Hello and happy It-is-Finally- Spring!!!,
our days are quite full.. last summer we lost 3 hens as kfc to a coyote.
I know it was such, because when it was headed to the horse trough for a drink ( feathers must tickle the throat) I saw it. I ran out towards it, waving my arms and hollering big...
Pine Martins are members of the weasel family and as the name suggests, can easily climb. Though somewhat rare, that is not a comfort to their chosen meal....
Are the medications (Neosporin, etc) over the counter human meds?
Our 18 month Wyondotte hen developed "black" ears which I hope to more thoroughly check. She has been this way 2 days, has no change in eating, drinking, comb looks the same as before ( nice health rose pink). Poppy"s energy/...
Stablemate--not equine any more( he chewed even then), although he thinks the 10 cats ( " a little short but otherwise ok") 4 chickens ( "really weird hair mom, but otherwise ok"), dogs( " noisy and nosey and just weird horses yuck..they eat my horse hockey!! but ok- they at least have hair...
He LOVES bitter apple and supper hot sauce ( suracha/ghost pepper/tobasco/ Hatch peppers mixed all together in oil/tomato paste as a binder). He tasted a bit, drank some water then went back to chewing without anymore drinks!! He has chewed since he came- even when he had a pasture mate and...
He-Caleb the horse- can unlock his stable door which is why he's by his chicken "herd" coop! Very soon his pasture will be ready for him, but until then.....help!!
Oh yes. He is quite the sculptor. However the only security issue we have (right now) is he's learned how to unlock the clean out /viewing window door and lock the the bottom lock on the man door.
He has also figured out how to turn our sunroom door handle!!
A Question..our horse thinks he's part chicken or the 4 ladies are part horse. He chews on their coop trying to "rescue" them from their hutch. Help! Any one have this problem?
Thinking of going with a modified Craftsman resin shed. Will this help stop his chewing? I live in Wisconsin so is...