Anyone have luck catching a feral chicken?? UPDATE: Rooster caught, no hen

[Smuvers Farm]

I have a meatball grill holder thingy. I think I used it once. Thank goodness I bought it on clearance.

Y’all! I ordered my Hardware Cloth and it was being delivered today. I have been in a near panic worried dh would see it. UPS always delivers that stuff to the garage, but I have the UPS app and noted for them to deliver it to the front door. Dh is hehind the house in his shop with some guys right now and it was just delivered. I was able to push it off the porch and sort of hide it in the bushes. Sesame and the chicks will be happy for more room! I didn’t realize it would take 6 months or so before Bantams are fully grown. Good grief!

Where do you get your hardware cloth? Is there a section out here on BYC where people can post the online deals they find for stuff?

 

[Kiki]

Where do you get your hardware cloth? Is there a section out here on BYC where people can post the online deals they find for stuff?

Look under REVIEWS
There are links to purchase stuff in the reviews section.

 

[Kiki]

Where do you get your hardware cloth? Is there a section out here on BYC where people can post the online deals they find for stuff?

I buy mine at Home Depot.

 

[Suzi18]

OMG, that is so funny, my face hurts from laughing. I can't believe I never saw this before, lol. Thank you! I don't know how they did that without dying laughing.

You're welcome. After all these years it's still one of my favorite skits

 

[Molpet]

Where do you get your hardware cloth? Is there a section out here on BYC where people can post the online deals they find for stuff?

amazon price bounces around a lot..$64 to 80+ https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QINT6M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[getaclue]

Parront, we had a cockatiel for years. The cage door was never kept closed. I built it a play pen, so it would poop either in the cage, or on the bottom of the playpen. Twinkle (turned out to be a he) could hear my X's truck when it pulled onto our street, and would start chirping. From the time my X walked in the door, that bird would perch on his shoulder, rub his head on him, and just carry on. Later on, he would settle down, but remain on X's shoulder until bedtime. At bedtime, he would fly into his cage, and I would cover it.

One early night, X went to get a snack from the fridge. When he opened the fridge door, and bent down, Twinkle flew down on the floor behind him, waiting so he could fly back up on X's shoulder. Well, X got his snack, and stepped back from the fridge to close the door, and Twinkle didn't get out of his way fast enough. He stepped on Twinkle's tail feathers. Twinkle squawked, and ran, but his tail feathers were in a pile on the floor.

When X sat down in his chair, Twinkle flew up on his shoulder, and began assessing the damage. Suddenly, he discovered he had lost his tail feathers. He began screeching at my X, and shaking his bare butt at him. It was so comical. Twinkle carried on like that for 30 mins. After that, every evening when Twinkle would get on X's shoulder, he screeched at him while shaking his bare butt at him, for a couple minutes. Twinkle did that until his tail feathers grew back in. X never stepped again, without looking first.

 

[staceyj]

Where do you get your hardware cloth? Is there a section out here on BYC where people can post the online deals they find for stuff?

Good question.

 

[staceyj]

Parront, we had a cockatiel for years. The cage door was never kept closed. I built it a play pen, so it would poop either in the cage, or on the bottom of the playpen. Twinkle (turned out to be a he) could hear my X's truck when it pulled onto our street, and would start chirping. From the time my X walked in the door, that bird would perch on his shoulder, rub his head on him, and just carry on. Later on, he would settle down, but remain on X's shoulder until bedtime. At bedtime, he would fly into his cage, and I would cover it.

One early night, X went to get a snack from the fridge. When he opened the fridge door, and bent down, Twinkle flew down on the floor behind him, waiting so he could fly back up on X's shoulder. Well, X got his snack, and stepped back from the fridge to close the door, and Twinkle didn't get out of his way fast enough. He stepped on Twinkle's tail feathers. Twinkle squawked, and ran, but his tail feathers were in a pile on the floor.

When X sat down in his chair, Twinkle flew up on his shoulder, and began assessing the damage. Suddenly, he discovered he had lost his tail feathers. He began screeching at my X, and shaking his bare butt at him. It was so comical. Twinkle carried on like that for 30 mins. After that, every evening when Twinkle would get on X's shoulder, he screeched at him while shaking his bare butt at him, for a couple minutes. Twinkle did that until his tail feathers grew back in. X never stepped again, without looking first.

Oh great story!

 

[Parront]

Parront, we had a cockatiel for years. The cage door was never kept closed. I built it a play pen, so it would poop either in the cage, or on the bottom of the playpen. Twinkle (turned out to be a he) could hear my X's truck when it pulled onto our street, and would start chirping. From the time my X walked in the door, that bird would perch on his shoulder, rub his head on him, and just carry on. Later on, he would settle down, but remain on X's shoulder until bedtime. At bedtime, he would fly into his cage, and I would cover it.

One early night, X went to get a snack from the fridge. When he opened the fridge door, and bent down, Twinkle flew down on the floor behind him, waiting so he could fly back up on X's shoulder. Well, X got his snack, and stepped back from the fridge to close the door, and Twinkle didn't get out of his way fast enough. He stepped on Twinkle's tail feathers. Twinkle squawked, and ran, but his tail feathers were in a pile on the floor.

When X sat down in his chair, Twinkle flew up on his shoulder, and began assessing the damage. Suddenly, he discovered he had lost his tail feathers. He began screeching at my X, and shaking his bare butt at him. It was so comical. Twinkle carried on like that for 30 mins. After that, every evening when Twinkle would get on X's shoulder, he screeched at him while shaking his bare butt at him, for a couple minutes. Twinkle did that until his tail feathers grew back in. X never stepped again, without looking first.

Tiels are smart little parrots! Fantastic fliers, gets them in trouble sometimes!

 

[DesertChic]

Pot roast. In the oven.

I boiled a small hen I butchered this past weekend because I'm now cooking food for one of my dogs with medical issues. After stripping the meat off the carcass, I returned the bones to the pot to continue making bone broth.

Meal 1: Sauted red onions and Toscano kale mixed with scrambled fresh eggs, topped with a little freshly grated Romano cheese and diced grape tomatoes.

Next, baked Paleo orange-cranberry-chocolate chip muffins. REALLY good!

Then...fresh veggie and fruit juice. I make a blender-full of it every day and feed the pulp to the chickens. Our mornings start out with a juice + raw egg smoothie. (I've lost 13 lbs since Oct. 2nd!)

Then...time to cook up the rest of the ingredients for the dog food.

And finally....a dinner of burst tomatoes and roasted garlic over zoodles for dinner, and then I'll finally strain out all of the ingredients for the broth.

This is a normal Wednesday for me. It would be a lot less work if I didn't have to wash so many dishes in between.