Did you make those? So cute.
Chicken/egg question
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The saddle has to be the right size and most importantly, the elastic the correct length under the wings. I adjust mine if they don’t stay on. Have put these on about 8 hens now. They hate them at first, but then by the following day, they are fine.
No, just found that for a picture. They are easy to make though. Never use red material. Hens will peck more.
Yeah, I read it looks like blood and the are cannibals
I caught a black cat in my cage last night. It was not happy when I tried to let it out. Lots of hissing going on. It finally ran out and hit the woods. I had baited the cage with cat food and marshmallows.
Arcticdude
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Got started on the new chicken run today. Basically all I have done so far is to put a few wood posts in and hang a gate.
After losing one baby chick, the other 10 are starting to get true feathers on their wing tips.
Arcticdude
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It's a beautiful day here, temp about 60 degs and partly sunny.
Dug a few more post holes for the new chicken run. Only have 3 more wooden posts to put in, hang another gate, brace the corners, drive in the T posts and put up the wire. Looks like I'll be about 300 feet short on the wire. I'm putting up 5' of 2"×4" woven wire and 2 strands of barb wire around the run.
Our new ducks and chick's will start showing up next week.
Looks like we have another storm blowing in from the west.
Dug a few more post holes for the new chicken run. Only have 3 more wooden posts to put in, hang another gate, brace the corners, drive in the T posts and put up the wire. Looks like I'll be about 300 feet short on the wire. I'm putting up 5' of 2"×4" woven wire and 2 strands of barb wire around the run.
Our new ducks and chick's will start showing up next week.
Looks like we have another storm blowing in from the west.
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Out tending to pigeons and chickens this morning suddenly hear a loud deep boom . I stopped and listened . Was that an Nuclear Bomb ? I waited to see if there was that afterward rushing sound that follows a Nuclear blast but didn't pick up any afterward noise . The ground I noticed didn't seem to be shaking . Next thought , that it might be an EMP but I could verify that when I returned to the house and checked to see if the power grid was still up . After a few moments thought considered it could be thunder from a storm . Well my last guess was correct . We got a heavy rain . The rain was much appreciated .
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I kill a lot of varmints just by walking around the chicken house at night with a scoped 22 and flashlight . I also have a chair and table set up at a distance and a motion light at one end of the chicken house . Light comes on and I've got rifle pointed in the right direction with a good rest to shoot from .
Best remedy is a few traps but My Wife has a few cats she feeds so I can't trap close to the house .
Best remedy is a few traps but My Wife has a few cats she feeds so I can't trap close to the house .
I have motion lights too.
Arcticdude
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Get rid of the cats and use the traps.
Or, like me. I caught a cat.
Arcticdude
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They're easier to shoot that way.
If My Wife wants cats . She can have cats .
Arcticdude
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Fortunately any neighbor that might have cats live too far away for them to wander over here. I already have enough pests to shoot, trap and poison.
Arctic, cats are good. Keep mice, snakes etc away. They will curl around your feet when you walk and trip you, they make biscuit on your chest that feel good until they use their claws,
Happy wife, happy life they say.
Cats are not my thing but I can't resist giving them a good scratch when they're at others' houses. They can be sweet... or little monsters.
Arcticdude
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There's only 2 cats I ever liked, a friend of ours has a Siberian lynx, and another friend had a couple Bengal cats. They were never allowed to run loose.
Hey Arctic, you are wrong. Lol. Cats rule
