I am interested in getting a few chickens but I have been seeing raccoons moving around my neighborhood in the day. Is there any way to let the chickens roam the yard and keep them safe from these raccoons?
-The Duck Lady
They're doing well. They've been regularly stopping by with three other males showing up once in a while. Selene (the only female) will see our car pull into the driveway and land in our yard. These crazy ducks!
I supply food and water and food as often as possible and when I peeked out at them after they had finally quieted down one of them was drinking out of the water dish. As for them being in a safe shelter, well.... ya see.... I dn'tallyownthem. They're a flock of wild ducks who appear to have...
I have 2, no 5 ducks on my lawn. The female, Selene, is a bit a screamer. When she really wants food she does the duck equivalent of "GIMME FOOD GIMME FOOD CAN"T YOU SEE I'M A POOR STARVING DUCK FEED ME!". At 6:30 am. On a weekend.
My neighbors are probably really upset. Any ideas on how...
My ducks are just awaiting the opportunity to get inside as long as there's food there. They'll eat straight out of my hand! I can't get a pic because they're camera shy but they're a pair of mallards who are actually wild but tend to spend most of the day on my lawn. The second I step out...
Greetings! Where am I from? Pull out your maps ladies and gentlemen! Go to California, find San Francisco and slightly below that is my lovely town of San Mateo. No, I do not own chickens or geese.
Do I own ducks? Legally, no.
Do they live on my lawn most of the day? Yes.
Do they...