Predator

I lost another hen the other day, she had her neck broken and the skin had been sliced open. After investigating and doing some research I am pretty sure that the culprit is a weasel, I'm now wondering if the other hen that  died had been injured by the weasel. Another sign is that my dominant rooster 'Uther' had his comb injured. Weasels like to go for the head and comb. So far I haven't caught it, but I have set up a motion detector light to ward off night attacks. I will keep you updated on this situation. I will try to do my blog posts more regularly I've been sick again but I think I'm nearly better. Well keep visiting, and Happy late Thanksgiving.

Chickenman

Predators

 It is inevitable that you will have a loss in your flock at some point, just the other day I lost a Rhode Island Red hen to the cold. I'm not sure if she was too weak and got sick from the cold or not. I'm doing my best to avoid any more chickens from freezing now. You have good years where you don't lose any chickens. Last year I didn't lose any chicken, but then there are years like I've had this year where you lose a few. I've had 4 chickens die from various things this year, but with each loss you also learn how to be better prepared to help the chicken next time.

Now lets get off this sad topic, its nearly Thanksgiving, a time to celebrate the brave pilgrims, who sailed across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower, so they could serve God, and it is also a time to give thanks for our many blessings.

                                                              Keep visiting and Happy Thanksgiving

Chickenman

Getting Cold Soon

Hey I just wanted to throw a friendly reminder that it's going to be getting cold for most of us soon. I'm sorry that I've been late on the posts, I've been sick for a few weeks. I will try to do a few posts soon. So here is whats coming up.

A post on winter prep for your chickens.

A new post on the fodder

And more to come.

Thanks for visiting

Chickenman

Update on the baby chickens

The baby chicken will be 18 weeks old tomorrow, the other baby didn't make it, a couple of days ago I found it in the brooder barely able to move, I tried several things on it but by night time it had died. It was very small for its age so I suspect there was an issue in its genes, I'm sorry if I'm depressing you with this news. I will try to do a new post in a few days.

Chickenman

Coming Up

Welcome back to Gone Chicken. Just a little sneak peak at what's coming up. The next post is an update on my 2 baby chickens , and my misadventures with introducing them to the flock.
Well keep visiting.

Chickenman

Edit 8/28/2013 : Sorry for the delay , things have been busy around here.