Brown bears and wolves have been de-listed in some places. As far as predatory birds, I doubt any will ever because people will risk a small fine to shoot one compared to a federal offense if they are still listed.
Probably came to the realization that nesting boxes are dry, lol. My girls have been wanting to hang out in the coop more than the run, even with part of my run being covered.
We had 1.5 inches of rain already over the weekend. More to come through the week until the deluge from the...
Henry is making a lever action .410. Had the opportunity to shoot a friends and it is sweet. Would make a nice small game gun, and short range big game gun.
Picked green beans, they snuck up in me and I don't have the canning lids yet so I froze them this go round. The pressure-canner will get the next few patches, and then I might make some dilly beans this year. Also Weeded and trained the mouse melons.
Grey foxes are notorious chicken killers. They are smaller and a little more agile than Reds. They'll stay on a flock until they are all gone or penned up in a secure run.
I'm jealous. The wild black berries around here aren't ready yet. Checked them today, found a fawn that didn't make it also. Planted the rest of my pumpkins today after prepping the soil. It was in a fresh patch I tilled up, had a lot more rocks than I would have liked so I had to...
Sorry about your loss deepbluesea parting with a pet is never easy. Hopefully given time the positive memories will help out weigh the pain of the loss.
Weeded yesterday, picked yellow squash. Then retreated indoors when the rain arrived. We got an inch and quarter yesterday and the...
Make the run bigger. I know by definition mine is big enough but I plan to expand it sometime this year to give all my girls a place to move around. Seems like the more space in the run the happier the birds are.
I added a "clean out door" to the coop after I had it set up, and chickens...
Anything that has a scent and tastes good they will eat. Similar bait to catfish bait works too, night crawlers and chicken liver. I've caught them as by catch while daytime cat fishing. I used to buy the commercially available carp bait balls, and they seemed to work the best when I...