Our homestead is infested with chimpmunks this year! They're attracted to the chicken coops and bird feeders and can haul away a lot of seed in the course of a day! Can't shoot em cause of neighbors, can't poison them cause of the cats, and they've actually figured how to get the bait off my rat...
Very true-only on your property! If you go onto your neighbors property and do this you'll be arrested and loose your gun rights!! They must be caught in the act of killing on YOUR property! Check local laws on this. 3 dogs killed in this neighborhood alone in last 10 years. Best to follow...
Too much cat food isn't good for chickens-that's why it's called cat food. I give my chickens a little fish flavored cat food once in a while as a treat!
Time to get tough-if it was me I'd simply keep the neighbors chickens and have them arrested if they tresspassed on my property to try and take them back!! They can try and prove who's chickens are who's! Guineas are territorial and would chase them home but then they might starve-what a lousy...
My new chicks spend a week in my bedroom then it's off to the henhouse!! It's always fun for a few days! This old house is hard enough to keep clean without a flock of barnyard chickens running around inside!! Besides, my cats wouldn't approve!
4 eggs for breakfast every morning,shells in compost.Some are given away,some are hard boiled and feed back to the hens-wy wife brings the guinea eggs to the restaurant she works at for "guinea sliders" a breakfast sandwich that is very popular there! Even my cats like some eggs and rice every...
That's what I use-I spray around the grounding rod and fence so it it be wet at night for a good shock! No predators yet with this method. Electric wire is cheap and you can run it anywhere.
This bear has a taste for chicken now and will be back! A friend had a black bear circling his house for a few days and ended up inside the chicken coop at midnight! A .357 magnum solved that problem quick!!
In April of 2009 I woke up with a headache and decided to go out and get some fresh air.It was raining outside but I went out anyways. While walking around the yard I noticed a very strange looking black and white bird sitting on the side of the road out front- soaking wet and so weak it could...
They don't call me that cause I'm creepy, but that's a long story for another forum! My chickens do go nuts over vanilla ice cream! I give it to them once in a while as a special treat cause they like it so much!!