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Think I got it! I think it's a coot!

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A guy down the road was out with a weed eater and a chick ran across his yard and was trying to go through his basement window. Thinking it might be one of my birds, he brought it to me. I have no idea of what it even is, it's about the size of a gosling. I called game and fish, she said...

I was thinking a wood frame with 1" wire on the inside and 1/2" (or maybe 1/4") hardware cloth around the outside with the width of the wood frame (3" or 4") separating the the 2 layers. Mice can go through 1/2". Staying out all year isn't a good option, -30F is difficult to heat unless I...

I would like to build an outdoor aviary for my conures, just for warm weather. I am looking for suggestions on what wire to use and where to source it. I'm thinking 1"x1" holes? Would a double wall with hardware cloth on the outer part be a good idea to protect them from predators? The wire...

Not an aviary, but wild ring neck doves live here year round... I first saw them about 5 years ago and it startled me since Mourning doves migrate and I was trying to figure out why there was a dove in my yard in January in North Dakota. Are the wild ring neck doves the same as domestic>

What part of NoDak are you in? I'm a little ways out of Minot. I wanted to ask about your set up... Is Comfort Cozy the same as Cozy Coop? How warm does it keep it when it's really cold? I usually don't heat the coop but this year I have some young peafowl and one is pretty small so I was...

It's going to be barely above freezing for a high this weekend, they'll be around 3 weeks old. Though it does seem that chicks exposed to cold temps feather out faster than chicks in a brooder.

A goofy hen had a hidden nest, I candled a few days after we found the nest and 17 out of 20 eggs looked like they were a few days from hatch :eek: Almost 2 weeks ago her eggs hatched. When she got up, there were 16 babies! She lost one the first night but the rest are doing great! I put a...

A lot of gorgeous pictures and invaluable information, thank you!!

I don't think snakes care about dog smell... Every winter ice damages the seal at the bottom of my front door. This is the door that two german shepherds and a sheltie use daily multiple times to go out to do their business. And more than once a garter snake has taken advantage of the tear in...

And if it looks like liquid moving in the egg VERY CAREFULLY get rid of it! :lau

I bought some lath strips and ran them along the edges of the wire to attach the wire to the 2 x 4 frame. That keeps pressure all along the edges and no way for anything to try to grab the wire to pull. If I ever need to replace the wire, I just remove the screws from the lath strips and take...

I had an Arrow shed... Until it collapsed under snow load during a blizzard. I had to put a turkey down because she broke her leg, one flew off and I gave up looking for a white turkey in a snow storm (she actually somehow survived a severe winter and showed up in a neighbors yard the following...

Congratulations to all who entered and thank you for the laughs! Silkiesnfrizzke, that was one ugly molt! Maybe we should cross our bloodlines and see if we can get the worlds ugliest chicken? :lau