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McGiggins posted:Those are some big fat small things.
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Jul 24, 2018 09:11
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm fully expecting Moon Unit to randomly turn up alive and well within a week now, just to confuse you all the more. I had a hen go missing for six months. She came home with her band still around her leg. As i carried her to her cage, an owl dived me, grabbed her head and ripped it straight off her shoulders. Thankfully she brought eight new recruits with her (I don't know where she found them but she did!) so she had many replacements. I used to think she'd hatched a nest but that hen would actively try to eat her own eggs so I somewhat doubt it.
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Jul 24, 2018 18:29
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I had a hen go missing for six months. She came home with her band still around her leg. As i carried her to her cage, an owl dived me, grabbed her head and ripped it straight off her shoulders. Well that was a wild ride in 40 words.
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Jul 24, 2018 20:42
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spookygonk posted:Well that was a wild ride in 40 words. Quail are beautiful in every single way
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Jul 24, 2018 21:32
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I love this thread. 
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Jul 25, 2018 02:24
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The world of owning chickens and quails is a lot more of a rollercoaster than I ever knew 
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Malachite_Dragon posted:The world of owning chickens and quails is a lot more of a rollercoaster than I ever knew Earlier this year I had a chicken shove her head through three different fences (all very close together) to bite the electric fence wire on the other side. I honestly would not have believed her neck would stretch that far if you'd have told me it. It killed her obviously because it's strong enough to make the sheep jump if they touch it.
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Jul 25, 2018 02:32
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I had a hen go missing for six months. She came home with her band still around her leg. As i carried her to her cage, an owl dived me, grabbed her head and ripped it straight off her shoulders.
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Jul 25, 2018 02:41
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:I had a hen go missing for six months. She came home with her band still around her leg. As i carried her to her cage, an owl dived me, grabbed her head and ripped it straight off her shoulders. 
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Jul 25, 2018 11:51
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Can anyone tell me what bird this feather may have come from? I assume it must be a hawk of some sort. Probably goes without saying that I lost a chicken unfortunately.
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Jul 25, 2018 18:07
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Mozi posted:Can anyone tell me what bird this feather may have come from? broad-winged hawk tail feather in my opinion. it'll be back for more. https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/feather.php?Bird=BWHA_tail_imm this is where I'm getting broad-winged from, for the record. They're native to VT and it'd be about the right time for a juvenile to be hitting the ground running up there. Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Jul 26, 2018 |
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Jul 26, 2018 01:42
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Yep... that sounds about right - location, time, feather matches, and looking at pics of those hawks I know I've seen them in the area often. Thanks for the info. RIP Roger. I've ordered a bunch of fishing line and aviary netting - this isn't going to happen again. I thought they had enough cover but there are so many trees around I guess the hawk could just hide up there close by and wait for the perfect moment.
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Jul 26, 2018 13:40
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Narrator: But it was, in fact, going to happen again. In also seriousness though, consider that your hen is basically chicken fem-jesus, but more successful. She led her literal flock to the promised land of your yard, and paid the penultimate price for her efforts. If she raises from the dead though, I trust chicken-jesus will get the shovel.
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Jul 26, 2018 13:44
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Well this one was definitely going to be a big-rear end rooster (for a bantam, anyways) so I prefer to think he fought valiantly to save the others 
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Jul 26, 2018 13:46
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McGiggins posted:Narrator: But it was, in fact, going to happen again. I think you're right. She knew her days were numbered, but bought the flock home. Would make one hell of a movie.
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Jul 26, 2018 17:47
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Oh god it's poultry Homeward Bound but if Shadow actually died
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Jul 26, 2018 22:33
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If Shadow had appeared on top of the hill and then immediately keeled over, sure.
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Jul 27, 2018 04:45
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McGiggins posted:Narrator: But it was, in fact, going to happen again. If getting your head ripped off is the penultimate price, hens are more creative at getting killed than I thought.
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Jul 27, 2018 05:29
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Alright hawks, you like to eat my chickens, huh? Well why don't you try eating your own poo poo instead!   (It's hard to see but I strung up a ton of fishing line and put aviary netting over parts as well.)
