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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | You guys are so lucky to be able to have them....i would love to have some geese and ducks and chickens......but it would have the yard full of wolves and coyote so fast.....M |
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| mruggles - 2015-04-17 8:43 AM You guys are so lucky to be able to have them....i would love to have some geese and ducks and chickens......but it would have the yard full of wolves and coyote so fast.....M
I imagine we will have coyotes... lol dad doesn't know yet. But I'm going to be getting a peraneese( sp? ) pup. Also, a goat. I'm redoing a dog pen for when they're old enough to go outside. wrapping it in chicken wire, covering the top witha weather top, building high perch posts and nesting boxes for the top all the way around.
I was told goats are good with chickens because not much will mess with them. I was also told if you put crushed red pepper around the perimeter of the coops it keeps snakes,rats, possums and coyotes out. The snakes dont like it on their skin, and the rest have sensitive noses. |
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-04-17 9:16 AM My daughters chick
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| Picked up 2 more duckling yesterday so that makes 6 ducklings and of course I have the one fully grown. Got 6 chicks yesterday too but they all died last night .. :-( I knew we needed a heat lamp but the gal at tsc told me they'd be just fine with lots of bedding. I'm not doing chickens again.. my ducks look to be doing great ... |
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| want2chase3 - 2015-04-17 9:34 AM Picked up 2 more duckling yesterday so that makes 6 ducklings and of course I have the one fully grown. Got 6 chicks yesterday too but they all died last night .. :-( I knew we needed a heat lamp but the gal at tsc told me they'd be just fine with lots of bedding. I'm not doing chickens again.. my ducks look to be doing great ...
Yea heat lamp is a must. Or a heating pad covered with towl. They don't produce enough body heat to live without one. I love my chicks. LOL but they'll be staying inside until completely feather... boy they stink. LOL I sleep with my windows wide open, and my door with the screen closed!!
And I clean their box every two days, plus change it once a week. Little boogers are spoiled rotten. |
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| americanpride08 - 2015-04-17 9:49 AM
want2chase3 - 2015-04-17 9:34 AM Picked up 2 more duckling yesterday so that makes 6 ducklings and of course I have the one fully grown. Got 6 chicks yesterday too but they all died last night .. :-( I knew we needed a heat lamp but the gal at tsc told me they'd be just fine with lots of bedding. I'm not doing chickens again.. my ducks look to be doing great ...
Yea heat lamp is a must. Or a heating pad covered with towl. They don't produce enough body heat to live without one. I love my chicks. LOL but they'll be staying inside until completely feather... boy they stink. LOL I sleep with my windows wide open, and my door with the screen closed!!
And I clean their box every two days, plus change it once a week. Little boogers are spoiled rotten.
These chicks didn't look very good to me when we got them home. Bummer though I was super sad this morning. To be safe I'm bringing in my ducklings tonight into my mud room in their crate. Supposed to be lower 30's tonight and windy. |
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| Ahhhh cute lil guys ... My first banties were black rosecombs - They were gorgeous and I showed them for years. We raised chicks out of them as well as Mom's Rhode Island Reds. I can't wait to get our hutch built so I can get some now! |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Southtxponygirl - 2015-04-16 8:05 PM komet. - 2015-04-16 9:56 PM ~BINGO~ - 2015-04-04 12:33 PM We just got two little Turkey. Does that count? We're also incubating eggs from our hens. But we're at about day 23... So I'm a little nervous they aren't going to hatch. You DO have a rooster right? Those are required... 
So, is that my problem? I needed a Rooster???
...................................................Just playing. YES, I have a Roo. A big, mean Buff Orphington who chases our daughter and eats the dogs food as they (mastiffs) watch from a safe distance. We ended up hatching 3 babies. One was never "right" and passed. But the other two are fat and fluffy. Day 6 into a second incubation. Crossed fingers for a better hatch rate. LOVE little baby chicks. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ~BINGO~ - 2015-04-17 10:26 AM Southtxponygirl - 2015-04-16 8:05 PM komet. - 2015-04-16 9:56 PM ~BINGO~ - 2015-04-04 12:33 PM We just got two little Turkey. Does that count? We're also incubating eggs from our hens. But we're at about day 23... So I'm a little nervous they aren't going to hatch. You DO have a rooster right? Those are required...
