Hey kids! Haven't had much time for social media these last few months but have found an interesting way to share our endeavors without crashing my schedule.
It is the beginning of spring- meaning.. PREDATORS!
We have accumulated a pile of clips with motion detection/night vision cams...
I lost 8 hens and 3 roosters to neighborhood dogs last year. The area is divided between the neighbors who refuse to contain their k9s and the neighbors who have to deal with it. The county animal control reccomended to me personally, "next time, shoot it and bury it and save a phone call. $0.35...
Went down to my chicken coop today and discovered a raccoon had attempted to dig in the sand to get to my roosters. From what I can see, the sucker took one chomp out of my steel wool I had underneath the sand(which I was using to keep mice out of a small hole...) and left empty handed. No...
I am terribly upset from finding pieces of our favorite hen Tweety a couple hours ago. Nothing but her wings are left after an extensive search..she has been m.i.a. for 3 days.
A total free range pullet who had a 99.9% fertile egg rate. We have hatched countless offspring from this gentle pet...