He's the biggest of the group, so far I'm liking him very much. Extra pleased I have the Black Silver cockerel also, as my whole obsession started when I saw the Black Silvers
Your thread fizzled out... I'm catching bits and pieces from your posts in the Marans SOP thread but would like to hear how your program is going since this April hatch if you'd like to share.
The cat will make a great mouser if it likes your birds. Hard telling with your roo, but I'm guessing he sees the dog as a threat to his girls. Keep him at bay for the time being and do some soft introductions with supervision. He'll get used to the dog eventually.
I agree... I can't imagine an opossum causing that much damage.
@ArtJuice do you have a camera you can set up? And traps? I would definitely put any survivors on full lockdown until you figure out what's coming in as it will return.
Ladies and Gentlemen we have another hatch today. This one was stressful.
If anyone remembers last year Black killed her first born and I pulled her eggs, placed them under another broody and had to break her. I don't know what happened, but it's one of those in the moment, you have to make a...
I just use multi colored zipties. Have for years now because they're cheap and easy to replace as the little ones grow out of them.
Sorry if it was no help...
Shadow...our Barred Rock was in the nest box directly above her. Moved her after dark last night onto Poppy x Solo eggs. She was anxious to get out this morning and when she came back went back into the nest box above, so I moved her back down to her eggs again and she settled down happily. I'll...