Posts by K8tieCat

Happily it has been more than five years since I bought eggs.  I don't think I could ever go back to store bought eggs; would rather do without.  

I have buff twins too!  Just started laying at Christmas time.  

Great ideas everyone!  I'm making gift basket for just about everyone in my family this year.    Every basket has homemade everything:  Vanilla Extract, grape jam, tomato jam, salsa and a nice bar of...

Fishermen use heavy monofilament fishing line to keep seagulls and other birds away from their catch.  The fishing line confounds the birds' vision and they don't care to navigate through the lines.  They also use this type...

Earlier this week I watched a great PBS nature show about raccoons.  It was incredibly fascinating and worth watching to become familiar with this lethal predator.  You will enjoy the show and be much wiser about how raccoons...

When I first knew I would be a chicken mom, I read as much Backyard Chickens material as I could inhale, then set about to build a secure home and run for chicks I didn't even have yet.  Predators at my home which backs up to a...

Birds get used to EVERYTHING put out to deter them after a period of time.  Including Hawks.  I had some little twit of a bird who came and ate all my grapes last year.  This year I covered the grapes with heavy duty...

I have found that not much helps, and the longer it goes on, the more the others learn this bad behavior.  The best thing I've done is install a game camera, find out who is doing this and send them to freezer camp.  Works...

Quote: Originally Posted by flagirl  I am in south central fla surronded by citrus.  gave my 5 old, mean rir's to friends mother.  she is old time florida cracker farmer and first thing when i brought the...

I posted and my post went up in three seconds or less.  I think she has enough information to thoughtfully sit back and correct her mistakes after she has time to digest all comments.  I did not see any comments that agreed...