Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[drstratton]

I am trying very hard to be patient and NOT flip my sh!t.

Sorry, had to laugh!!! This too shall pass...

 

[drstratton]

Its raining here also, but in crystalline form

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This is just taken.. Note; the happy birdies
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Your yard looks like my yard...but I do believe you have a bit more snow in yours!

I just looked out my window as I'm typing this and I have more of the crystalline form coming down again!

That top picture is pretty cool!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Its raining here also, but in crystalline form

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This is just taken.. Note; the happy birdies
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Your snow is a lot prettier than my rain!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

After the incident last October when we lost four of our pullets to a predator during the night, we put up a camera focused on the coop.
We never saw anything but a cat once or twice and our dogs out for a bedtime pit stop.

Then the last two nights this guy appeared.

(He’s by the door on the left)

So tonight I set the trap. I threw peas and a piece of bread inside.
Bingo!

It’s a Possum and he’s angry with me.

Tomorrow he’s going for a ride in the car. He’s moving to a nice wooded location in the next town.

 

[drstratton]

After the incident last October when we lost four of our pullets to a predator during the night, we put up a camera focused on the coop.
We never saw anything but a cat once or twice and our dogs out for a bedtime pit stop.

Then the last two nights this guy appeared.
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(He’s by the door on the left)

So tonight I set the trap. I threw peas and a piece of bread inside.
Bingo!
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It’s a Possum and he’s angry with me.

Tomorrow he’s going for a ride in the car. He’s moving to a nice wooded location in the next town.

Be careful with it Kat...those buggers are vicious! I'm glad that you caught it! We had one kill some of our kittens when I was younger...my grandmother took care of it!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Be careful with it Kat...those buggers are vicious! I'm glad that you caught it! We had one kill some of our kittens when I was younger...my grandmother took care of it!

I know, don’t worry, I don’t have to get near him when I open the trap.
I trapped three of them last summer by the pond where the duck house is. They were devouring all the duck’s food!
I bring them to an area in the woods by a creek. It’s far from here and they have water while settling in to their new digs.

 

[drstratton]

I know, don’t worry, I don’t have to get near him when I open the trap.
I trapped three of them last summer by the pond where the duck house is. They were devouring all the duck’s food!
I bring them to an area in the woods by a creek. It’s far from here and they have water while settling in to their new digs.

Wow, that's a bunch! It's good that you have a place to take them!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

This morning I took my little friend to his new home. I have no pictures of his actual release because he beat feet out of that cage and into the underbrush.

When I went out this morning I thought the little guy was dead because the dogs were all gathered around the trap and he was laying over, still, eyes half open and glazed over looking. He didn’t move.
But I didn’t trust him so I took him all the way to my favorite release spot.
He was very much alive when I opened the trap door!
They really do “play possum”!

 

[MaryJanet]

This morning I took my little friend to his new home. I have no pictures of his actual release because he beat feet out of that cage and into the underbrush.View attachment 2536474View attachment 2536475

When I went out this morning I thought the little guy was dead because the dogs were all gathered around the trap and he was laying over, still, eyes half open and glazed over looking. He didn’t move.
But I didn’t trust him so I took him all the way to my favorite release spot.
He was very much alive when I opened the trap door!
They really do “play possum”!

Compared to Australian possums, they're very scary

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Compared to Australian possums, they're very scary

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Oh gosh! He’s so cute!
He looks a bit like a chinchilla.