Hey there, i have not seen anyone eles who keeps black-necked swans? They are not large like other swans. They do not do well with mute swans. Unlike black swans they cant seem to hold mute swans off. Black swans know how to handle mutes. On my parent's lake they wanted white Egyptians. They...
My parents place, a predator got himself into their pigeon loft killed everything but left the guineas alone? There was a fisher here that one of the dogs caught attacking a swan. She killed the fisher we got it taxidermized. For a animal that weighs so little they are big wow. But anyways. The...
ate all 3 and then dragged them in holes??
I dont get it because I found a few dead huge male coons and caught one in a live have a heart trap but my dog broke the trap and killed the coon before i could relocate.
Rats I thought but my cat has killed 100s over the summer? Raiding their nests...
traps, poison securing coop, nothing keeps them out
i have no issue with any predators if anyone is ontario feel free let ur coons possums foxes go on my property, they dont pose a issue with the dogs but rats omg
My cats killed around 10 huge ones in a week i measured and took pics of all of...
we have black swans and egyptian geese on my parents lake also wild giant canada geese. Nothing else can handle egyptians. My parents really want black necked swans and have a place to get a pair. I don't think its a good idea. The black swans are good they are peaceful as long as nothing bugs...
Something I noticed about guineas over past 20 years is they almost never get killed by predators. I have lost the odd chicken here and there at night, and even lost female ducks at night. Never guineas though. Even if they slept outsside of their coop. I realize they come from africa in areas...
The first few days of incubation, i dont think was done right, it got really cold here and I had to go away a couple of days. My mom is visiting and she let the backdoor open, stay open at night for the dogs. Anyways this must have caused a flucuation in temp and humidity for the birds? I never...
ok from my parents hobby farm i have a pair of guienas from last year. I live in the city but they are quiet and i let them in the yard daily with one of the guard dogs i got from my farm (imports from russia and czech)
Issue is out of the blue this male guinea decided to attack everything and...
my parents have this lake and egyptians have totally taken over it, they love the egyptians but they want other wildfowl also. They got a pair of black neck swans that do well weight them. But the egyptians picked on everything else.
What birds can live with egyptians that egyptian will leave...
hey a friend is gonna give e a dozen eggs
was just curious how they are behaviour aggression wise? My friend said hes never heard his rooster crow? lol
last summer, quail vanished, then big homing pigeons started to vanish. Now if anyone kept white homers they are much stronger larger than feral pigeons even. TIP TOP shape. TO take one and keep its powerful wings from taking it, its going to take a predator at least larger than itself or...
any farm birds like pheasant species are more predatory than others? Might kill rats? Larger snakes? I know turkey will. I saw a turkey wild kill a six foot rat snake. But some pheasant species look like they got a hooked bill.
Any of these birds prefer to hunt?
Anyone ever see a cat attack a hawk to steal its prey? Near my barn i saw a red tail eating something and a big feral attacked it and they got into it a bit with the hawk flying off and the feral running with his food. Really strange. Was not one of mine. The hawk is the same hawk that killed...
friend has a hand raised reeves male he tried to breed but the male ended up killing a hen.
He was going to turn hi into dog food but i know the bird and he said he will give him to me.
For a single tame reeves whats a good avairy size?
has anyone had a rat kill an adult bantam rooster?
Also in the winter my cat caught and killed a rat while i was organizing feed. I took the rat and put it under my deck. After that i noticed massive reduction in rats.
Has anyone done that? The cat started to eat the rat so the head was...
Hey there has anyone had these? not feral but actual from wild stock? They are a lot diff than the domestic ones. Id love some so bad but they are so rare.
My silvers are more friendly than chickens and so docile. This is common for their species? the goldens were always so scared and flighty. The reason for these birds being flighty is that why they need such huge enclosures? or is it for breeding?
I have a extra super tame male who cant be with...