Recent content by Chicken Heel

Had a friend whose apple tree bloomed back in late Autumn. Strange things happen in strange times.

Based on a couple of similar experiences over the years, I would be more concerned with other chickens pecking at the pin feathers, resulting in bleeding, which quickly leads to a larger problem. It may be best to isolate the late molting bird until she feathers fully.

Two of my personal favorites:

Neither can the neighbors.

Mine start up at around 4:00 AM.

Chickens are no different than me... put an oatmeal cookie and a bowl of quinoa in front of me and I will eat the oatmeal cookie every time.

I have six cats that do a nice job on the rodents but Millie was even better. She would lie under the coops for hours waiting on the next unlucky victim. But as I noted in my earlier post, Millie would eat kittens too so I didn't get cats until after her passing.

Millie was a poodle-terrier mix that I had from 2005 - 2016 and she was an excellent slayer of mice and rats. Unfortunately, she liked the taste of kittens too.

I had friends at the time that wanted me to do it again so they could watch.... but I declined because with stupid acts can come wisdom.

Oh I know it was stupid... :th

My teenage boy remedy for getting rid of a couple large Norway rat infestations was to pour gasoline at the entrance of their holes. I would wait a few minutes and then throw a match in one of the holes. By then, the gas fumes had built up in their underground tunnels and would ignite sending...

My best mice/rat deterrents are Tom, Esmeralda, Kit, Kat, Smooter and Pooter. They have also cleaned up the property of moles and voles.

Whatever you do, don't pour gas down their holes and light it. Take it from me, it doesn't end well.

I had a West Highland White Terrier once who loved a pair of fuzzy red bedroom slippers. Ole Toby gave them hell.

The nice thing about bantams is they have small poops. I only have to clean my 8' x 8' bantam coop out about one time per year as I keep the litter about 6 inches deep and dry. There is not really much odor to speak of, even after a year.