Recent content by KestrelCamMan

I've had chickens for over 20 years now, and from day 1, my chickens have nibbled on the leaves of my tomato plants with what appears to be no ill effects. I never heard about the taboo on tomato leaves before. I can't really regulate them eating the tomato leaves anyway since my chickens live...

I learned how to use the eggs for a new comfort food, spaghetti pasta alla carbonara. I'm watching my American Kestrel / Western Screech Owl nestbox camera awaiting the return of one of those raptors for a new nesting season. A Male Western Flicker is overnighting now.

Here's one for your collection. Odin the Danish Brown Leghorn rooster, recorded when he was a 3 month old (approximate age) stud. It has been "tripled up," i.e., I took the single crowing and combined it into a .wav file with the crowing repeated 3 times. This has been the default ring tone for...

I have a Miniature Shih Tzu Poodle who gets along fine with my latest batch of Danish Brown Leghorns, both as chicks and now as 5 month pullets. He loves to go into their fenced-in area and the chickens and he have no problems together. When I received 2 Australorps several years ago, they...

I normally feed (3 large Owls & 1 RTH), weather, and present raptors for the Washington State University Raptor Club in Pullman Washington, USA, but since the China Virus in March, the University shut down our activities until further notice and the WSU Vet Hospital staff do all the feeding. I...

I feed (3 large Owls & 1 RTH), weather, and present raptors for the WSU Raptor Club in Pullman Washington, USA. I also do American Kestrel & Western Screech Owl research, nestbox photography & sustainability studies. My small flock of 3 Danish Brown Leghorns started to go into menopause late...