They could kill her, I'm thinking. She's way down on the pecking order. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 4:16 AM Subject: Re: [ML] Chickens > We have certainly been enjoying watching our chickens and will soon put > some > hay in the nest boxes for those that feel like nesting. It's a bit early > for them to begin laying, so we'll see how soon they start earning their > keep. > Something interesting began yesterday. While watching them roam freely, > we > noticed one og the Wyandots (sp?) seemed to wander far away from the rest > of > the flock. When she'd get close to the others, they'd seem to gang up on > her and begin pecking her. When we put them in the coop for the night, > she > was attacked repeatedly. Difficult to understand that. Has anyone seen > this sort of thing before? Anything we can do ? > > The Dougster > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> wrote: > >> >> After seeing my parents raise chickens, I never wanted to raise any of >> my >> own. Too many problems. We did raise our own beef once. But, I did >> like >> having my own garden. One place we lived in Portland, we had a large >> garden. I canned a lot from that garden. On that place we had some >> apple >> and cherry trees, My kids were a lot younger and I tried to can as much >> food as I could. I wish I could still have a big garden. I miss not >> getting my hands in the dirt.Emma >> >> > From: sullysoil66@msn.com >> > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com; roses4831@msn.com; ddcrim@gmail.com >> > Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:58:00 -0700 >> > Subject: [ML] Chickens >> >> > I have always wanted to raise chickens, but we're not allowed to raise >> poultry on our property, city law. We live below some foothills, I hear >> rosters crowing if I get up early, some where up in those foothills, they >> also have a lot of horses up there. I saw a Lama in a yard, when I was >> driving over the hill, so the people must be able to raise what ever >> animals >> they want. The only thing is if a wild fire comes through there as it has >> in >> the past, I would live in fear of fire all the time, and how to get all >> the >> animals out if a fire was coming. >> > >> > I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and she raises chickens, for the >> eggs mostly. She has planted climbing roses on the chicken wire all >> around >> her chicken cage. It looked real pretty, and the chickens didn't seem to >> care one way or another. I must be just a old farmer at heart, because I >> love the country, plants, especially trees, I love to grow food, >> tomatoes, >> corn, green beans, squash, peas, chilies, almost any vegetable that will >> grow for me, we have at least twelve fruit trees, and I want more. >> Nothing >> like reaching up and picking a apple out of a tree, and taking a bit out >> of >> it. We are still eating avocados, and most of our fruit trees are in >> bloom, >> I saw tiny little apples on the Gala apple tree yesterday. We have had so >> much rain this year, that all of out fruit trees are going crazy with >> leaves >> and blooms, hope that means we will have a great harvest this year. >> > We have planted our tomatoes, just three varieties this year, Big Boy, >> Roma, and one cherry tomato. Those are the only one that seem to give us >> a >> lot of fruit, I canned tomatoes one year we had so many tomatoes. I love >> to >> go out and water the tomatoes, and if there are some cherry tomatoes that >> are ripe, I pop one or two in my mouth while I am out there, taste so >> good >> right off the vine. >> > >> > >> Hope all of your are healty, and looking forward to >> a >> nice summer, Sully >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3647 - Release Date: 05/19/11 >