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

[Parront]

Y'all don't want me to get banned, QUIT SETTING ME UP FOR FAILURE!!!

Not on MY knees! Old people alert!

 

[Parront]

Maybe we are praying.

Or are you Preying? On your sweet friend Smurvie?

 

[Molpet]

When I lived in dry and dusty CA, we prayed for MOIST Leaves! Kept down the dust for free! Just no stinky grass clippings, only fresh grass from my own yard, no poison applied! Hens were great grass killers if I could keep the roaming dogs from getting them

LOL yes they would help w/the dust.
Yeah the lawn chemicals are a concern, otherwise I would get the grass clippings too. I usually get the leaves after a frost has the grass not growing

 

[21hens-incharge]

Or are you Preying? On your sweet friend Smurvie?

Darn auto incorrect changed it on me!


Back to our gardening thing from earlier.....
I am going to try strawberries in repurposed juice bottles. Maybe getting them off the ground will get them out of bird zone.







Maybe no one noticed that totally undisguised attempt to change subject...

 

[Parront]

Back to our gardening thing from earlier.....
I am going to try strawberries in repurposed juice bottles. Maybe getting them off the ground will get them out of bird zone.

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.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Oh I meant chicken reach lol. I have an unused area between chicken run and property line that is about 7x12. It had been overgrown with lady bells. I think I may have been able to smother them. I am thinking about hanging a pallet on the fence with the jugs secured between the slats. Bird netting and PVS to keep other fliers off it.

Just trying to get the most from my space. Maybe lettuces will work too......

 

[Parront]

Oh I meant chicken reach lol. I have an unused area between chicken run and property line that is about 7x12. It had been overgrown with lady bells. I think I may have been able to smother them. I am thinking about hanging a pallet on the fence with the jugs secured between the slats. Bird netting and PVS to keep other fliers off it.

Just trying to get the most from my space. Maybe lettuces will work too......

You might be surprised by the "Chicken Reach"!

 

[Parront]

Maybe lettuces will work too......

Very most favorite food of my hens!

 

[Parront]

I have a question for you guys. Have you ever grown peanuts? Dylan is addicted to them. I have never grown them, but now, I have a need. Help the Parrot parent?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Hmmmmm I will have to think of a protective frame.......

Mine like them too. Swiss chard stands no chance if they can get to it. They love the red stemmed most of all. Gardening with chickens is both fun and challenging.


I will have to share how it works or fails. It will be fun trying.