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

[Parront]

Gardening with chickens is both fun and challenging.

The challenge is eating the tomatoes before the chickens! Good luck with that! Lettuce under chicken wire, or no lettuce.

 

[Parront]

I used to till up the garden, and throw all leftover seeds in the fall. This was in Riverside, CA. Zone 8/9 -- then the chickens got to it a couple of months later. I only had a half acre then, not a lot of space. The chickens destroyed it in about a week or two. That is why I am looking for 5 acres!

 

[21hens-incharge]

My poor girls don't get full garden access until fall.
I only have 1/4 acre and gave a lot of that to my birds and dogs. Gotta be creative to have much for the hoomanz.

Thinking going up since I cannot go out lol.

 

[Parront]

My poor girls don't get full garden access until fall.
I only have 1/4 acre and gave a lot of that to my birds and dogs. Gotta be creative to have much for the hoomanz.

Thinking going up since I cannot go out lol.

Been there! I like the guys who sprout. I sprout CHIA from Costco. As in Chia Pet. Great sprouts and seeds and Costco low price!

 

[Smuvers Farm]

I noticed, OK. Getting your strawberries off the ground only saves them from slugs and pillbugs, birds see in living color -- Your red berries are a magnet to them! Birds see in the UV range, and WAY better than we do. When I want Dylan to be quiet I turn off her UV light. It is like twilight for her! I know, because she can tell me. She said, "Turn on the light". Not kidding.

You need to make some Dylan youtube vidyuhs for us!

 

[Parront]

You need to make some Dylan youtube vidyuhs for us!

Sorry these things usually happen while my camera/cell is not trained on Dylan! She is so amazing, I am still learning from her!

 

[Parront]

I am thinking of putting the "game cam" in the bathroom! LOL

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Sorry these things usually happen while my camera/cell is not trained on Dylan! She is so amazing, I am still learning from her!

How long have you had her? Give us the backstory!

 

[Smuvers Farm]

I am thinking of putting the "game cam" in the bathroom! LOL

Make sure the bathroom is cleaned and nothing personal is in the shot!!!

 

[apryl29]

Mine got the garden, but it was mostly stuff they didn't want or couldn't have. I did grow lettuce just for them, but just about everything else was on the no list.

We are lucky that mine seemed to grow out of it. I used to do stuff to get her to use her hands, ride bikes, patty-cake just occupy the hands! She got rashes from tags in clothes, laundry detergent was changed, whole 9 yards.

Was yours psychotic about socks? She couldn't wear fuzzy socks or socks w strings or socks w nubby corners. We had many morning meltdowns over socks. She still has tag issues. It's annoying bc she cuts out the size, or cuts a hole when she's taking out the tag.