We set ours on rounds smaller than the circumference of the feed buckets, therefore there is no ledge for the mice to climb. Waterers are about 12-14 inches off the ground as well.
These little cuties hatched Sunday .... White rock and New Hampshire mix.
ETA: 2 look like they have pink feathers already.
We set 11 chicken eggs and 12 guineas, these were the only 4 to hatch. :(
I'm not giving up though, we set 8 duck eggs and chicken eggs May 11 so we'll see how those do. So...
We lost out ducklings to flood last week so went to Atwoods this weekend and purchased a few mallards and runners, but we also picked these too because I thought they we so pretty.
Hot water seems to freeze faster than cold water, known as the Mpemba effect. The effect was named after the Tanzanian student who in 1963 noticed that hot ice cream mix freezes faster than a cold one. The effect was first observed by Aristotle in the 4th century BC, then later Francis Bacon and...
Yes, free ranging in the garden. It's a very free style garden that to me is very beautiful. The problem is...I'm VERY OCD and the design concept to me is very difficult because I naturally put everything in very straight lines and in a particular order..."random" things are very difficult for...
We are wanting to do free range gardening and I was wondering if anyone else does this? If so, are there any websites or books to help with design? I'm a very visual type person and would like to see some examples. I've only been able to find one or two photos online and they are very limited. I...