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spread mealworms on it, their need for chicken crack overrides distrust
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For the first time in 8 years, 8 months and three weeks, Pip drank tea from a cup (I had placed down in reach of her beak). It was cold tea and I think she liked it considering how long she was drinking from it. Pip then turned around and pooped into the cup. Update: Pip has refused a new cup of tea. spookygonk fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Sep 19, 2020 |
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Sep 19, 2020 14:01
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Pooping in food or drink is the chicken way of showing approval
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Sep 19, 2020 18:09
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hope and vaseline posted:spread mealworms on it, their need for chicken crack overrides distrust I tried this. They managed to hop up high enough to snag the mealies without actually landing on the perch. Silly birbs.
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snake and bake posted:I tried this. They managed to hop up high enough to snag the mealies without actually landing on the perch. Silly birbs.  in other news...  
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Sep 20, 2020 00:27
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Trying to will tasty treats from the earthen loam.
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Sep 20, 2020 08:02
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Hey guys, I've got 4 ISA Browns that live in a large roll around pen in my backyard (they have to be in a pen because we have hawks, coyotes, racoons, and neighborhood pets). The weather is starting to get cold and I'm wondering what to offer them to keep warm. They've got a couple of those plastic nesting boxes but I'm thinking of building them an actual enclosed box that's large/long enough for all four of them to roost in at night. Currently they just roost on a bar near the roof of their enclosure that's not enclosed. I need to know if an enclosed roost with lots of nesting straw would be enough to keep them warm, or if I should put some kind of heating element in the floor? The temps here get down to the single digits F. Thank you ahead of time!
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Sep 21, 2020 15:13
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Is it known for hens to mount another hen, or do I have a surprise silkie rooster on my hands? E: okay I found this: http://www.scoopfromthecoop.com/why-do-hens-crouch-when-approached/ which explains the behavior. Still learning! LuckyCat fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Sep 21, 2020 23:00
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spacetoaster posted:Hey guys, I've got 4 ISA Browns that live in a large roll around pen in my backyard (they have to be in a pen because we have hawks, coyotes, racoons, and neighborhood pets). The weather is starting to get cold and I'm wondering what to offer them to keep warm. You don’t need heat, just make sure the box is vented. You don’t want wind blowing on them but you don’t want to trap the moisture in there
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Sep 22, 2020 02:05
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Errant Gin Monks posted:You don’t need heat, just make sure the box is vented. You don’t want wind blowing on them but you don’t want to trap the moisture in there Ok, thanks. I didn't know if chickens were that cold tolerant. Also, those browns lay 2 large eggs a day. We're getting swamped.
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Sep 22, 2020 02:14
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I started selling my extra eggs via NextDoor and Craigslist. It’s nice to get a few extra $ now and then. I really need to call my local food bank and see if I can donate eggs through their program. In other news, I’ve just seen what looks like scaly leg mites on my Brahmas.  I am going to try the gasoline method but with rubbing alcohol instead. My local sparrows are still hanging around and they must be covered with parasites, based on how many my chickens have caught. What a pain!
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Sep 22, 2020 02:54
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 That white chicken on the left, I think she’s a Pearl White Leghorn, has a weird neck. Looking back at my photos, she may have always held her head like this but I didn’t notice because with others do that sometimes. I felt it last night and it seems to be the same length as the other chicks’ necks but it doesn’t seem like she can straighten it fully. She can turn it fine, so it doesn’t seem to hinder her much. Obviously she is similar in size to the others and just as active so I don’t think it’s a big issue but it is strange. Has anyone seen this before?
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Sep 25, 2020 02:20
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a new experience for the quail:
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the apex predator. master of his domain. king of the meadow
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fauna posted:the apex predator. master of his domain. king of the meadow Is that an ant?
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Is that an ant? /squints With those log legs, probably a gnat or mosquito.
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Is that an ant? 
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Sep 27, 2020 02:01
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I posted a while back about my neighbor calling code enforcement over my chickens. Recently he came over waving a paper from his insurance company and insisting that I needed to remove a dead tree that, while I think it is on the property line, he thinks is all mine. He said he'd allow access to the crew, and I decided I'd have it cut down so as to minimize my interaction with this doofus. While I was waiting to get scheduled from my tree guy, dumbass neighbor decided he wouldn't allow access, costing me another $300, because he was worried that there would be sawdust left over and that the logs would damage his BACK lawn. I think I'm gonna leave dog poo poo scooping bucket out in the rain and then pour it on his side of the fence. Also I might dump a wheelbarrow full of chicken crap on his front porch.
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That's fine, move the property line 3 yards towards his side all the way along and tell him that he told you that this was ok.
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Huge panicked BKAWK chicken noises. I go out to see which dog is attacking them. Nope, they're all freaking out because a squirrel is shouting at them. One of them jumped into my arms for pets while I stood under the tree and shouted at the squirrel to go away, quite surreal.
