If not, install a coop apronof hardware cloth (a sturdy mesh) to keep snakes and other burrowing predators out of your coop and run. Rodent proofing: make the coop less attractive to mice and rats. Fewer vermin equals fewer potential meals for snakes, and so a less attractive hunting grou...
Also, I’ve found that ganders (male geese) might try to mate with your hens, which can lead to injured hens due to their size difference. To keep things running smoothly, I’d give both species plenty of space and monitor them closely, especially during breeding season. What To Consider...
To keep raccoons away from your chickens, you’ll want to adopt the same philosophy we have already mentioned: make your home as unattractive to these animals as possible. Follow the steps we laid out above, including leaving a stereo on, placing foul-smelling cloths around your property and ...
1. Top priority: keep rats, mice and wild birds away. Rats and mice:As well as being generally unpleasant to have around the chicken house,rats and mice carry diseaseinto your flock. Contact with infected rodent faeces in urine and droppings can lead to your chickens contracting salmonellosis ...
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If they pick up the scent of your urine or the urine of an unaltered male dog before they smell your chicken coop, a predator on the move is likely to steer clear. Keep Quiet When you bring animals to your property during normal times, keep quiet about it. Don’t go posting on socia...
Will her feathers grow back as she is so young….she is quite sweet and was the only hen that came to greet us if we went out. Bad dog! I wish she would stick to pack rats and pocket gophers! Reply Linda from Garden Betty says: August 15, 2017 at 7:09 am Yes, her ...
responsibility and the chance to have “dirty work” pay off. As my grandmother used to say “A little poop never hurt anybody!”. That’s an entirely false statement but is incredibly fun to repeat the kids when they’re helping clean the coop or grabbing an egg with a bit of poo...
They wanted to turn the real world into a laboratory. It was no longer just students who would be their lab rats but also doctors and judges and politicians. The question was: How to do it? In 1972, Irv Biederman, then a visiting associate professor of psychology at Stanford University, ...
Snakes?! I think you’re confusing St. Patrick with The Pied Piper. He led theratsout of town. Then he led all the children out of town when he didn’t get paid for the rat job. More of a pissed-off musician turned kidnapper-for-ransom than a saint. ...