Search results for query: *

  1. HeatherUribe

    Letting geese out of their pen for the day

    Here is Lulu, our bulldog, and our three geese, Lucy, Nibbles (the gander), and Spot, giving the dog her nibble massage. The dog leans her head away to protect her eyes and inner ears, but the geese have a real go at everywhere else on her, including her lips sometimes. It's quite a spectacle...
  2. HeatherUribe

    Letting geese out of their pen for the day

    We have three wonderful Chinese geese. Supposedly 2 females and a male. We bought them sexed from an online hatchery and received them by mail when they were just a few days old. They are almost full size now (born in April) with just a little down left. We keep them in a kennel outside and...
  3. HeatherUribe

    Guarding the Chicken Coop

    We have the opportunity to add another full grown rooster to the flock. I met someone at the feed store that's looking for a home for his Rhode Island Red rooster, so I was going to give him a call.
  4. HeatherUribe

    Guarding the Chicken Coop

    No, we do not know for sure what the predator was, but we suspect it was a fox and not an owl or hawk. The former owners trapped a fox before, so there is a history. I saw an add for a niteguard flashing light that is supposed to detract pests. It's not motion sensored, it flashes all the...
  5. HeatherUribe

    Guarding the Chicken Coop

    I have been opening up the coop every morning and shutting up my hens every evening. We also covered all the entry points--windows and eaves--with poultry wire, and so far so good. The hens are not coming out during the day like they once were, though. One is clearly brooding. She does not...
  6. HeatherUribe

    Guarding the Chicken Coop

    We just bought an 11 acre farm and inherited five hens and two roosters. The former owners had a large outside dog who guarded their property and sheep. We don't have sheep and our three dogs live indoors and wouldn't know how to guard much of anything. Short of getting another dog to perform...
Back
Top Bottom