Chicken/egg question

[user 7704]

Put the new hen in with the others after dark. It seems to help. Also, if they pick on her too much, sew her up a little chicken saddle to protect her. These work for me every time!

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Did you make those? So cute.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

My saddle did not work. May be design but worthless

The saddle has to be the right size and most importantly, the elastic the correct length under the wings. I adjust mine if they don’t stay on. Have put these on about 8 hens now. They hate them at first, but then by the following day, they are fine.

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Did you make those? So cute.

No, just found that for a picture. They are easy to make though. Never use red material. Hens will peck more.

 

[user 7704]

No, just found that for a picture. They are easy to make though. Never use red material. Hens will peck more.

Yeah, I read it looks like blood and the are cannibals

 

[user 7704]

I caught a black cat in my cage last night. It was not happy when I tried to let it out. Lots of hissing going on. It finally ran out and hit the woods. I had baited the cage with cat food and marshmallows.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Got started on the new chicken run today. Basically all I have done so far is to put a few wood posts in and hang a gate.

 

[user 7704]

After losing one baby chick, the other 10 are starting to get true feathers on their wing tips.

 

[Mountain trapper]

It's a beautiful day here, temp about 60 degs and partly sunny.
Dug a few more post holes for the new chicken run. Only have 3 more wooden posts to put in, hang another gate, brace the corners, drive in the T posts and put up the wire. Looks like I'll be about 300 feet short on the wire. I'm putting up 5' of 2"×4" woven wire and 2 strands of barb wire around the run.
Our new ducks and chick's will start showing up next week.
Looks like we have another storm blowing in from the west.

 

[poltiregist]

Out tending to pigeons and chickens this morning suddenly hear a loud deep boom . I stopped and listened . Was that an Nuclear Bomb ? I waited to see if there was that afterward rushing sound that follows a Nuclear blast but didn't pick up any afterward noise . The ground I noticed didn't seem to be shaking . Next thought , that it might be an EMP but I could verify that when I returned to the house and checked to see if the power grid was still up . After a few moments thought considered it could be thunder from a storm . Well my last guess was correct . We got a heavy rain . The rain was much appreciated .

 

[Psalm7]

I kill a lot of varmints just by walking around the chicken house at night with a scoped 22 and flashlight . I also have a chair and table set up at a distance and a motion light at one end of the chicken house . Light comes on and I've got rifle pointed in the right direction with a good rest to shoot from .
Best remedy is a few traps but My Wife has a few cats she feeds so I can't trap close to the house .

 

[user 7704]

I have motion lights too.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Get rid of the cats and use the traps.

 

[user 7704]

Get rid of the cats and use the traps.

Or, like me. I caught a cat.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Or, like me. I caught a cat.

They're easier to shoot that way.

 

[Psalm7]

Get rid of the cats and use the traps.

If My Wife wants cats . She can have cats .

 

[Mountain trapper]

Fortunately any neighbor that might have cats live too far away for them to wander over here. I already have enough pests to shoot, trap and poison.

 

[user 7704]

Arctic, cats are good. Keep mice, snakes etc away. They will curl around your feet when you walk and trip you, they make biscuit on your chest that feel good until they use their claws,

 

[Survivor_316]

If My Wife wants cats . She can have cats .

Happy wife, happy life they say.

Cats are not my thing but I can't resist giving them a good scratch when they're at others' houses. They can be sweet... or little monsters.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Arctic, cats are good. Keep mice, snakes etc away. They will curl around your feet when you walk and trip you, they make biscuit on your chest that feel good until they use their claws,

There's only 2 cats I ever liked, a friend of ours has a Siberian lynx, and another friend had a couple Bengal cats. They were never allowed to run loose.

 

[user 7704]

Hey Arctic, you are wrong. Lol. Cats rule

 

[poltiregist]

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[Mountain trapper]

Hey Arctic, you are wrong. Lol. Cats rule

I'd expect that coming from a woman. Cats suck, dogs rule. Everybody knows that.

 

[user 7704]

Every year, the air show wrecks my egg production. I have two eggs today.

 

[user 7704]

I'd expect that coming from a woman. Cats suck, dogs rule. Everybody knows that.

Mine sleep on the same bed.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Mine sleep on the same bed.

Please don't say that out loud. Someone here might think you're whack-a-doodle.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

I will settle this cat debate.

Cats have a place. It’s in the barn doing what they are good at, catching mice and birds. If they are friendly, thats a plus..

 

[Mountain trapper]

Strombergs has Red Sex Link chick's on sale for 30% off. Good time to get some.

 

[user 7704]

I have enough with the 11 new chick's I bought. Brings my total up to 22 hens and 2 roosters.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Our ducks are supposed to arrive at the post office today. I think the chick's show up next week. It's still getting cold at night, so we'll have to setup the brooder in the shop. The wife wants to start them in the house.

 

[user 7704]

Our ducks are supposed to arrive at the post office today. I think the chick's show up next week. It's still getting cold at night, so we'll have to setup the brooder in the shop. The wife wants to start them in the house.

I have had chick's in the laundry and it was a mistake. Chicken dust ended up everywhere.