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We've finally got chickens again!  It feels like the start of lockdown when the previous 3 got foxed was years ago instead of just 5 months, and it probably feels even longer for my partner who insisted indulging her compulsions and doing as much of the labour herself as possible. But today we reintroduced a new set of 3 to the new coop setup. 2 Hyline (Petal & Cheddar), and 1 Copper Black (Mabel). They're ~8 weeks away from laying so they're all gangly, curious, awkwardly big-footed and I love them. They even figured out putting themselves to bed in the correct place. 
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Sep 27, 2020 19:16
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Hylines are excellent layers, I have four and they don't often miss a day.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/nathanwpyle/status/1309652571271856129
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it's about time birbs were recognised as a home decor essential we're halfway through spring now and the quail are still in suspended animation. no eggs, no crowing. they know they're under no obligations whatsoever to earn their keep e: matzo got butcherbirded a few days ago  he was getting bold and exploring the furthest reaches of the garden - the others never stray far from cover. although his timing wasn't quite right, i choose to believe he offered himself up as sacrifice for yom kippur, and died for my sinson the second morning of his time here, as a tiny chick, matzo escaped from the brooder box in the garage and i found him on the concrete floor, almost dead from cold, trying to snuggle up for warmth to the front tyre of mum's car. it was then that i knew he wasn't long for this world anyway, this is where i give up on free-ranging the quail. it cannot work. quail life is sacred and there has been too much death fauna fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Sep 29, 2020 |
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fauna posted:it's about time birbs were recognised as a home decor essential Oh that poor thing. At least he lived as a brave, happy animal who explored his yard like a limitless kingdom of excitement and treats. Matzo, you will be missed.
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It's starting to get cold and dark here so all the chickens around us are going off lay now. Ours are making themselves extra floofy but still laying for now. Bees are already getting ready for winter and so are the birds.
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Captain Log posted:Oh that poor thing. At least he lived as a brave, happy animal who explored his yard like a limitless kingdom of excitement and treats. i've lost nine birds this year. in the three previous years put together i lost six, so it's pretty crushing. five of those died because of my insistence on letting them roam around, and now i've realised it was never going to work, i feel like such an rear end in a top hat for wasting those lives. they love being out of the coop and having their freedom, but it's just not worth all the terrible ways it can go wrong, and there is no way to make it completely safe for them. they're too silly and too delicious. i'm so sorry, little guys this last loss kind of brought it home to me that even though i think i'm doing it for the quails' benefit, i've had more than enough evidence now that free-ranging them is impossible and i'm not all that different to idiot cat owners who let their pets go out murdering and being murdered because "they want to be free" the remaining seven i will protect with my life. the coops have been enriched, and they will never be allowed outside again without direct supervision. i feel like i've made this post before, but this time i'm serious, i will die for the quail! the only way i can atone for my sins is to enable many more tiny idiots to have long, happy lives. 
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losing quail to predators is particularly traumatic, i don't know of any other animals that get so consistently decapitated
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So sorry, fauna. I’ve been pretty lucky with my chickens so far, only one predator attack. I think a lot of that comes from keeping a watchful rooster and from having some huge chickens. My colony rabbits have had one predator attack also, and without a big protector, the predator (feral cat?) was able to eat on the victim for a while  I think I’m about done with meat rabbits anyway. Chickens are a lot easier to catch for doctoring or culling, and they give eggs every day. I “only” have 24 rabbits left so once I’m down to my favorites they will just be outdoor pets.
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fauna posted:losing quail to predators is particularly traumatic, i don't know of any other animals that get so consistently decapitated  you're a great quail friend and a great person
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 dear Matzo, beautiful golden birb
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fauna posted:i've lost nine birds this year. . Oh that's sad. RIP Matzo.
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I'm so sorry, fauna. Don't be too hard on yourself, you are an amazing friend of the mysterious quail.
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 Oh no, not Matzo! Balls to being so hard on yourself, fauna. You're trying your best with the most fragile of lifeforms, and they obviously enjoy their time in your loving care.
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 Some little girls practicing being big girls. In order front to back, Easter egger (Sphinx), blue laced red Wyandotte, exchequer leghorn (Checkers), cuckoo marans, brown leghorn. Errant Gin Monks fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Sep 29, 2020 |
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thanks for the support, all. i am still a vessel filled with shame and disgrace, but going forward my mission in life is to see every member of my flock live joyously to at least seven years old (unless they make the personal choice to die in some ridiculous way)
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Hi thread. Posted a couple weeks back with a sick chick, who got washed and iodined for a few days and is now thriving. Currently finishing up building the coop so the now-6-week-old chicks can at least spend their days in it until they're big enough to actually live in it, Just planning to not put in the ramp to the hen house until they're ready and give them a little shelter in the corner. They're about the size of a junior nerf football at this point and rapidly outgrowing their coffin-sized pen. My kids took them out to play on the lawn over the weekend and they did a great job. One of them even caught her first worm. But what I'm learning is the thread title should be "Backyard Chicken Keeping: There's Poop Everywhere!"
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stealie72 posted:Hi thread. Yes birds poo poo everywhere. It’s really pretty impressive how much poo poo they can create and where they can deposit it.
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stealie72 posted:Hi thread.  stealie72 posted:But what I'm learning is the thread title should be "Backyard Chicken Keeping: There's Poop Everywhere!" Here you go, and there's photos too! https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0 
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