Brilliant use of an off-season chicken tractor: thwarting the black opossum
Brilliant. . . if I do say so myself . . . (cough) . . . I’ll own up to it. Occasionally I come up with a good idea or…
Read moreA Slew of Varmints
After the loss of a couple of chickens, and after exposing our Cornish cross meat birds to the dangers of an outdoor chicken yard, we’ve stepped up our predator vigilance…
Read moreThe Dreaded Varmint Returns: a tragic day
(If you’d like to start this tale at the beginning, start here.) It had been quiet around our place for several weeks now. The only thing we’d caught in the huge…
Read moreThe Dreaded Varmint, weeks later: we finally catch something
(If you’ve missed this riveting tale, you can start the whole shebang right here.) After we set up the very very very large live-trap, we were buoyed with optimism. For a…
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