Eastern Tennessee Thread

[stanglover2001]

Does everyone on here use their birds for meat?

Not everyone.

 

[bairo]

stang...I crack up every time I read your signature. How about a recent photo of Ninja?

 

[stanglover2001]

stang...I crack up every time I read your signature. How about a recent photo of Ninja?

I thought I posted one recently where she was standing near Frederick?

 

[dncarr09]

If you have that many feral cats showing up then you must have a colony established near you. With the feral ones it may be best if you let them go to return to it otherwise more will move in to replace them. It is hard to break a colony once they are settled in or you could socialize them and find homes. I use to work with a rescue group and did a lot of the colonies in our area. Even after I left the rescue I still do a lot of what you do...trap, fix, socialize or release. If I have someone who is getting a cat I take it to the vet who is fixing it and have the new owners meet me there to pick it up...that way I am certain they are fixed. That is a really good deal in that PPAW program.

Hobbychicken...Allen and his wife had them there for people to see what quality chickens look like and give them a chance to see other breeds.

We had the same problem with cats. We had one inparticular that I could never catch. She was there when we bought the house in the country in 2006. She ended up having about 3 litters of kittens over a few years time. I was finally able to catch her. I took her to PPaws and got her fixed and the same wtih the kittens. I found homes for all the kittens. I knew that no one would want the mom becasue she was old and feral so I just set her back out at my house. I look at it like she was there before me so it's her home. She never messes with my chickens even the baby ones. She is a good mouse hunter . I just set out food on the porch and every couple days she shows up to eat, and then goes back to her home under my shed by the baby chicks.

 

[stanglover2001]

 

[bairo]

whoo
she better be careful, fredrick looks like he could break her if he got in a mood, LOL

 

[tnchickenut]

Everyone watch out! Stacy is over there licking her lips looking out the window watching her chickens walk around!

If one bird messes up in anyways.... WHAM! In the freezer!

 

[stanglover2001]

whoo
she better be careful, fredrick looks like he could break her if he got in a mood, LOL

haha! well, he's very docile breeder, I dunno if he gets them half the time... here's another I just went out and snapped..

 

[tnchickenut]

If you have that many feral cats showing up then you must have a colony established near you. With the feral ones it may be best if you let them go to return to it otherwise more will move in to replace them. It is hard to break a colony once they are settled in or you could socialize them and find homes. I use to work with a rescue group and did a lot of the colonies in our area. Even after I left the rescue I still do a lot of what you do...trap, fix, socialize or release. If I have someone who is getting a cat I take it to the vet who is fixing it and have the new owners meet me there to pick it up...that way I am certain they are fixed. That is a really good deal in that PPAW program.

Hobbychicken...Allen and his wife had them there for people to see what quality chickens look like and give them a chance to see other breeds.

Ya'll jinxed me!!! 6 more kittens were born in my briars last night. (Yes, I snuck in and got a peek) Momma is wild and had the last litter in the woods... this time she is closer to the house (probably because she is always hunting around the coops) And of course they are all black and grey... that is all I get from those wild cats, means they are inbreeding, doesn't it? generations of the same colors....

 

[stanglover2001]

Who in Lenoir City is selling the Lavender Orpingtons???