Do they chase off other predators like foxes too? I seem to recall something about them stomping out like snakes or something I forget. Burro is a donkey I presume.
I am a man and pissed around my coop, and a bear or something came by and wrecked my shit anyway, so idk about the piss scaring off everyone. Although we get a good bit of rain so maybe the piss didn't stick around and washed away.
My dog killed 3, the bear killed 6, leaving one, then came back in a month and killed the survivor. (I didn't have enough money to completely fill out a secure area I guess. Thought it was good, but it was not, and chickens are fucking stupid which doesn't help. I'm getting guinea hens next, after I can afford some more hardware cloth to finish my coop off.
If it came to that, I'm going with Mad Monkey. Where I grab a stick and jump up and down and holler like an angry monkey while beating the stick on the ground, throw the stick at the bear, then beat by chest with both hands.
But honestly, I care more about the bear than the stupid chickens. I would scare it off, but never kill it for killing stupid chickens. (The chickens never bonded with me despite a lot of effort to do so. My bloodthirsty dog singlemindedly trying to murder them might be a factor, but still.)
For chickens to bond, you gotta start really young. If someone else is hatching them nd you get them later, they have to put the time into socializing and helping the birds recognize humans as part of their "flock".
An older chicken that hasn't had the time put in will never really bond. They'll get used to you, be nice even, but they won't see you as part of their in group.
I got mine as chicks from a hardware store, and I've heard they are less friendly than ones hatched from someone's flock. I did spend a lot of time trying, feeding them, often giving them sprouted grain and other good foods out of my hand.
Which apparently did not win them over. I've never had trouble bonding with such animals before, I've even had pet birds.
Yeah, they tend to have less connection because of all the process of going from hatchery to store, and the lack of interaction before they get bought. They'd be fine layers, but less fine friends.
And breed factors in too. The ones usually out for sale in a store will be bred for laying or meat, and that means no attention to more than bare docility. Some breeds though, they're known for being friendly rather than just calm. We have a marans that prefers human company to other birds most of the time. Since she was also hand raised before we got her, I'm not too surprised she tends to amaze people with how friendly and loving she is.
I think if you get more, find a local breeder and you'll have way better luck
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Appropriate username for the situation?
Haha, thanks, I hadn't even noticed!
I think there might be a fox in the hen house.
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Animal-Pests-With-Hot-Pepper-Spray
Or you could get a Burro
I’ll get right on spraying my chickens 😀
LOL
I spray the line around the fence and any entrance.
Another good one to try are motion sensor lights. Good Luck!
Is that how KFC is made ?
Do they chase off other predators like foxes too? I seem to recall something about them stomping out like snakes or something I forget. Burro is a donkey I presume.
Chase and or kill them, they are very territorial.
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Unlike the cammer on the youtube video I didn't find it funny. But thanks for sharing.
Here we have a rare picture of a lobbyist in its natural habitat - congress.
Man piss will help ward them off, the testosterone in it is said to scare off predators.
That's why I don't allow women near my coop. Predators can smell their periods.
I am a man and pissed around my coop, and a bear or something came by and wrecked my shit anyway, so idk about the piss scaring off everyone. Although we get a good bit of rain so maybe the piss didn't stick around and washed away.
My dog killed 3, the bear killed 6, leaving one, then came back in a month and killed the survivor. (I didn't have enough money to completely fill out a secure area I guess. Thought it was good, but it was not, and chickens are fucking stupid which doesn't help. I'm getting guinea hens next, after I can afford some more hardware cloth to finish my coop off.
Ah, simple mistake. You can’t just piss around the coop, you have to confront the bear and piss directly on it to assert dominance.
If it came to that, I'm going with Mad Monkey. Where I grab a stick and jump up and down and holler like an angry monkey while beating the stick on the ground, throw the stick at the bear, then beat by chest with both hands.
But honestly, I care more about the bear than the stupid chickens. I would scare it off, but never kill it for killing stupid chickens. (The chickens never bonded with me despite a lot of effort to do so. My bloodthirsty dog singlemindedly trying to murder them might be a factor, but still.)
For chickens to bond, you gotta start really young. If someone else is hatching them nd you get them later, they have to put the time into socializing and helping the birds recognize humans as part of their "flock".
An older chicken that hasn't had the time put in will never really bond. They'll get used to you, be nice even, but they won't see you as part of their in group.
I got mine as chicks from a hardware store, and I've heard they are less friendly than ones hatched from someone's flock. I did spend a lot of time trying, feeding them, often giving them sprouted grain and other good foods out of my hand.
Which apparently did not win them over. I've never had trouble bonding with such animals before, I've even had pet birds.
Yeah, they tend to have less connection because of all the process of going from hatchery to store, and the lack of interaction before they get bought. They'd be fine layers, but less fine friends.
And breed factors in too. The ones usually out for sale in a store will be bred for laying or meat, and that means no attention to more than bare docility. Some breeds though, they're known for being friendly rather than just calm. We have a marans that prefers human company to other birds most of the time. Since she was also hand raised before we got her, I'm not too surprised she tends to amaze people with how friendly and loving she is.
I think if you get more, find a local breeder and you'll have way better luck
or you're trans and don't know it yet
The bears can smell the menstruation
Ya hear that Jim, Bears!
pest season, time to break out the .22Lr
Not very sly....
The plastic vat quality inspector is here.
Ah fuck
Oh, for Pete's sake!