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Crows will not tolerate raptors in their territory.  I've seen them gang up and run off bald eagles, hawks and ospreys around my place.  The blackbirds chase off the crows.  They really hate owls.  On...
The coop is inside the barn, 2 heavily insulated outside walls, stud and chipboard sturdy walls, predator baffles at the entrance to keep out foxes, coons, possums. no chance of anything running around and stressing them. ...
High of 4 degrees today.  Around 20 in the coop tonight.  Much warmer on the side with the heat lamp and roosts.  I think she died some time this morning and was curled up in the bottom box against an outside wall,...
We're with Grinnel Mutual.  We had to get a rider for the horse (agent couldn't figure out why I laughed at that statement) but the chickens, dogs, cats are cool so long as we're not selling large quantities, but damage caused by...
Just put the chickens to bed and found one dead, frozen stiff in a nest box.  All were acting normally the last few days, went out and milled around even in the bitter cold today.  No signs of trauma but she's missing most of...
When we replaced the toilet I set the old one up plumbed to a septic tank cleanout pipe with a refrigerator box for privacy and the garden hose to fill the tank for a couple of days until I got time to fix the floor that was soft...
Never been a huge hiker, but I live near canoe country and have done a lot of wilderness camping.  You guy's should check out the Kekekabic trail in the Boundary waters canoe area MN.  I've crossed it several times on canoe...
You better keep his fridge well stocked with favorite malt beverages for awhile.  I can relate to the "just one more thing" from the harware store or lumberyard situation.  We bought a foreclosure/fixer upper 2 years ago and...
Go with some deeper symbology.  Maybe a mockup of a burning fuse running to a stick of dynamite.
Yes, you need to tell guys explicitly to do something differently or stop doing it so we know what to ignore or do the opposite of.  That's what my wife would tell you.  Seriously, we PREFER direct.  If you're wrong...
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