Arcticdude
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Little Black Chick?
Chicken/egg question
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She took a picture of my rooster and called it a big black cock. I told her absolutely not.
are as bad as my daughter.
She took a picture of my rooster and called it a big black cock. I told her absolutely not.
When I went to check the chicks and mom in the apartment, the bottom had a large hole. The water damage from the main coop has damaged the apartment.
Spent my morning disassembling the apartment and trying to patch any holes going into the main coop.
It's a warm day and didn't take long for me to realize I need a helper. Looks like the 2x4 we ran across the back side was a bad one. It rotted, therefore the walls and flooring rotted to. Going to be too much for me to do alone. I will clean all the sand out and scrub in down so that it won't smell like poop. Hopefully we can have it done in one day so they will be able to roost in the coop.
We are going to have good weather so now I just have to find a worker. Sorry, I'm tired and rambling.
Spent my morning disassembling the apartment and trying to patch any holes going into the main coop.
It's a warm day and didn't take long for me to realize I need a helper. Looks like the 2x4 we ran across the back side was a bad one. It rotted, therefore the walls and flooring rotted to. Going to be too much for me to do alone. I will clean all the sand out and scrub in down so that it won't smell like poop. Hopefully we can have it done in one day so they will be able to roost in the coop.
We are going to have good weather so now I just have to find a worker. Sorry, I'm tired and rambling.
Arcticdude
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Are you using pressure treated lumber for your floor joists, and anything else that comes in contact with the ground? I'm not sure that sand is the best medium to use on your coop floor. It may hold all the moisture in against the wood. We use pine shavings or straw on the floor in our coops and the wood is always dry when we clean out the coop. Only takes about 15 minutes to clean the floor too.
Pressure treated wood
Nothing touching ground
No water inside coop
It's a mystery
Nothing touching ground
No water inside coop
It's a mystery
Arcticdude
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A couple days ago one of our ducks went missing. I looked around and found it dead and frozen inside of a 5 gallon bucket of water. Appearently it got in the bucket and couldn't get out. I chipped it out of the ice and got busy doing something else and the dog ran off with the carcass. He probably buried it somewhere.
Had to take son to his Best Buddies meeting last night. I had to leave coop door open till 9:45 . I was terrified for the babies. They made it inside, but couldn't get up into a box. I left them on the floor with the mom.
When you have animals, it's a 24/7 job. Many don't understand that.
When you have animals, it's a 24/7 job. Many don't understand that.
Went to open coop about 6:30 a.m.and on way back no see a snake about 4 ft long. That's big for here. His head was stuck in the deer netting and coyldnt be saved. (Hahaha I just put that for PETA) .
I hate snakes
I hate snakes
Yep. That's it. I measures and its definitely big for my house. 4 ft
Arcticdude
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That's a big snake Robin. You could make a belt out of it.
The advantage of our cold weather is I don't have to worry about rattlesnakes until spring.
It was cool for here last night (in the mid 50s) I'm guessing thatbif he wasn't trapped he would be someplace warmer
Something killed one of my hens today while she was free ranging.
Odd part is, they didn't eat any of her. Openened her abdomen and pulled out the intestines, but didn't eat any of her.
This leaves out foxes, raccoons, and possums. I guess I will leave them in the run tomorrow. That's tricky too because I found one of my youngest is a rooster. Three roosters is too many. He is going to become chicken soup for one of my customers on Saturday. (If I can catch him as soon as they awaken). Not a very friendly chicken.
Odd part is, they didn't eat any of her. Openened her abdomen and pulled out the intestines, but didn't eat any of her.
This leaves out foxes, raccoons, and possums. I guess I will leave them in the run tomorrow. That's tricky too because I found one of my youngest is a rooster. Three roosters is too many. He is going to become chicken soup for one of my customers on Saturday. (If I can catch him as soon as they awaken). Not a very friendly chicken.
Did you check to see if the liver was missing? Some predators go straight for the liver.
My guess is a weasel.
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Do we have weasels? Never seen one. Would it be fast enough to chase a chicken ?
Thanks for they input. Google weasel
Not many weasels in Tennessee, but they eat the head first. Her head was intact.
I just picked up the intestines and put them in a bag. Probably wouldn't know a liver if I saw it.
I just picked up the intestines and put them in a bag. Probably wouldn't know a liver if I saw it.
They are almost everywhere in the US, at least in the lower 48. Rarely seen, they keep to the bushes and stay out of sight, usually only coming out at night. We've caught them on game cams - always at night, and even then they don't come out in the open often. They are known to pull out the intestines of chickens.
tmttactical
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Very good info DrHenley. Another reason for NV Scope.
Look for puncture wounds in the back or under the wings . Could have been a hawk and it was spooked off but not big enough to carry her away .
