Texas

[Mr King]

Hello from Donna Texas..

 

[orumpoultry]

Welcome from Trinity!

David, I'm glad you understand my guinea problems. Wouldn't live without them though. I think their stupidity was bred by captivity. Guineas in the wild are pretty witty. Is say. Guineas we let breed naturally around the farm growing up weren't this dumb either.

If I lives in a room my whole life then went outside I'd probably be lost, too. Lol

 

[4th of July]

Hello from San Jac county!

 

[Eliza1313]

The varmits have declared war. One of them managed to breach the hen coop overnight. Only victim was one of the guineas. I am so mad, it didn't even eat any of it, that at least would be understandable. No bite or scratch marks on it, most likely broken neck. I hope the varmit dies of kidney failure since it looks like the only thing it managed to eat was the oyster shell. Will have to wait and see if the deceased one was the one laying. It would have been all out genocide if they had managed to get one of Grandma's hens. So in the end the guinea served its purpose to protect the hens, just not from what I was expecting. And now we have more work to do this evening to reinforce the skirting on the coop.

 

[topdycke]

Welcome from Magnolia!

 

[cheepcheep riri]

Have any of y'all' had problems with wild boars trying to eat chickens?

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Have any of y'all' had problems with wild boars trying to eat chickens?

No. If I had a wild boar rutting around my area, he would enjoy a nice side slapping of 10mm rounds. The biggest problem is hawks. I have found some plans for a moving scarecrow that look interesting though.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Welcome from Trinity!

David, I'm glad you understand my guinea problems. Wouldn't live without them though. I think their stupidity was bred by captivity. Guineas in the wild are pretty witty. Is say. Guineas we let breed naturally around the farm growing up weren't this dumb either.

If I lives in a room my whole life then went outside I'd probably be lost, too. Lol

In that case chickens would be dumb too. Granted some more than others. But on the whole most of the breeds are pretty with it about foraging and their surroundings.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Hello and welcome from West Central Texas (between Coleman and Abilene)

Sounds like a nice retirement spot. Not much humidity (compared to East Texas) and still green.

 

[TheNeonPanther]

Thank goodness for rain..all the grass was dying here in the Willis/Conroe area.