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Something odd about these treats;

A short video I took yesterday afternoon, of my chickens out in the snow;

Only one of my babies remains, and it appears to be a rooster. Once trouble starts with his dad, he'll have to go. Squirrels have been getting into the chicken feed, and since I haven't seen any deer for a while I'm back to blasting the offending squirrels.

That must have been awful. :( I hope you've solved the problem, and it never happens again.

I reset the trap, hoping I can continue to catch any offending critters.

Better pic, when I went out this morning to deal with it;

Success! Guess who's getting shot, about six hours from now.

Oh yeah, I read about that. I don't like that society has gotten to where people are often assumed to be guilty of something just for having a gun, but I also don't like people going around looking for trouble over it. I'm all for open carry, but not for trying to create drama.

For what?

I spent $10 at Walmart today, and finally have a bag for my pistol. I'll need to do something to strengthen it, but this will sure beat just putting it on the floor in the back seat of the truck.

Tuesday I tried something new, letting the babies free range with the adults, but most of the time they stayed in the run and their outside coop anyway. I didn't put them in their coop, but left it open and hoped they'd follow the adults into the big coop. They didn't go in there, but roosted as...

Nothing wrong with that. Gotta start somewhere, and a .22lr is the best first gun there is.

She stayed with the adults, and is back to laying eggs and acting normal. The babies want to go out with everyone else, but I'm still hesitant because they're only about one month old. The yellow one is very light colored, and so far every light colored chicken I've had has been killed by...

What's the point of that post?

I may try that toilet brush idea.