Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

We slaughtered the last of the Cornish Cross chickens yesterday and I processed them today. They drank about 9 gallons of water a day, we were out there watering them 3 times a day.

Sorry about your hen, I know Teresa loves her chickens.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Something got one of our hens last night and I'm suspecting a racoon since it got it in one of the coops. We locked the chickens down and set out two traps. It seems if you get rid of one or two predators that others just move in but I'll get rid of those one or two also. I guess that's how the cycle works.

This is about the time juveniles are forced to move on and establish another territory....the more "foodsource" that is available, the #s are supported....since they will eat any and every thing....they will never be eliminated.....my thoughts have been along the lines of your way of thinking....I dealt with them when they showed up to....

 

[Mike CHS]

This is about the time juveniles are forced to move on and establish another territory....the more "foodsource" that is available, the #s are supported....since they will eat any and every thing....they will never be eliminated.....my thoughts have been along the lines of your way of thinking....I dealt with them when they showed up to....

I still have about 10 tree rats to get rid of.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Tree rats are also called squrials , am I correct ? Those stinkers get in the chicken area and eat everything, really getting ready to go postal on them myself....I think i will make them a "racoon" dinner and set it on top of rabbit hutchs....

 

[CntryBoy777]

The ducks I had were some Great watchdogs....since they were behind wire instead of wood...they could see...and would hollar if anything disrupted them....most were possums and coons....a few times for owls and plenty of deer....but, if they sounded, I went out ready.....

 

[Baymule]

Fried squirrel, squirrel and gravy, squirrel and dumplings.....

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Fried squirrel, squirrel and gravy, squirrel and dumplings.....

Really ? I will shoot em and overnight them to you, lol...squrrisl here are little ....

 

[CntryBoy777]

You'll never get a squirrel to eat tain't meat....they eat nuts, seeds, grains, fruits, berries and plant material....get a pump BB gun, BBs and/or Pellets.....have "target practice" and some wonderful squirrel dinner....don't worry so much about your aim....cause, even a "blind" squirrel finds a "nut" evey now and then.....

 

[Baymule]

My grandmother fried them, even the heads. I remember seeing the orange teeth, empty eye sockets and her cracking the skull open and eating the brains.

 

[Mike CHS]

Fried squirrel, squirrel and gravy, squirrel and dumplings.....

One of my favorite foods but these squirrels are too small to even mess with other than shooting.