Drstratton - My Backyard Journey Journal

[drstratton]

Teamwork on taking down that tree. We used that same method to get a tree to fall where we wanted it to, but we just ran a rope around another tree. It works great. You did good, gotta keep the tension on the tree and GO! GO! GO!

I love your chicken. Who says chickens are stupid? She’s pretty darn smart to have figured that out!

We've used other tree's before too. Didn't have one handy for this. Yeah, for such a quiet man, he bellows out, Go! Go! Go!, really well...lol Thank you, we work really well together and have accomplished some pretty big projects. I'm pretty dang good at anticipating what he needs next, but him knowing what I have in mind is a work in progress...

She is a smart girl, I swear I can see the wheels turning in her head! I just hope she's smart enough to fly up on top of something if any dogs roam into the yard.

 

[Mini Horses]

Like @fuzzi, no boulders here. East Coast has sand, or clay. We're both pretty far east.

Chickens are very smart actually...and extremely habitual! Nest & roost -- those locations are set in stone once established.

 

[fuzzi]

When we lived in Connecticut I had to remove rocks from my garden every Spring. I swear they were breeding over the winter!

 

[drstratton]

When we lived in Connecticut I had to remove rocks from my garden every Spring. I swear they were breeding over the winter!

Yes, they do that here too, very prolific...

 

[drstratton]

Like @fuzzi, no boulders here. East Coast has sand, or clay. We're both pretty far east.

Chickens are very smart actually...and extremely habitual! Nest & roost -- those locations are set in stone once established.

I really had no knowledge of your area just being sand or clay.

I've got to figure out how to contain her or she will eventually be killed by dogs.

 

[farmerjan]

You are going to have to clip her wing so she cannot get her balance with her wings as she climbs the grape vines. Or just let her do her thing and accept what may or MAY NOT happen. as agile as she is, I would put my money on her... as long as she does not stay out at night to be owl bait, I think she is pretty savvy.
You only clip ONE wing...

 

[drstratton]

You are going to have to clip her wing so she cannot get her balance with her wings as she climbs the grape vines. Or just let her do her thing and accept what may or MAY NOT happen. as agile as she is, I would put my money on her... as long as she does not stay out at night to be owl bait, I think she is pretty savvy.
You only clip ONE wing...

Thank you Jan! I think that's what we are going to do. My biggest concern is, she will still figure out a way and then won't be able to fly back up and get back into the pen. One of the other girls has been following her, so she will get a wing clipped too. Hopefully they will survive the next few days. I have to go help my sister in law, she's having surgery and I will be helping her when her husband can't be there.

 

[drstratton]

What I knew was going to happen, happened. My girl is gone. Hubs saw her and one of the black hens outside of the pen on Thursday morning and coaxed them back in. He went out to get eggs later and found her. A dog or more, it's usually a pack, killed her. It's my fault, I should have clipped her wing before I left instead of planning to do it when I got back home. He didn't tell me until I got back home. I'm sad and I feel guilty and I'm angry at myself and angry at the people that let their dogs roam free. I was supposed to keep her safe and I failed, knowing it would eventually happen.

I will be catching my black hen tomorrow and clip a wing.

 

[fuzzi]

What I knew was going to happen, happened. My girl is gone. Hubs saw her and one of the black hens outside of the pen on Thursday morning and coaxed them back in. He went out to get eggs later and found her. A dog or more, it's usually a pack, killed her. It's my fault, I should have clipped her wing before I left instead of planning to do it when I got back home. He didn't tell me until I got back home. I'm sad and I feel guilty and I'm angry at myself and angry at the people that let their dogs roam free. I was supposed to keep her safe and I failed, knowing it would eventually happen.

I will be catching my black hen tomorrow and clip a wing.

I'm sorry. And you did so much trying to keep her safe, don't be hard on yourself.