NoMorePatsy
Hatching
- Jan 19, 2017
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I just interrupted a possum in the act of massacre and I am sooo annoyed! these girls are about to start laying (brown sex linked and easter-eggers) and I raised them from 1 day old. Now, I put the 6 survivors in a dog kennel in the shed, I have 4 unaccounted for (including the 2 roosters) and it's dark, cold and wet. I know I will have to do a deep clean of the coop this weekend, but how do I ever get the survivors to go back to and accept the coop? In the past when I've had a small flock like this be traumatized (severe flooding, predator attack) they have gone feral and gone to roosting in trees, not laying where I can find the eggs, and then getting picked off slowly by predators. anybody have any hints? this of course is the worst of all weather here, continuous rain on top of ice and I have to work tomorrow. My set up is a nice raised wooden coop to which I've attached a chain link dog run, which I leave open for them to roam the farm during the day and close at night (just not early enough apparently tonight).
thank you for any advice,
thank you for any advice,