Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Marie2020]

Here is my thread
Staying healthy and pesticides in our foods


https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/staying-as-healthy-as-we-can-food-and-pesticides.1511351/

 

[Marie2020]

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[bgmathteach]

Weasels probably have regular though wide-ranging hunting routes? Keep looking for tracks, if it's in your area it will be back eventually.
My treadle feeder has apparently stopped the moles, at least it's not such a priority for getting food from the run for them,. I haven't seen tracks of any kind going in or out in two days (I was /am concerned about weasels coming in after the moles, possibly saw weasel tracks after them, though they might have been chipmunk tracks - but don't chipmunks hibernate in the winter?)

Sort of, yes, LOL
https://georgiawildlife.com/out-my-...n inactive for,fat stored within their bodies.

 

[bgmathteach]

If you get geese please keep us updated. In a way I wouldn't mind having a goose, but it is not possible right now. Before I had my daughter my sister got 4 baby ducks and we kept them for about a year. The mess they made was terrible even though they were lovely pets. My uncle had a pond and we decided they would be happier there so we gave them to him, he still has some of their grandchildren on at his pond. I cannot even imagine the mess with a larger goose. Plus Rosie is terrified of them, when she was 2 I had her at the lake and she was feeding bread to the geese and ducks, 1 bit her finger instead of the bread. Her fear of them was made worse when 2 years ago she was riding Russ down at the bottom and we did not know a pair were nesting near the creek. She was chased back up to the barn by a very angry goose. That was one time I should have had my camera with me. She had Russ at a full gallop with a Canadian Goose flying behind them and she was screaming at the top of her lungs. I should not have laughed, but I could not help myself that day.

Oh, my, that would be a funny sight...but not funny for the horse & daughter. I probably would have sent a mouthful of milk flying if I had seen that!!

Will do if I get geese/a goose.!

 

[bgmathteach]

Here he is. Taken last spring when everything was green and warm.

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Handsome boy!

 

[BY Bob]

Here he is. Taken last spring when everything was green and warm.

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Handsome fellow.

 

[BY Bob]

Umm. Says the man with a Lynx lounging on his window-sill.
I think controlled patrols by a Lynx might put the hawks on notice. You just need to train her to come back when called which for her I think would not be too hard to do.

We are discussing harness training so she can be outside with us this summer.

 

[BY Bob]

What did I miss?!

More than you can imagine.

 

[BY Bob]

@BY Bob i hope it is okay for me to share a thread I have just started

Of course.

 

[BY Bob]

Sort of, yes, LOL
https://georgiawildlife.com/out-my-backdoor-chipmunks-winter-present-backyard-mystery#:~:text=Knowing that chipmunks escape the,see a chipmunk until spring.&text=Most hibernators remain inactive for,fat stored within their bodies.

That's funny. I need to pay more attention to when I see them now. Very interesting.