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We had the Asian Hornet in Catalonia. It wiped out all the hives. The bees were the only creatures that made a profit. The chickens could have broken even if the egg sales had been better organised. Sheep, the biggest financial sink hole I've encountered. Donkeys just burnt hay, but did have some use in clearing woodland. Rabbits all died. Muscovy ducks were lovely and fairly cheap to keep.This summer hasn't been kind to our place with both heat and drought, as in many other parts of the world. It is the first year we are having asian hornets and our hives were already weakened by the drought. Yesterday we made muzzles from chicken wire that are supposed to keep the hornets out and different kinds of trap. I'm not very optimistic.
In better news we have managed to keep the roe deers away. It turned out mama and baby were actually trapped and living inside our fencing. After an epic chase we got them out and up to now they haven't been back.
Some pictures to make up for the all the talk. Keen eyes may spot a pullet or two in some. This is one of the hives places.
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