hope it comes on soon. It's way too hot so I hope you have a place to go! too hot to be with out AC. Caught said the hospital she works at had a lightning strike which took out the power, the emergency generator and the cat scan and other things.
I'm guessing the opening is 6"x6" from the picture? Did you lose any birds? Any tracks? Any hair caught in the wire? There could be several possible suspects and some can go through chicken wire like butter.
I'd never thought of tractor watering. I learned something and will put it to good use. DNA vines! lol. We always called those vines with the big thorns "wait a minute" vines.
Look for them in or around the nest boxes, (I made the mistake of not looking first, ONCE), and look up along the eves of your coop. If you use bedding on the floor, they will bury themselves usually along the walls, or corners and not necessarily coiled but just along the wall. I stepped on...
The experts on here (definitely not me) have suggested using the plastic garden netting rolled loosely around on the ground for them to get entangled in. I forgot it this year I should probably get some, we still have a lot of snake season left.
I would like to see it move on, the problem is that they have a big range and it will most likely be back. My fear is always for the kids. A few years ago there was a picture in the newspaper of one in Shawnee, so there isn't much fear of humans left. I imagine the reluctance to admit a...
I had a big one in the young chick run. it had two big lumps and I was missing two chickens. It just kept lolling there happily digesting a chicken dinner. I rudely interrupted him, and he got a free ride to the happy chicken hunting grounds.
The minnow trap hasn't worked, maybe because the...
I contacted the game warden here and he said he couldn't set traps because of pets roaming the country. He also said he was swamped with varmit problems and if I saw it "take care of it" because it had let my daughter so close to it and was eating my poultry. It's getting the turkeys in broad...
It's not a bobcat getting my turkeys. It's a cougar. My daughter saw it yesterday about a hundred yards north of the house when she was walking down to get a pet she thought was by the pond. She thought it was a really huge dog, until she recognized a feline body and a long smooth tail. She was...
I'm lucky I live 30 minutes from country hatchery in Wewoka. Their selection isn't very extensive but the ability to get them without stress sure helps.
There's an article in "Chickens " magazine July/August edition (mag rack at lowes) that tells what vegetables are good for your chickens and...