We use umbrellas for shade, too! Walking shade. Sometimes called parasols. It must look so odd to outsiders to see a bunch of people walking around with open umbrellas when there's not a cloud in the sky, lol.
Pee goals... this is my life now.
Coyotes eat squirrels and other rodents, their urine is supposed to be a signal to move on because a predator is in the area.
I keep reading that baking soda will kill squirrels and other rodents, mixed with equal parts of cornmeal as an attractant.
Has anyone here had success doing this? It seems too easy to be true.
1. If you buy predator urine online, how do you know that's really what you're getting? I imagine it's not easy to farm coyote or fox urine. How can you be sure the urine you buy is from a predator and not another animal (or a human - yuck)?
2. If it's legit predator urine, are chickens aware...
Our flock of fifteen sleeps in a big fluffy pile in the pine shavings despite having lovely custom-made roosts that they use during the day.
I don't know why they prefer the pine shavings. It's not cold here, nighttime temps are in the 70s and 80s.
They're 8-10 weeks old and they've grown up...