Last night after finishing my sweet outdoor run that will keeps dogs out (but not worried about keeping chickens in), we found this next to the house: He was almost 5'...gorgeous, but scary. He's dead in this photo, obviously, or I wouldn't be that close! My BF just told me he's coming home with 4-6 barn cats that someone at work is giving him...good for eating mice and keeping snakes away, but gosh darnit, not good for the chickens! Guess I need to work on fully fencing and roofing their outdoor run, now....
He brought the snake to work for some other guy to make a belt, so at least it is getting used somehow.
Now my BF - who couldn't give a hoot about the chickens - is suggesting we get Guinea Fowl. To me, the more the merrier...but now I have a whole other bird to research!
I think my chickens are conducting an experiment to see how many of them can cram themselves into a medium sized dog crate, turned duck nest box...... Last count was 7 chickens.
We had 8 chickens in the dog cratewith a 9th chicken trying to get in when they call came out. I think number 9 stepped on the others trying to get in cause most came out pretty upset. So I will say the result of their experiment is 8 chickens can shove themselves into 1 dog crate without too many issues. Lol.
Tell your chickens not to try this at home!
Or, if you want a good laugh, give them a dog crate under a tree and see how many of your ladies try to fit in at once.
He was almost 5'...gorgeous, but scary. He's dead in this photo, obviously, or I wouldn't be that close! My BF just told me he's coming home with 4-6 barn cats that someone at work is giving him...good for eating mice and keeping snakes away, but gosh darnit, not good for the chickens! Guess I need to work on fully fencing and roofing their outdoor run, now....
that's awesome news!
