I put up the outdoor sunshade material over my chicken coop last year. My backyard has very little shade, so was trying to make a cooler place for my chickens. They haven't flown out since, and the material may sag with a snow load, but it bounces back as it melts. I've also used a plastic snow...
I live in very small rural town. Everyone feeds their dogs and cats outside, plenty of food after dark for possums and coons, yet they still attempt to break into my coops. Live trap and a .22 work pretty well, then bury and don't talk about it. 5 coons and 2 possums so far, from last fall till now.
My Seramamamas have to be forced off the nest...and they steal each other's eggs sometimes, too. Three of mine shared a nest last summer, and hatched out 4 babies. The daddy, Handsome Stranger, watches over the babies when they start coming outside. All were incubator babies, and the first...
Haven't been able to make contact with the seller, so I still don't know what code written on eggs means, besides the chocolate ones....but they hatched last night and this morning, as soon as I put them into broader, I'll get some pics for you. And I'm planning on going to same sale next...
I didnt, they left before I could find them. The auctioneer was hard to understand; pronounced it differently each time, lol, but from what I heard, mottled may be what he was trying to say! Thank you, I'll look for a pic.
It doesnt lock, but the top has a tiny notch, that engages with a little socket, behind the center of my water filler. When you feel this click in, you know that lid is securely sealed.
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