Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[drstratton]

I saw our escapee again today! We have water set outside the trap and I placed a pile of pellets near the entry, I have a container of pellets at the end of it, but I will slowly add pellets further and further into the cage, hopefully he will finally be comfortable enough with it that he will be caught! My husband talked to a friend at work today and he has a large animal trap that we can use to catch the predator. We will be borrowing it!

On a funny note! My husband would have made a perfect farmer...he will take something that is broken and work on it as long as it takes to get it going again and once in awhile giving up on it! We have a couple of small tank sprayers and he asked me to test them to see if they still worked! One did, but the other one wasn't pumping to pressure and the spray wand wouldn't turn off when the lever was released. So, I passed that information on to him and he starts to say sometimes you can add a little oil to the O ring and it will seal and be usable, I say, yes, but it doesn't quit spraying when I release the lever...silence...then he says, throw it in the garbage so that I don't come home and waste hours working on it...sometimes, it really is easier to just buy new, he's worked on this sprayer before!

 

[drstratton]

Last night I opened the window in my bathroom & bedroom so that we would be able to hear if anything came after our rabbits again. I was in bed for a few minutes and I told my husband that I was going to move the tractor onto the sidewalk overnight, that way I could maybe get some sleep and the rabbits would be safer. Then my husband suggested that we place the portion with the enclosure on the sidewalk and the other on the grass! That way they could still graze and have a safe space to go to should they need it, he's such a smart man...one of many reasons I fell in love with & married him! Everyone slept peacefully last night, except my husband, he said there was a frog making a racket all night, I only heard it for a short time...lol...the dog did not come back. This idea might be a way to keep using the tractor. Move them around during the day and place them on the sidewalk below our room at night!

 

[WhoDatChick]

Last night I opened the window in my bathroom & bedroom so that we would be able to hear if anything came after our rabbits again. I was in bed for a few minutes and I told my husband that I was going to move the tractor onto the sidewalk overnight, that way I could maybe get some sleep and the rabbits would be safer. Then my husband suggested that we place the portion with the enclosure on the sidewalk and the other on the grass! That way they could still graze and have a safe space to go to should they need it, he's such a smart man...one of many reasons I fell in love with & married him! Everyone slept peacefully last night, except my husband, he said there was a frog making a racket all night, I only heard it for a short time...lol...the dog did not come back. This idea might be a way to keep using the tractor. Move them around during the day and place them on the sidewalk below our room at night!
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Great idea!! That was the plan for our baby nutria.. we kept him in a wire dog kennel and when in his cage he’d stay on the grass but at night moved to the cement... well, I forgot one night and he dug out ... this was Bucky Beaver... you know you’re a redneck when your nutria swims in the kiddie pool with your child...

 

[WhoDatChick]

Oh... also, don’t ever forget to move them to the cement

 

[N F C]

Last night I opened the window in my bathroom & bedroom so that we would be able to hear if anything came after our rabbits again. I was in bed for a few minutes and I told my husband that I was going to move the tractor onto the sidewalk overnight, that way I could maybe get some sleep and the rabbits would be safer. Then my husband suggested that we place the portion with the enclosure on the sidewalk and the other on the grass! That way they could still graze and have a safe space to go to should they need it, he's such a smart man...one of many reasons I fell in love with & married him! Everyone slept peacefully last night, except my husband, he said there was a frog making a racket all night, I only heard it for a short time...lol...the dog did not come back. This idea might be a way to keep using the tractor. Move them around during the day and place them on the sidewalk below our room at night!
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Hope that keeps the dog away from your rabbits!

 

[drstratton]

Great idea!! That was the plan for our baby nutria.. we kept him in a wire dog kennel and when in his cage he’d stay on the grass but at night moved to the cement... well, I forgot one night and he dug out ... this was Bucky Beaver... you know you’re a redneck when your nutria swims in the kiddie pool with your child...View attachment 2113669View attachment 2113670View attachment 2113671View attachment 2113672View attachment 2113673View attachment 2113674View attachment 2113675

First off, your daughter is adorable!
I'm a redneck too, I would totally let my kids swim with him, he's so cute!

 

[N F C]

Great idea!! That was the plan for our baby nutria.. we kept him in a wire dog kennel and when in his cage he’d stay on the grass but at night moved to the cement... well, I forgot one night and he dug out ... this was Bucky Beaver... you know you’re a redneck when your nutria swims in the kiddie pool with your child...View attachment 2113669View attachment 2113670View attachment 2113671View attachment 2113672View attachment 2113673View attachment 2113674View attachment 2113675

Cute pictures...how long did you have the nutria?

 

[drstratton]

Hope that keeps the dog away from your rabbits!

I saw him out there this morning, just staring into the tractor...we were just getting out of bed! It's my fault that we didn't get him, I should have asked my husband instead of my son if we had anything bigger than 8 shot, my son said we didn't, I wasn't feeling well yesterday and I forgot to ask him. Well, we do have bigger shot and by the time Dale found the 00 the dog had left...he will be back again. One of the neighbors that I do know, has seen him at their place and they plan on doing the same thing as us! He had tried to dig under, but was deterred by the cement and the lag screw that holds the wheel bar down!

 

[WhoDatChick]

First off, your daughter is adorable!
I'm a redneck too, I would totally let my kids swim with him, he's so cute!

Haha! And thank you! She is 16 now

 

[drstratton]

Haha! And thank you! She is 16 now

I'm sure that she's still adorable!