By the way, I saw a mole outside and shot it with a 22. Man am I a good shot or what? It was 40 yards away and right next to the barn where the chickens are. I guess I could have waited for the chickens to kill it. But I don't think what would have been human. And besides the darn things...
Sorry I won't kill it. I'm not into killing animals only if they are in pain. (or rats) I will keep moving it out of the way. I don't have any little babies now and my chickens are not laying yet.
If I see it killed one of my chickens then we will be having it for supper. No sense in...
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chick4chicks, it went right under where you were sitting on Memoral Day.
My chickens aren't laying yet. I did have two of them in the nest box but one was a roo. LOL
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I don't want to kill it. I thought it was beautiful but I only have my 4 week olds behind chicken wire. I will need to use the 1/4-inch hardware cloth. I have some but I will need to dig down in the pen and how far up will I need to put it?
I watched the crocodile hunter, loved...
Maybe I'll wait until my DH gets home and I'll have him help me move it.
Well I better call my grandson. He will help. I could put it in a pillow case like kees said and move it to the woods about 10 miles from here.
Is that far enough away?
Boy I would just love to pick it up. It's so...
I have chicks in the barn that are a month old, will they be ok? I have a perch for them to get on.
Added, I don't think its a water snake. we have no ponds on the hill.
I worked last night and have my chickens in the barn because I combined two hatches and wanted to keep them in for a week so the newer ones would know where to go at night. I was walking to the barn to feed them with my dog, she was ahead of me, I saw a large stick in the yard that was not...