Posts by Oregon Blues

I suspect that a good strong electric fence wire will work better.  Get the kind made for cattle that gives a really good jolt, and use more than 1 wire.   If you don't have power to the area, the solar powered fence...

Rehome her. If Sophie is a purebred dachshund, then contact the Dachshund Club of America and ask to be put in touch with their dachshund rescue.  Someone who knows dachshunds well will foster her and evaluate her and get her into...

Quote: Originally Posted by Vamvakas  I would buy his chicks rather then his eggs.  There's been a few post in these forums saying his hatch rate is kinda low on eggs. People say out of 10 eggs only 3-4 will...

Man, this cold just isn't going to let up.  0 degrees 2 nights ago and it's day after day.   Normally, I expect temperatures in the zero range to not last more than about 5 days. Then we should get a week of freezing at...

Honor the life that is given by utilizing as much of the bird as you can possibly use.  Use it with thanks and appreciation.

That's a lot of meat gone at one time for a bird of prey.,  Hawks are small birds and can't eat pounds of meat at one sitting.   The amount of meat gone and the eyes picked out looks more like a flock of crows to me. In a...

You could try ducks. They are all dark meat.

You feed them a quality diet so that they have good plumage.  Some colors need to be kept out of direct sunlight so they don't fade.   Ducks bathe themselves.  Give then clean water and let them play in it, then put...

There is  a thing that looks like a mouse trap with a big plastic flap on the spring arm.  You set that and put it on top of the can and when the dog sniffs at it, He gets a hard slap in the face by the plastic flap.  It...

Moochie, walk it off.  Life lesson: Politicians, vegans, and animal rights activists tell lies to try to manipulate people into doing as they want.  What they want is often not good for you and not one of those 3 types are...