Good Morning 2025

[lolotsung]

Does anyone know what type of chickens these are?

https://youtu.be/OeZOfWTUSqU?feature=shared

VID-20250322-WA0004.mp4

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Maui chickens

[Killerbunny]

A friend went to Hawaii and said there were chickens running everywhere.
SOme info
https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD ... erals.html

[lolotsung]

So they have feral chickens, I remember reading about free ranging chickens and the author wrote that chickens cannot survive without food...

[Killerbunny]

Well they can do pretty well on bugs and seeds! ALso the odd mouse etc.

[lolotsung]

Before HPAI, I have seen completely free range (there will be some losses due to predators) to completely enclosed runs...

Considering HPAI, do most poultry keepers (hobby) have their poultry completely enclosed now?

Maybe a chicken tractor movable coop is a good idea now?

[lolotsung]

So she is writing a story about dragons and she thought it would be funny using a saying like "he was a bad egg" but she was wondering if there is another word for it.

@labradors Yes, a bad yoke

I have been fighting the urge to buy chickens. How long will this last?

Soooo she found the word she waa looking for!

[Killerbunny]

Before HPAI, I have seen completely free range (there will be some losses due to predators) to completely enclosed runs...

Considering HPAI, do most poultry keepers (hobby) have their poultry completely enclosed now?

Maybe a chicken tractor movable coop is a good idea now?

Mine run around the property but I do provide food for them. There is sheep & goat fence round 2.5 acres. I did have one loss due to a fox a while ago.
I don't believe enclosing the birds in runs will prevent HPAI. The majority of outbreaks are in barns and that doesn't seem to be working out for them! It is carried in wild birds and on fomites carried by rats and mice. Life is chancy in general and they seem happy.

[lolotsung]

https://nestera.us/?srsltid=AfmBOoq9Pxs ... YE1VvP-g8E

Has anyone tried this coop? It is on sale for $400 at Peavey. Also there is a bigger drum shaped one.

I am thinking the door will get stuck with dirt. There is no insulation.

[labradors]

The coop looks nice. How much was it originally? There will be no warranty.....

[lolotsung]

It was $1,200 originally. I like the vertical door on the Wagon....