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we hatched 17 out of 30 chicks since Fri. all the eggs where set over 3 days so hopefully the last 13 will get going tonight, had 100% from the first 2 days that we set, now working on day 3. all are Ameraucanas and mixes that a friend let me try for my first hatch. i have 1 turkey due next week and ducks,turkeys,and chicks due in 3 weeks. If anybody is looking for birds in the Forsyth area let me know. lots of chicken nuggets running around.
 
Hi guys! Sorry I've been MIA. Property hunting, farm sitting, getting kidnapped and taken to a rabbit show, 3 kids and a husband makes for zero internet time.
Did ya miss me? What's new and exciting?
 
abmaddox1981 said:
Hi guys! Sorry I've been MIA. Property hunting, farm sitting, getting kidnapped and taken to a rabbit show, 3 kids and a husband makes for zero internet time.
Did ya miss me? What's new and exciting?
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Everything and nothing. I lost Skeeter. :(

Actually, I've lost d*mn near every adult chicken I had except the Sumatras, one tiny bantam hen, and two frizzles. That's all I really have now! Plus babies are dying left and right.

But I got two Royal Palm poults, doing fine. And the geese and ducks are fine.
 
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I learned something important this morning:

Never trust your brother or brother-in-law, who have never used a spring trap before, to tell you how to secure it.


We went with an 8-inch-long, 3/4-inch wide "nail" and staked it to the ground. The area there is soft from forest mulch decaying over the years, with red clay below that. I figured maybe they were right - if we got low enough with the stake and hit the red clay.


Nope!
That trap sure as hell caught something this morning. And whatever it caught, disappeared with the entire trap, chain, stake, and all! There is no evidence of any of it left! So now there is some fox, coyote, possum, raccoon, SOMETHING running around with MY TRAP stuck to it's **** leg! And I doubt it would keep the stupid animal from coming back after chickens anyway, so I guess that was pointless.
 
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Sorry about the losses. Is it predators or what? Were the chickies from McMurray? I think I'm done with them.
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All except two of my McMurray chicks passed away. But ever since then, I've lost almost all of the chicks I have hatched out too. I've got five dead chicks at the GA Poultry Lab, waiting on a necropsy.

The adults disappeared with predators. Skeeter was taken by a fox. He put up a huge fight though, because his feathers were EVERYWHERE. I counted at least five piles in my back yard, two in the neighbors yard, and one on the side of the house. When he disappeared, I decided I'm giving up on everything except these remaining eggs in the incubator, until next Spring. I've started building new pens already, and set out a new spring-trap (better for catching foxes) but see my last post for details about that one...
 
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There should be a ring at the end of the chain that you put a strong metal wire through. Then you tie the other end to a limb or sapling that is strong enough to hold it. The tree/limb should have enough give to move as the animal pulls it. I don't know where you got your trap but you can get a leg trap like that at a lot of your older hardware stores for around $10. I have 3 that I bought locally but can't use because I don't want to catch neighbor's kids or dogs.
 
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There should be a ring at the end of the chain that you put a strong metal wire through. Then you tie the other end to a limb or sapling that is strong enough to hold it. The tree/limb should have enough give to move as the animal pulls it. I don't know where you got your trap but you can get a leg trap like that at a lot of your older hardware stores for around $10. I have 3 that I bought locally but can't use because I don't want to catch neighbor's kids or dogs.
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I got mine from Amazon. Roughly the same price, but it still sucks that it's gone.

They put the giant nail through that ring on the end of the chain - although the "ring" was shaped more like a stretched-out D. The only thing really in this area is either small saplings that would never hold it, or large trees that would not move. Well, that or concrete well housing of a well that isn't used anymore. But I'm really tempted to try that. I guess this little thing was smart when he chose the path onto our property, because that's EXACTLY where I put the trap.
 

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