Comments on: The turkeys are gone http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/ Country life at 7,000 feet Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Alice http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-299 Alice Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:06:17 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-299 I've been putting it off--I'll make the trek this weekend. I’ve been putting it off–I’ll make the trek this weekend.

]]> By: Mattenylou http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-297 Mattenylou Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:01:21 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-297 Hi! I don't remember much about chickens, but good luck on this venture.. What happened to the little filly that you visited out in the deep snow? We need an update - I've been worrying since the last visit you had.. thanks Hi! I don’t remember much about chickens, but good luck on this venture.. What happened to the little filly that you visited out in the deep snow? We need an update - I’ve been worrying since the last visit you had.. thanks

]]> By: Suzannie http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-296 Suzannie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:41:31 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-296 I asked my aunt, who lives in the boonies and knows everything about chickens. She said that if you don't pen them there chickens up at night they are gonna get 'et' by, as rdennis says, coons, bobcats, coyote and fox. She mentioned one other 'eater' but I can't remember what it was. She thinks your best bet are the guineas. Says they are no trouble a'tall if you don't mind the 'racket' and they roost in trees. As for my opinion, I have no idea. I had three Easter chickens back when I was a kid (in the dark ages) and one day they just up and disappeared. Times were tough and we hardly ever had meat. I was nearly grown before I figured out what happened to my pink, green and blue chickens! Good luck with your project. Look forward to the photos. I asked my aunt, who lives in the boonies and knows everything about chickens. She said that if you don’t pen them there chickens up at night they are gonna get ‘et’ by, as rdennis says, coons, bobcats, coyote and fox. She mentioned one other ‘eater’ but I can’t remember what it was. She thinks your best bet are the guineas. Says they are no trouble a’tall if you don’t mind the ‘racket’ and they roost in trees.
As for my opinion, I have no idea. I had three Easter chickens back when I was a kid (in the dark ages) and one day they just up and disappeared. Times were tough and we hardly ever had meat. I was nearly grown before I figured out what happened to my pink, green and blue chickens!
Good luck with your project. Look forward to the photos.

]]> By: ValleyGirl http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-295 ValleyGirl Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:08:26 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-295 Sounds like the previous commenter has some good advice. All I was going to say was, "Oooooo, the first ones are so pretty! Get those ones!" Shows how much I know about raising chickens.... We have family group of grey partridge living in our windbreak, but they don't yield much meat!! My husband checked once. They sure do de-bone and de-feather nicely though.... Sounds like the previous commenter has some good advice. All I was going to say was, “Oooooo, the first ones are so pretty! Get those ones!” Shows how much I know about raising chickens….

We have family group of grey partridge living in our windbreak, but they don’t yield much meat!! My husband checked once. They sure do de-bone and de-feather nicely though….

]]> By: rdennis http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-293 rdennis Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:14:59 +0000 http://besidethestream.com/the-turkeys-are-gone/2008/03/27/#comment-293 Get the kind they raise to fight. I had a neighbor with some and they were the only thing that could stay alive around the coons, bobcats, coyote and fox. Get the kind they raise to fight. I had a neighbor with some and they were the only thing that could stay alive around the coons, bobcats, coyote and fox.

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