We are in a little residential neighborhood... large lots and adjacent to gamelands, but still a residential subdivision where kids and dogs are running around pretty freely 3 seasons out of the year. It's definitely not cool to have coyotes in the neighborhood. My neighbor across the street saw one run past her into my yard a few weeks ago. She has german shepherds so she first thought it was one of her dogs that got out somehow in the middle of the night (she was on her porch, smoking). When she realized what it was, she ran inside and sent me a message... hubs and I had just been getting ready to go to bed, so I sent him out to the back porch... he spotted him right away and shot him in the face with the pellet gun we keep at the back door. It wasn't going to really hurt him, but we hoped it would at least dissuade him from hanging around (and we won't keep anything more powerful than a pellet gun out/accessible because we have small children and neighborhood kids here all the time).
The pheasants should be able to fly a little once we get them moved over to the turkey pen, of course, they'll just fly up and hit the bird netting and crash back down... but it's more space than the tractor, and more secure once we finish the improvements we started. I still can't believe my chickens are flying up onto a 6 1/2 foot door. My older layers (BA mostly) definitely could not do that! I might have to re-think my run fencing for these birds!.
be careful out there...they can be so brazen!! The neighbor that had lost those birds, they have 3 Australian shepherds..those dogs do NOT back down from anything. They are allowed to roam their territory, sometimes they over shoot a bit
...not an issue, anyway, these coyotes would stay around the perimeter of the property..just out of good shooting range, and they DO use bigger bangers than a pellet gun. They have had issues with raccoons , in the middle of the day..yeah, not good. Had to put them down.
We must all be very mindful, careful...makes things even more interesting now that we all have animals(low on the food chain), in our yards..brings another element to the mix of already imposed upon nature..
I do not trim our girls wing feathers, the first two birds I had, I did that...just haven't done it since. I KNOW they can fly and jump exceedingly high!..hahaha, when they get to play in the garden (off season), they show off a bit from time to time..and if I call them over to the 'chicken shed', they all want to be the first to get the corn, funny watching them jump, run and fly over each other to get there.
The pheasant enclosure I saw was not very high, but the birds could glide a here & there if they chose to...it's not like your raising them to be stocked on some preserve or hunting area..I would think a that would entail a different set-up all together,-disclosure- I am NOT expert on anything though..
I use canned chicken for enchiladas, chicken noodle soup, baby/toddler food, dog food (vet recommends chicken and rice for sick dogs) casseroles, and on a salad.
Wingstone had said about canning fried chicken. Never tried it though.
yeppers!!! It is already cooked, just like the 'store canned' stuff. Use it however you like!! OOoooo...fried chicken
looking for opinions, not sure if I am in the right place, my silkie has gone broody, again, what would u all recommend, barred rock or wyonette?
if you do NOT want broody..do NOT go wyandotte...from experience
...hahahha...they are great birds though....I have 3 marans, none have gone broody yet
I have 2 new barred rocks..will be interesting how they act..to brood or not to brood, that is the question
This is her first time actualy hatching eggs. Last time, I just grafted chicks to her and she did an amazing job raising them. She has 3 eggs left and one was peeping like crazy this morning. I'll be keeping a close eye on her.
