Is this what is known as "the pecking order?" Carol K On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. >

Doug, make sure she has her deodorent on every day, they don't want a stinky chicken among them. ha Gee I don't know unless the chickens know something we can't see. Strange. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "CAROL KUNZ" <carol.r.kunz@gmail.com> To: <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Cc: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [ML] [AIF] Re: Chickens > Is this what is known as "the pecking order?" > Carol K > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "an-internet-family" group. >> To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. >> > > > > > > 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

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Actually I have used the Peck No More *...* en.allexperts.com/ On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:47 AM, CAROL KUNZ <carol.r.kunz@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this what is known as "the pecking order?" > Carol K > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "an-internet-family" group. >> To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. > -- Robert Stacey has moved to Casa Glendale and Jeeter Dawg now lives with a family in Burbank including Amber, Linda, and Martin.