Ljc01
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I found a video on line that I watched before I clipped her wing.how do you know how far to clip ?
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I found a video on line that I watched before I clipped her wing.how do you know how far to clip ?
A great idea about tulle instead of bird netting! Please share on thread what did you do in the garden today?
I get so tired of wasting money on gardening and yard supplies that I have to figure ways of saving $$$. We've experienced 6 years of torn canopy covers from our violent Santa Ana winds. The winds happen only 2 to 3x a year but do significant monetary damage. The last one tore off the roof tar paper from our new backyard patio roof so now we're trying to figure out what to use as roofing that won't rip off again. As far as canopy covers go, we've been getting cheap tarps 2x a year (once in Spring and another one in Fall) to cover the canopy frame because real canopy covers are just too expensive to keep replacing. Our horrible SoCalif sun damage is just as bad as the occasional Santa Ana wind damage.Wow @Sylvester017 that canopy is a real shame! Nice tip on the tulle, I had a terrible problem with cucumber beetles this year, this could solve that next year.
Cats aren't likely to go after adult chickens but I understand your concern!
Cats aren't likely to go after adult chickens but I understand your concern!
Yep, I'm really torn about what to do with that Calico. She's a good mouser as we've found shredded rodent in the yard. But her presence in the yard is keeping the adult hens from venturing out of their coop/pen to enjoy foraging in the backyard when she's here and she's here every darn day!!!!!
How long does she stay? My girls all hide under bushes for shade all day long when it is hot, not related to any possible predator. They come out when the sun gets lower in the sky.
Clipping wings, in my experience, is more a detriment than an advantage. They can still figure out how to fly out of a 4' enclosure with one wing clipped, but can no longer make it 10' up into a tree when a coon decides to visit. Build a taller pen or get a chicken dog
The pesky cat I had coming by had eyes bigger than her stomach. She didn't care how big the chickens were. The mockingbirds were more bother than the cat when they were protecting their nests. They even fight with an old roadrunner that comes through here daily.
It's too bad cats stressing you hens especially since she's helped with rodent control. I understand all to well about the wind and sun on the tarps. They don't last a season here where I'm at. I'm so near the pass the wind is a constant. I'm out by the windmills and solar farm.
Thanks for the photos!!!
Doms are absolutely the best, most friendly 2 legged puppies I've ever met.
Smart little things too, that one I adopted knows when its time to close the coop.She won't roost by herself, she waits for me to open the backdoor runs up and makes me carry her to the coop. Drives hubby crazy he thinks I should let her just roost on her own, he doesn't get that she just likes for me to carry her. She isn't dumb just spoiled.