Blue tarps make my eyes cross.

I have/use lots of fishing net and few blue tarps. I do have a VERY good reason that I buy blue tarps. Because I CAN'T FIND THEM IN PINK !!! !

 

[Zgoatlady]

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Well, maybe I am too then although I do use fishing nets. I just like things to look a certain way on my property. I'm not super picky about it but I try to keep things somewhat visually appealing. Blue tarps make my eyes cross.

I have/use lots of fishing net and few blue tarps. I do have a VERY good reason that I buy blue tarps. Because I CAN'T FIND THEM IN PINK !!! !

 

[hallerlake]

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It sounds like he was "fence fighting"
Mine do that, they fight through the fence with each other (not all, only some of my Cocks do it) and end up with bloodies combs/wattles which can be bad enough to drip on their breasts.
Maybe that was it ?

The noise was coming from the wrong part of the yard. I'd have been able to see that from the window.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

BTW Sorry everybody for all the multi posts earlier. I have no idea what happened but I REPORTED CR to the mods for spamming!

I see they went back and cleaned part of it and it seems to be working ok now.

 

[T Hi]

Thank you all for the concern. I am alive. I just have a weak immune system and it has been even worse since being on chemo so I catch everything within a 5 mile radius.

Totalcolour, CR & DW, Mia you are all probably just fine. It can be a weak strain of whatever and it hits me like a ton of bricks.

Glad we got the underground chicken train completed before the Mack truck raneth me overeth! It would have not been a "good thing" if those silly chickens would have taught my beautiful ducks to cluck!!

Ok I've been up for 2 whole hours.... time to go horizontal.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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Interesting. Maybe having large flocks is different from having small flocks. My roosters know I'm bigger than they are without all that rigamarol.

That did seem too much work! I have 14 roos! Seems all they need is a (gentle)boot to the rear! They don't try anything again. Have a Bantam Cochin that was a bugger for a while and took him away from the hens and put him in a rabbit cage for a while. Was sweet as pie when I let him out a month later. Been 2 months and he is still nice but waiting for the Spring hormones to kick in. Then we'll see.