Something you wish had been invented in chicken keeping.

[Chicalina]

They’ve got enough hens, my red boys are just bad at mating, there’s no Finesse there at all lol.

You said they were being "overmated". I was just picking up on your account of the situation.

 

[gointothebirdsfarm]

A rat trap that works extremely well. I have an issue with rats, and I despise them. We have set numerous traps, and all we seem to catch are really big mice, or baby rats, not sure which. Or rat repellent. I dont like to put poison out, because I'm scared something will get into it that shouldn't. Sigh.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

I've heard Maine Coons are good at catching rats because of their size.

 

[gointothebirdsfarm]

Maine Coons?

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Cats, they are big and fluffy, we had one When I was little and I used to chase him and bite and pull his tail, and he did nothing, best cat ever.

 

[alwaystj9]

Buckets and feed pans and containers with an animal-safe fire ant (and other bugs) (spiders,too) repellant infused in the plastic.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Alright! i changed my profile pic, like it?
(I know we were talking about it at some point here)

 

[Fishychix]

Cats, they are big and fluffy, we had one When I was little and I used to chase him and bite and pull his tail, and he did nothing, best cat ever.

Here’s my Maine Coon. They’re easy to train, too. He knows more commands than our dog. He’s “helping” me sort the socks

 

[Fishychix]

Buckets and feed pans and containers with an animal-safe fire ant (and other bugs) (spiders,too) repellant infused in the plastic.

They have something like that for thresholds now. I won’t go into detail of how it works. It’s a bit disturbing. And I don’t even like bugs.

 

[FloorCandy]

Has anyone mentioned solar lighting?

I wish there was a solar lighting set that came with a timer. Just a small string like the ones for running around the deck, but you can set a permanent timer that goes on and off everyday by itself. To accomplish a simple task that I could plug a simple gadget that’s been around for decades into a normal socket and get reliable light timing, but solar, it would be so expensive.