If you can, I recommend getting something called a "uninterruptable power supply" or UPS. They sell them at best buy and maybe even walmart. They are designed to keep power for many hours if you lose power. It is like a big battery/surge protector you plug your stuff into. It is absolutely...
I have 14 barn cats, and over 150 chickens, of all sized..and have not had a cat kill or harm one yet. Honestly, the best thing you can do to prevent death is to feed the kitties. Even some cheap ol Meow Mix. They hunt and eat to feed themselves if they are starving, if they are fed and not...
Taking the pictures is easy, i just put the camera up the cage. They are very large dog sized cages. I do not think you could catch one with a smaller cat/raccoon sized trap.
Big dog live traps work just fine. I have caught these three over the last 18 months. Use a fresh dead poultry body as bait. If i have a death, that is what i do with it. Make sure to tie the leg of the bait to the bottom of the trap, so the fox cant just lean over the pedal, take it, and walk...
The parents. Blue and Splash Marans. Top pic is one of the Mamas. The father isn't a traditional color, he is golden, but he is still pure Araucana. Included is an example of the eggs they are starting to lay. I sold a clutch of babies to a friend, and the egg came from the bird i sold her..i am...
I just wanted to share some of my olive egger pullets. They are just coming into lay. They have Marans mothers and a rumpless Araucana father. The pullets came out 90% rumpless while their male counterparts are 90% tailed, very interesting. The males are also have a lot more gold, they are...
It isn't as hard as people think it is to trap a fox. I have trapped four foxes over the last two years. Three reds, and one gray. Each time I used a dead chicken or guinea as bait. It has to be a fresh kill. I would have taken your killed hen and used her in a large dog trap. Make sure to tie a...
there is a tendon that fits through a groove in the joint. that joint is called the hock, btw. if the tendon slides out of that groove, then it is nearly impossible to repair. here is a website with some good reading material, scroll down to slipped achelies tendon in hock joint. i wish i could...
well I am certainly glad to hear you say that! I thought so as well, I just had never seen that color before so I wanted to get some opinions.
I have been keeping him with a handful of my Marans hoping for Olive eggers.
So far I have hatched out eight babies that all look like this.
This is Donald.
I think his color is just amazing.
I just wanted to post and make sure he actually is an Araucana, and not just a rumpless. He reminds me of my gamefowl, except without the tail.