...................................................Just playing. YES, I have a Roo. A big, mean Buff Orphington who chases our daughter and eats the dogs food as they (mastiffs) watch from a safe distance. We ended up hatching 3 babies. One was never "right" and passed. But the other two are fat and fluffy. Day 6 into a second incubation. Crossed fingers for a better hatch rate. LOVE little baby chicks.
LOL, love  and its always fun when we can joke around with it other.
Boy that Rooster must be one heck of a bada** to take over the dogs food. But then again my hens rule the roost out here too, all the cats and dogs give them space and let them have their food if the Hens like. I have no rooster for that reason of being mean when it comes to kido's.
Goodluck on your chicks hatching, I love watching they are so dang cute. So fingers crossed
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Location: North Dakota | Ugh I'm in TSC just about every other day and those gosh darn babies are so cute. I live in an apartment though so...bad idea. BUT after the house gets built I want some Guinea Fowl! |
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| cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-04-17 5:56 PM Ugh I'm in TSC just about every other day and those gosh darn babies are so cute. I live in an apartment though so...bad idea. BUT after the house gets built I want some Guinea Fowl!
lol dad asked me where the turkeys were at... might be able to get away with sneaking a few of those in with the chickens |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I made it almost all the way through Chick Days without any chicks and then I brought home 4 black australorps and 2 rhode island reds last week. Oops! Our last shipment is the 22nd so the temptation will be gone after that haha
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-04-17 9:16 AM My daughters chick
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| livexlovexrodeo - 2015-04-17 10:56 PM I made it almost all the way through Chick Days without any chicks and then I brought home 4 black australorps and 2 rhode island reds last week. Oops! Our last shipment is the 22nd so the temptation will be gone after that haha
Lol... I'm lucky I've only come out with 16... I've been wanting chickens forever it seems like. |
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Location: Red Raiderland | mruggles - 2015-04-17 8:43 AM You guys are so lucky to be able to have them....i would love to have some geese and ducks and chickens......but it would have the yard full of wolves and coyote so fast.....M
We would have the same problem except for no wolves but we would have the racoons going bonkers over them. I still want to build a "Fort Knox"(TM-GraciousLegacy) coop and see how it goes. Heck, I have to worry that my kitties don't go too far from the barn/shop, it's WILD out here!
I would love ducks for our tank but that would truly end in disaster. The coyotes are sooo thick this year. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Kaycee - 2015-04-17 10:18 PM mruggles - 2015-04-17 8:43 AM You guys are so lucky to be able to have them....i would love to have some geese and ducks and chickens......but it would have the yard full of wolves and coyote so fast.....M We would have the same problem except for no wolves but we would have the racoons going bonkers over them. I still want to build a "Fort Knox"(TM-GraciousLegacy) coop and see how it goes. Heck, I have to worry that my kitties don't go too far from the barn/shop, it's WILD out here!
I would love ducks for our tank but that would truly end in disaster. The coyotes are sooo thick this year.
We have coons, coyotes, foxes, eagles and a lot of hawks and so far in the 4yrs we have had chickens, we haven't lost one to a wild critter. Mostly the horse water tank. If it isn't tip top full they fall in getting a drink. They always have water in their coop too :( We also religiously lock them up every night right at dark and if we are going to be gone, they can only go from the coop to their chicken wire pen. It also has a wire roof. |
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Location: Montana | americanpride08 - 2015-04-17 8:20 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-04-17 9:16 AM My daughters chick OMGOSH!!!! did ya'll dye it!?
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | mtcanchazer - 2015-04-18 11:26 AM americanpride08 - 2015-04-17 8:20 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-04-17 9:16 AM My daughters chick OMGOSH!!!! did ya'll dye it!?
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Location: Kansas | they actually dye the eggs in food coloring, so when the chick hatches...it's that color. 100% safe lol |
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