Re: Re:Cats and Chicks..

When I was a kid we had chicken and each of named one for our own. We used to carry them around and take them for walks with a shoestring tied to their leg. Too fun! They are so soft and fluffy. 

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:

You know what?  Three of those chickens just jump in my hands now when I open it up to feed and change water.  The yellow one practically tries to fly out of there and land on me.  WOW.  Amazing what chickens are like when you handle them all the time.  I'm gonna have several "Cool Chickens!"  (for those on the list that don't know - Cool Chicken was a Rhode Island Red chicken that I used to have that would sit on your lap and eat fritos and follow you everywhere.  She was WAY cool)

Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
  ohmigosh woman - THAT was close call. poor little babies must have been
scared silly!

On 9/14/07, Jesse Bell wrote:

Yep. Amazing.


Kitty wrote:
And there were still ten?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Bell"
To:
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..



Really? Yes, I'd be interested in seeing the magazine or online catalog
for your chicken brooder. Last night we went and bought a galvanized
steel water trough (small and lower to the ground - small sheep or goat
size) and transferred the chicks into that. I have 10 of them now and

the

box was just too small. I let my guard down for 5 minutes while I went
outside to dump the old shavings into the compost pile and when I came
BACK, RAJA was sitting INSIDE the trough, with the chicks, staring at
them. Poor little chicks were all huddled at one end, scared to DEATH. I
yelled "RAJA!!!! - NOT YOURS!!! AGHHHHHHHH" and went after her...she
scampered out of there and I didn't see her for the rest of the night. I
was so lucky. Can't believe I forgot to close the laundry room door
behind me.


Daryl

wrote:

My chick brooder has a screen top on one end, and wood with some small
plexi
windows on the end with the heat lamp. Diesel loved to spend the day
watching the chicks and enjoying the extra warmth.

I was glad the chicks got big enough for Diesel to leave them alone. He
was
good when I was out there with him, but considering the lust in his

eyes,

and what he did to a wren that got onto the screened porch, I think that
he
would have made lunch out of them given the chance. It was a very
well-traveled wren before he dropped it in the dining room and I was

able

to
get it out from underneath the furniture. Don't want to do that again!

BTW - the plans for my brooder came from Countryside and Small Stock
Journal
and it can double as a cheese dryer, if you're interested. I can raise
half
a dozen chicks to 6 weeks w/ no problem.

d



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Bell"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: [CHAT] Re:Cats and Chicks..



Raja has been sitting by my newly hatched chicks every day that I've

had

them in the house. They are safe, in a big plastic storage box with a

lid

that has holes cut in it. I have a heat lamp in there - BUT - you can
sort of see the chicks walking around inside the box because of the

light

shining on it, and Raja sits there, with HUGE eyes, and stares at the
box.
I take the lid off to change the food, water and wood shavings, and to
play with the little cuties..and Raja sneaks her head over the edge and
looks at them, then looks at me like "can I have 'em?" and I say, "NO
Raja - not yours" and she sits back down, looking very put out. But she
knows when I say "not yours" that she has to leave them alone. But she
really, really wants them. I love those silly chicks. Because I've had
them since day 1 or 2 and handle them all the time, they just sit in my
hand and fall asleep. We had a new one hatch yesterday and I left it
under the mother for the first day. They do
better that way. I think I'll have 2-3 more before it's all over. It is
so amazing to watch this whole process. Very cool.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT




Jesse R. Bell

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT




Jesse R. Bell

"All that we are is a result of what we have thought." - Buddha

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index