tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post7552120571248437876..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: Chicken Adventure UpdatePioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-90304574022824508652015-10-24T17:34:46.545-04:002015-10-24T17:34:46.545-04:003 RnC - Well we will see if this place stays preda...3 RnC - Well we will see if this place stays predator free like it has been. The trouble is the dog will chase the chickens if they make too much noise or get too close to him too but in turn he keeps all the other predators except the hawk away. I have even seen him run barking after the hawk when it flies too low.<br /><br />I can tell ya the bugs and mice in the barn have disappeared since we PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-26150631609043236982015-10-24T17:32:28.547-04:002015-10-24T17:32:28.547-04:00LW - Wow that waaaaaaaay down there. Iowa is much ...LW - Wow that waaaaaaaay down there. Iowa is much closer to me than that part of the state. It's some really pretty country down there though!!!!<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-12794711908891840062015-10-24T17:31:48.120-04:002015-10-24T17:31:48.120-04:00Sf - LOL I see that good home thing all the time t...Sf - LOL I see that good home thing all the time too. I been thinking about butchering some roosters when/if I get any. There is a place not far from here that will do it for you from live to frozen for justa few bucks. I been thinking that is looking pretty good to me :)<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-78935879712631682062015-10-24T17:29:40.746-04:002015-10-24T17:29:40.746-04:00Texan - I enjoy watching all of the critters from ...Texan - I enjoy watching all of the critters from time to time. Except the pain in the ass horses anyway :)<br /><br />None of these hens have appeared to want to go broody yet but I thought that was more of a Spring time thing? I would like to hatch out some chicks here at some point and I am really hoping one or two of the barred rock hens go broody with eggs fertilized by the barred rock PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-10221225394239161302015-10-24T02:36:07.743-04:002015-10-24T02:36:07.743-04:00Unfortunately, due to the amount of fox & a fe...Unfortunately, due to the amount of fox & a few Redtail hawks in our area, we can't let our chickens wander the yard anymore. I built them a 20x30 run, and they seem to like it, but I liked it better when they patrolled the yard and dug thru the landscaping. When they were able to dig in the landscaping, we never got mice in the house. Without them in ther, we get a mouse now and then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863918329088067166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-74294643840125070032015-10-23T23:33:42.884-04:002015-10-23T23:33:42.884-04:00Hey PP! I'm in your neck of the woods, sort of...Hey PP! I'm in your neck of the woods, sort of. Visiting the family here in Gainesville, we had a small sprinkle here and there.<br />longtime wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943663153016717921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-5361132405550563242015-10-23T21:12:41.909-04:002015-10-23T21:12:41.909-04:00We don't have much chicken drama even after mo...We don't have much chicken drama even after moving the young pullets in with the main flock. The young roosters are still in their own coop and fenced in area, happy as they can be until next month when they go to the big roost in the root cellar. I plowed the garden and the chickens are all new so had never seen that before and were afraid of the tractor but soon got use to it. So I need a Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-63080946331766590432015-10-23T21:05:30.986-04:002015-10-23T21:05:30.986-04:00I think you enjoy watching your chickens as much a...I think you enjoy watching your chickens as much as we do ours! We sit out by the chicken corral whenever we have free time and to relax or what ever. We just enjoy watching them. They are for sure entertaining!<br /><br />I have two broody girls right now. I wound up dividing the 7 bantam eggs I had given the first broody girl Esmeralda, she is a bantam herself. The second hen to go broody just Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.com