The Quack Shack

[Miss Lydia]

Can't say I've ever seen a chook smile. lol
Ducks smile all the time.

Good Sunday morning and evening

 

[Canadian Wind]

Exactly!

Hello, all. Hope you enjoy(ed) the day. Going to be raining all week over here.

 

[Miss Lydia]

We're dry as a bone and looks to be that way again this week.

So my chickens are in molt and today it looked like someone plucked one and I expected to see a plum nearly naked chicken running around it's amazing how many feathers they can lose and you can't even tell. I have had a few that were pertnear naked though poor things.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I'll send some rain down your way! We don't need this, everything is already soaked.

Poor chickens are all hiding. Ducks are having a blast.

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning / evening folks

I have a life trap for raccoons, but that's not large enough for a fox. Called all stores around here in a 50 mile radius and they all only have coon-traps…
One of the neighbors is willing to borrow me a rifle, but i am hesitant to discharge a firearm into the direction of the dux-house, having zero experience with such devices. The pellet from my air-rifle won't go through the wooden walls of the house, should i miss the fox, a rifle bullet will…

If you decide to take them up on the loan, get a couple boxes of ammo and a target. Set the target about the same distance that you had between you and the fox, in a safe place. And practice. I'd suggest at least 100 rounds. That will get you ready for the fox return.

 

[Plague]

Hello, hope everyone is having a great day! We normally cut up strawberries or anything for the ducklings, however our son threw a whole one for our big ducks. Our 3 week old ducklings wasn’t having it, they rushed the strawberry and fought over control, I couldn’t get my camera going fast enough. I did catch a bit of the keep away with our drakling Daffy! Hope you guys get a laugh, my wife couldn’t stop laughing!

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Looked up Fox-Trap on amazon.com and, well, expensive and confusing offers. A combined Raccoon/Fox life trap? Really?! A fox is twice the size of a 'coon at least.
I have a heavy wooden box, i will build a trap-door for it and try to make my own trap. it cannot be that difficult.
All i can buy here in the local stores are paw- and body-grip traps, those shark-jaw style which i really don't want to use.

I would be hesitant buying a live trap for a fox simply because you only get one chance to catch them. If they trip the trap but are smart enough to jump out of the way they will never approach that shaped object again. Much too smart foe their own good. Although, that would still maybe deter them if you kept it directly infront of the gate (weak spot)

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Those are inhumane.

I absolutely agree!
I am also afraid for my ducks and for myself.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Happy Sunday to everybody!

I had a really bad night, waking up ever so often to jump out of the bed to peek out of the window and check on that fox. It didn't show up again.
That wooden box, i made a couple of years ago from left-over pallet-wood and it is heavy as lead. It sits in the garage and is used as recycle-paper collection bin. Almost full, so this week i will load up the car with recycle-paper and bring it to the container, rent a crane to haul that behemoth to the other side of the house. The idea is to use a thick piece of plywood as a sliding lid - there's already a slot in two of the box' walls - held that door up with a nail, string attached, fiddled through a hole in the box and tied to a yummy chicken-drumstick. So the fox may grab the drumstick, tries to yank it free, pulls out the nail and the plywood door slams shut. Or decapitates the fox, or worse, idc…
Spend as much time outside today as possible and made a lot of noise, talking to the dux, using noisy tools like chain- and circular-saw, the tiller and the hedge trimmer, hammer and nails. And i p**d along the perimeter fence…
Let's see…

 

[Canadian Wind]

I... was actually going to say to do that, mark your territory!
Wife might not appreciate it though!