I think I trapped a fox in the barn night before last. there are at least two in the area, Steuben with the stubby tail, and Maybelline with the distinct face mask. One of them used to live in our barn, but we harassed them out, and used a bottle of miracle enzyme pet accident cleaner to get rid...
My current cavamalt sleeps with my kid's bunny on her lap. His big weapon, sad eyes, is not likely to threaten the chicks we ordered for late spring. Plus the Delawares will soon grow to be his size. But I am looking ahead to training a larger, more protective dog. One that could help with fox...
Still planning my flock of Delawares. I feel like they may be big enough to deter hawks and crows, and even eat mice. Except a bald eagle showed up. It's hard to be upset about that, but I guess the run has to be covered. I was thinking about a big LGD anyway.
Anyway, I was reading about...
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I'm still planning ...
I am thinking about "dog-proof" enclosing a large run maybe 30x40 that includes 10x 15 garden bed sections with smaller fences and a compost section, and then have a coop in one section with controlled gate access to the garden sections. And a larger horse/sheep...
Hi. I'm still in the theory phase, prepping for next spring.
I've seen fox, hawks, and crows, and there are likely weasels including the least weasel, opossum and raccoon, and maybe bobcat or coyote, but it's a little urban for anything larger. Loose dogs will find us, so I am definitely...
Hi. I bought a new house yesterday! So excited, and I can feel the chickens coming soon!
So there is a sort of wooded gully, which isn't much use for anything else, that might make a good place for chickens on one side and turkeys on the other. (Since the broad grassy places are horse pasture...