Hey Y'all
Still loving my buffs. I don't know if I can ever get another breed after these ones. They are so cute and quiet. I had to move them inside the garage for a night due to noticing some big flaws in construction. Finishing a chicken coop in the dark, with little light, is a bad idea! It's was God's divine intervention that they lasted that first night.
I also ran into a piece of our gate the night I bought them in. I thought I saw a coon on the roof of the coop. It was a part of the roof that I wanted to fix and I thought a coon saw the spot because it was walking on the roof. I tried to back into the backyard with my SUV but backing in with a SUV isn't my best skill I guess. I just started driving my dad's SUV after his recent passing. WELL we now have a bent, kinda off of the hinges gate door.
Anyway I was rushing back there to save my chickens. I realize that I didn't have any weapon to get the coon with because we don't have any guns in our new home yet. Ironically, the night before my boyfriend was just saying we need to get some for any predators we encounter in our yard. My solution to this was to tell my mom, who was over visiting,to jump in my the truck with me. She was like "what am I going to do???", I said idk just get in so I don't have to be by myself. It's a coon on the roof and it's going to kill them all!
After rushing back there....I realize it was the big gray and black cat from the neighbor's house. We laughed and told the cat to get. The cat somehow forgot how to get down. We then awkwardly helped the enemy get back home with encouragement.
This chicken owning is a wild ride.
BTW, what's the rules for owning quails only for eggs? I called different departments in GA and each of them only said I need a license if I'm breeding or releasing. The state vet office told me to check with my city to see but my city ordinances doesn't mention anything past chickens. That could be my searching skills. Can somebody help me with this? There's a ranch near by the sales goats, chickens, and quail. I asked the owner about Stockbridge ordinances but he lives in Rockdale so he only knows about their rules. My next bird venture is quail owning. I want their eggs for personal consumption and may sell some eggs too.
I have no luck getting pullets with straight run. So if anyone needs a silver laced wyandotte or barnavelder cockerel, let me know. I don't want to process them when they are so pretty. But I'll have no use for them in a few weeks.
