YO GEORGIANS! :)

[mrsdszoo]

Get bleeped for what? Those two asses in the picture are very nice looking. Not as cute as mine though.

Is that like having multiple Chins?

 

[carcar80]

I can vouch for the adorableness of Robo's asses.

 

[ChickDancer]

look like Mallards

Yep, look like mallards to me, too.

 

[abmaddox1981]

I can vouch for the adorableness of Robo's asses.

Dear God, I've gone blind. Where's the mental eye bleach?

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Dear Lord!! I just got quite a scare a moment ago. Dad came inside to say he found a pile of feathers by the fence that separates our yard from the neighbor's, and that my girls were scattered all over the yard, including over the fence in the woods behind our house.

I was sure one of my girls was a goner. And I know who to blame - the neighbor's pit bull. Dad said she was hanging around earlier today (though this wasn't mentioned until AFTER the little episode) They don't take care of that dog, they just bred her recently, and she's skinny as a rail right now. She has spent time in our yard many times before. I've nailed her hiney with a pellet gun before, and it appears I must do so again.

Anyways, after rounding up everyone - which took several minutes (the silly girls got over the fence and couldn't figure out how to get back out again - I found the dog DID NOT kill one of the chickens. THANK GOD! But she took the entire tail off one of my hens, poor girl! That was the pile of feathers we found. I can only assume my awesome roo went into action and nailed that dog - I don't know how else to explain how she got away from that bull dog!

This has never happened before. I let my girls out to free range for an hour or so each afternoon, but only when I am at home. Let's just say I won't be free-ranging the girls for a while without supervision.

 

[GAchickennewbie]

Dear Lord!! I just got quite a scare a moment ago. Dad came inside to say he found a pile of feathers by the fence that separates our yard from the neighbor's, and that my girls were scattered all over the yard, including over the fence in the woods behind our house.

I was sure one of my girls was a goner. And I know who to blame - the neighbor's pit bull. Dad said she was hanging around earlier today (though this wasn't mentioned until AFTER the little episode) They don't take care of that dog, they just bred her recently, and she's skinny as a rail right now. She has spent time in our yard many times before. I've nailed her hiney with a pellet gun before, and it appears I must do so again.

Anyways, after rounding up everyone - which took several minutes (the silly girls got over the fence and couldn't figure out how to get back out again - I found the dog DID NOT kill one of the chickens. THANK GOD! But she took the entire tail off one of my hens, poor girl! That was the pile of feathers we found. I can only assume my awesome roo went into action and nailed that dog - I don't know how else to explain how she got away from that bull dog!

This has never happened before. I let my girls out to free range for an hour or so each afternoon, but only when I am at home. Let's just say I won't be free-ranging the girls for a while without supervision.

So glad everyone is okay!

Don't forget to nail the neighbor's hiney with the pellet gun, too! Owners that let their dogs run loose make me sick!

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Anyone had any luck changing mature hens over to a nipple waterer? Hubby made a couple but I'm scared to take out the old waterers as I haven't seen anyone using the new.

I even got down and showed/explained to them how the whole thing works. They just stood and looked at me like I was crazy!!

It took a few days, but mine got the hang of it. However, after 2 weeks of significant drop in egg production, I added the old waters along with the new nipple waterers. All the new chicks are trained on nipples, so once I've rotated all the older hens to the freezer, I can stop using the old waters (hopefully)

 

[GAMarans]

Carcar really likes our asses. She likes to play with them and brush them.

 

[GAchickennewbie]

Carcar really likes our asses. She likes to play with them and brush them.

rofl!

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

Quote:
Originally Posted by abmaddox1981

Okay guys. I have some horrid news, some awesome news and tentatively some super awesome news.

So the horrid news first: We recently found out we can not have fowl on our property. This lot is zoned C-1 Hwy Commercial. And you have to have a minimum 3acres for livestock or fowl.

AWESOME news: @debgal is allowing us to house the feathered critters on her property until we find another solution. She's awesome for letting us do this

The tentatively awesome news: We currently rent from my grandfather and he has said IF I can find some awesomely cheap property, he will purchase it so we can buy it back from him.
But this is why I've been pretty MIA lately.

WOW!!
Sorry you have to move, but SO glad to hear it may work out so quickly for you!! And way to go @debgal for being such a great foster-parent to your flock