Well even the idea of DH shooting these crows/ravens (?) bothers me, so there will be no antifreeze eggs being put out. I think we will headinto town today and get some bird netting and PVC and cover the run. That should help keep out the little birds that eat my feed too and that would be...
Yep DH watched that darn crow hop along the fence with an egg in it's mouth. I wish he would have gotten a picture. At least I can sleep tonight, and figure out how to cover the run tomorrow!
The crows here are GIANT! larger than my biggest chickens! DH bought a pellet gun tonight.
Well I just may be the biggest dork on the planet!!! It's not the neighbor kids as suspected. DH did the big stake out today and it appears we DO have an egg eater! But it's not one of my chickens or some slimy nieghbor! It's some giant crow!!!! I feel like such a goob! But so glad we don't have...
Well my DH will be home in a few hours for the day and DS is home sick and armed with a camera. I am going to rake the run so I will be able to see any foot prints. My girls live in a shed and there run is open, not covered. They are closed in at night but the run is just chain link fencing so...
Three days this week my eggs have gone missing. Monday before I left for work I went out to the coop and collected the eggs, I left 2 under my silkie who is considering going broody. Come home no eggs. None. Not only where there none from the other ladies, the ones under my silkie were gone...