i have a cat, and that rascal will torment a snake lol. i caught him out in the yard one evening messing with something i got up out of my swing to check it out. that darn cat had a copperhead and was slapping at him and had him tuckered plum out lol.. he ended up getting the snake and carried...
hello all. i have tried mothballs and i can say from first hand they didn't work for me. I just had a lemon blue Old english hatch 13 dibbies. i have 2 left now black snake ate the rest. a big black snake will even eat small hens and rosters such as bantams. my friend had a game hen just about...
thanks i like for my coops to be open except for the top of the side and back. then i set the coop where the back and sides will block the cold air and the sun will shine in the coop from early morning till after noon but they can satill have shade if they need it..
It is 4x4 ,5ft in the front and 4ft in the back. It is like the coop on this site but it is a 2 story coop . I made this one just a single story coop..I have 2 nest on the back wall and the roost is close enough they can hop off it onto the nest.. i have a trio of BB Red's in this coop..
silkies and that type of birds should stay in a 4ft fence. they aren't good flyers at all. now old english bantams can fly like a bird. i would never try to keep them in any type without a top on it.. but silkies i wouldn't worry...
your chcikens shouldn't even try to get over a 4 ft fence unless something get's after them . That has been my experence with them over the years. i kept barred rocks in a 3 ft high fence 25 X25 for years once. never had one to get out..