The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

Long Gravel Driveway?

Livestock guard dog. We have two Anatolian Shepherds and a Great Pyrenees.

 

[KF0002]

Lavender Gold Duckwing

I need some of those.

 

[KF0002]

Aw he's adorable!!!

Thank you! He is one of the F1 crosses in my Crele Leghorn project.

 

[KF0002]

@The Moonshiner how did your hatch go?

 

[The Moonshiner]

@The Moonshiner how did your hatch go?

Not worth a d@mn. I'll do a headcount later but I'm thinking only like 50%. No buffs hatched and only one from crele project.

 

[KF0002]

Can't afford that due to current feed costs for the cats and the chickens. What I'm working on is hardware cloth on the whole pen and electricity that might kill them. I have a 6 to 9 joule fence charger that I'm not sure I want to use but may have no other choice.

You can feed an LGD extra roosters to cut down on dog food cost. They save you money on lost stock in the long run also. Our dogs eat a lot of raw poultry meat and bones when we cull extra roosters, as well as parts of the turkey and chicken carcasses that we don't eat. My friend is currently losing a chicken and/or a duck a day to varmints and hawks. An LGD is necessary where I live because of all the wooded areas surrounding our property. Without the dogs, we would lose all of our chickens and turkeys.

 

[KF0002]

Not worth a d@mn. I'll do a headcount later but I'm thinking only like 50%. No buffs hatched and only one from crele project.

Aww nuts! At least you have the Buff chicks from the last hatch, and hopefully your Buffs and Crele pullet will keep laying so you can hatch more. Our birds are looking pretty raggedy here and will start molting soon.

 

[NagemTX]

You can feed an LGD extra roosters to cut down on dog food cost. They save you money on lost stock in the long run also. Our dogs eat a lot of raw poultry meat and bones when we cull extra roosters, as well as parts of the turkey and chicken carcasses that we don't eat. My friend is currently losing a chicken and/or a duck a day to varmints and hawks. An LGD is necessary where I live because of all the wooded areas surrounding our property. Without the dogs, we would lose all of our chickens and turkeys.

I'm in a more manageable area on only an acre of land. It's getting pretty developed out here so that could be a problem with displaced wildlife. It's like rural subdivision where I am.

I generally catch the coons and opossums on extra eggs. That one was just smart.

 

[KF0002]

I put my last hatch (for now) into lockdown today. There are 4 Ameraucana eggs and 5 eggs from the Brown Leghorn hen. Hopefully at least a couple of the Leghorn eggs are off the Silver Ginger Game rooster, but they could potentially be off the Legbar.

 

[The Moonshiner]

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