I wonder in the long-run use of AI vax how that affects humans that eat eggs or meat from vax birds. Baytril was discontinued here cuz it was affecting bacterial resistance in humans eating vaxed animal products.
If the frame legs are well buried the canopies are great. The blazing sun & windstorms tear up the covers but we just use a new tarp to clamp/tie down a new cover over the bare frame.
A torn up canopy after a windstorm but the frame legs are well anchored inground about 8-10 inches.
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That is so good that Gomer has the wattles ~ that way there's no beard fluff to grow upwards into his eyes. Our beardless Keiko has little wattles & no beard & it is so much better for her.
She still has the fluffy hat without the beard feathers obstructing her vision.
Sparrows & rats is why people are trying out treadle feeders to cut down feed costs & cut down feeding the multiplying local sparrow populations. Treadles didn't work for our Silkies but might work for your bigger standard size birds? @notabitail & @RoyalChick have had success w/them.
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I am so sorry to hear this. That is a lot of wild predators to deal with! Here in the suburbs next to a mtn range we have some of those same predators too but our city streets keep most of them away w/ only an occasional wild stray in the yard far & few between incidents. Plus, we're fortunate...