South Carolina

[huckleberryfarm]

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Sunday morning a fox was trolling right outside the chicken coops. Then a coyote showed up. Then the hawk. And then the fox. And this morning, a coyote was in the pasture with the sheep. I'm over it! Although I do think my guineas were about to take after that fox! My husband started yelling at it right when they started chasing it. Go, Guineas! Yesterday, my farm cat Kitty Witty walked over there and the guineas all came flying over and circled her. We were watching to see what would happen. The cat laid down on her back like she does when she wants us to pet her. I think she was trying to be friends. It ended peacefully. My husband is coming around on the guineas. Both of those situations surprised him. In a good way. I tried to tell him....

 

[pinkwindsong]

HUMMM... don't like that they are so brave to come that close to the house especially with the children out and about playing.. might be time for you to call in a hunter for the 4 -legged predators.


good luck let me know if we can help..
)O(
Pink

 

[Patsy29332]

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Only for the kind in the bottle

x3

 

[dixiebeast]

Crud...Im in trouble

...The wild turkeys freerange behind my house...roost in my trees...and block my driveway sunning...

I am running an illegal operation and the turkeys started it!!

! LOL

 

[huckleberryfarm]

We have tons of wild turkeys but I'm not raising them. They just show up!

 

[Patsy29332]

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You're not raising them...they free range

 

[Patsy29332]

This may seem like a stupid question but...do chickens eat granddaddy long legs? Just wondering because I am over run with them...or is it that they just outnumber my free-roamers by sooo many?

 

[RedBugPoultry]

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Mine will not touch them more than once--they must taste bad. Plus, they are poisonous, they just do not have fangs like other spiders.

 

[Lroach711]

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Must be something about this time of the year. They are EVERYWHERE here too!

 

[gvilledh]

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Those eggs are so close! Look how red those girls are. Fresh eggs by Christmas! What did I tell ya?

Lou Ann will be so excited. I would absolutely love for there to be an egg in their coop tomorrow, just because it's her birthday, but I think she will be happy with Christmas. It's true, though, the Maran, particularly, has gotten really red. They have been checking out the nestboxes. It would be so convenient if they decided to lay the eggs there, but I have a feeling we may be hunting them at first.