Mike CHS
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A Fox is a formidable foe with chickens so hopefully you can keep it out.
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CntryBoy777
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Is it a gray fox or a red one?.....they make a sound that sounds is similar to a squeeking door with rusty hinges....I got a couple of them in Mississippi.....
Baymule
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I hope you can get the girls secured from the fox. In the meantime, they probably don't like you very much, how to explain to a chicken that jail is for their own good?
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Bruce
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I don't think they understand that I'm torturing them to keep them alive Hopefully they won't start attacking each other due to "cabin fever". Probably not a big issue with chickens that are never let out of their coop, these girls get POed when they aren't allowed out of the 1 acre fenced area into the area around the house since it is what they are used to. But they were foraging around DW's flower beds (planted with bulbs last fall) and they've be confined to the (no so safe after all) fenced area.
I ordered a Premier1 164' 48" electronet. I can make an outdoor run area for the girls and connect it to the hotwire on the fence for daytime use.
Hopefully they won't start attacking each other due to "cabin fever". Probably not a big issue with chickens that are never let out of their coop, these girls get POed when they aren't allowed out of the 1 acre fenced area into the area around the house since it is what they are used to. But they were foraging around DW's flower beds (planted with bulbs last fall) and they've be confined to the (no so safe after all) fenced area. I ordered a Premier1 164' 48" electronet. I can make an outdoor run area for the girls and connect it to the hotwire on the fence for daytime use.
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Bruce
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I had the game camera set up near where the fox was trying to get another chicken dinner 2 nights ago.
The chickens have been locked in the coop in the barn since then.
This is me taking the tractor and a roll of fence out to the work area this afternoon
This is me coming to let the girls out of the coop and the barn so they can forage while I'm out where the fox likely won't dare pass by ... and earlier than we've seen it. DW saw it from the kitchen window about 5:30 last night. It was out in the field closer to the woods probably hunting its NATURAL food. There are usually a lot of voles out there.
This is me going back to start working
This is me coming back because I remembered I hadn't unplugged the fence charger BEFORE I got zapped. Teddy provided the frame
And one of some of the chickens enjoying their "exercise period". The one in the front is Oreo, she is an Exchequer Leghorn.
The chickens have been locked in the coop in the barn since then.
This is me taking the tractor and a roll of fence out to the work area this afternoon
This is me coming to let the girls out of the coop and the barn so they can forage while I'm out where the fox likely won't dare pass by ... and earlier than we've seen it. DW saw it from the kitchen window about 5:30 last night. It was out in the field closer to the woods probably hunting its NATURAL food. There are usually a lot of voles out there.
This is me going back to start working
This is me coming back because I remembered I hadn't unplugged the fence charger BEFORE I got zapped. Teddy provided the frame
And one of some of the chickens enjoying their "exercise period". The one in the front is Oreo, she is an Exchequer Leghorn.
greybeard
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GIANT ALPACAS..GIANT CHICKENS.....RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!
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Bruce
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Oh you should run! Look at the size of this one!
greybeard
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Or, it's a case of Honey, the Kids Shrunk Me
(Reminds me of the huge snails they frequently have everywhere in Hawaii..
GIANT SNAILS...WALK FOR YOUR LIVES!!)
(Reminds me of the huge snails they frequently have everywhere in Hawaii..
GIANT SNAILS...WALK FOR YOUR LIVES!!)
Baymule
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Escargot anyone?
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Bruce
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Last week while looking for signs of Yuki's demise, we spotted the big snapping turtle just outside the fence on the north side of the pond. I didn't see any way it could get to the inside. But today I was raking floating algae gunk out of the south end of the pond and in the shallows was a large snapping turtle. I spotted the shell as I lifted out some gunk. The shell wandered down the sloping ledge to deeper water. So either there is 1 adult snapper and it has a secret passage under the fence or there are two adults, one on each side of the fence.
Well now I have a conundrum. I rescued the two fish from certain death in the mud hole, kept them in the bucket in the house all winter. If I put them back in the pond at their current size I suspect they may become turtle food.
Well now I have a conundrum. I rescued the two fish from certain death in the mud hole, kept them in the bucket in the house all winter. If I put them back in the pond at their current size I suspect they may become turtle food.