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Jul 27, 2018 21:44
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Av, do you lock them up at night, or move the hutch indoors? The reason I ask is because cats and possums will pull them close through that hutch wire gap stuff, and chew their heads and necks off. If you do secure them it shouldn't be an issue, otherwise I'd suggest just putting some small square bird wire over it. I had a possum do this through a 20cent gap
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Jul 27, 2018 21:57
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Kharnifex posted:Av, do you lock them up at night, or move the hutch indoors? Oh good it's more storytime time. This dude is right. I walked out to a rabbit that'd been torn halfway through baby saver wire by a neighborhood cat (the cat was not having a good day, either, after the livestock dogs realized what was going on) and the rabbit was still alive curled up in a corner. Small outdoor predators are hell on wheels.
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Jul 28, 2018 00:01
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We've had a couple encounters with local city cats. Fortunately they've never figured out how to get in the coop but the ladies sure do scream bloody murder. Just this afternoon I saw one run into a bush in the corner of the yard. I yelled at it and the closest bird looked up in surprise and saw the cat and freaked out, and in her panic to flee managed to kick it straight in the face while honking in panic. Cat didn't know what the hell had happened and booked it. Good work as-of-yet unnamed burd. We're building a proper safety run and getting some live traps though. Gotta keep those bwords safe.
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Jul 28, 2018 01:49
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when i was on the farm i used to have the hutch blocked off to keep the goshawks from playing whack-a-quail, but didn't think i had too much to worry about here. obviously that was wrong, so yeah i'll be netting it off soon. i use soft bird netting for my king quails and that seems to work well, they can't get through it or break their little heads against it
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Jul 28, 2018 02:47
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I really want to keep California quails again, I had some as a kid with my king quails, they were so expensive in Oz
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Jul 28, 2018 11:22
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Kharnifex posted:I really want to keep California quails again, I had some as a kid with my king quails, they were so expensive in Oz
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Jul 28, 2018 13:19
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A younger pullet I just picked up seems to have a cold? Her eyes look a bit watery and she sneezes occasionally. If I pick her up I can feel her breath is a little rattley/congested. Anything I can do or just wait it out? Shes eating and drinking and walking around so it doesn't seem TOO bad.
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Jul 31, 2018 15:24
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"Draw me like one of your French quails." (why does she sleep like this it's so undignified) I hope your pullet shakes whatever she's got!
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Jul 31, 2018 17:43
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My chook had a cold. She lived. Based on this I'm assuming your chook may live as well.
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Aug 1, 2018 03:19
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Posted by FlyingJun. Free chicken nesting boxes from Costco.
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Aug 1, 2018 07:03
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That chicken on the left knows
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Based on what I've read today, chickens don't really get just colds. It's some type of respiratory infection, gonna grab some antibiotic from the TSC tonight and see if that helps.
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Aug 1, 2018 19:40
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Popped a chicken tonight for the holiday and man, this little dark cornish cross dude was in great shape. One of my pyrenees took a spurt of blood across the face to decorate herself with, as per usual. Dog delights in it.
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Aug 2, 2018 00:01
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from reddit
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hope and vaseline posted:from reddit Or from three posts ago. Fortunately for you, it's such a good pic it's worth seeing twice, so you won't lose your posting license today.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Popped a chicken tonight for the holiday and man, this little dark cornish cross dude was in great shape.  ) time i ever butchered a quail, i threw the guts to my tinydog and my big plymouth rock rooster kicked him out of the way and ate them
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hope and vaseline posted:goddammit im blind sorry haha  those peepsAlso don't be sorry, I was just teasing you, and it really is a great pic. 
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avshalemon posted:the first (and last I'll be 100% honest and say: if a chicken dies in the chicken area (and it does happen from time to time) I usually come out to a curiously pecked-at body. It won't be like, fully consumed but it's not fully there either. They really tend to like eyes. If my eggs get a little small I'll grab some beef from the grocery store, cook it and chuck it to them. They go gently caress wild. E: I was raising mealworms but somehow hosed that up. I don't even know how I did that.
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Ok, I have some questions.... A week ago, I moved to a condo. It's a 55 and up Condo but they were ok with a crippled 34 year old buying a spot. It's a very quiet community. I have a giant back patio with about a six foot fence around it. The bottom of the fence is covered with a latticework, so nothing can get in bigger than a snake. I live in Portland. It gets cold. Would keeping a few egg laying quail be foolish? Could I build a coop my father wouldn't find obnoxious? (My legs don't work so I live with my Pops, it's a good set up.)
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