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How do I rid myself of a feral cat?
| July 4th, 2014 at 12:40:41 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18211 |
It isn't just about the cost, it is about having eggs fresher and better than what you buy in the store and learning how to raise them for the skill knowledge of doing it. At the rate the USA is going it might be a good skill to have. Lots of folks doing it. The President is a fink. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 12:48:26 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I hated it, I gave up after 3 months. And it wasn't even winter, when it would have been a real hassle. I don't know anybody doing it anymore. The smell and the cleaning up of chicken crap is what did me in. My grandma had chickens, but they ate them, so it was part of their survival. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 1:53:51 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I have 2.5 acres here and it's in the country. I used to have a big garden and gave that up 20 years ago. Way too much work for what you get. I ended up giving away 90% of what I grew, I can't eat half a dozen tomatoes a day or a quart of green beans. Some people love chickens and gardens, I like the thought of them, not the actual work. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 3:15:46 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | I guess Nature advocate took a bullet on the 4th of July. Feral cats everywhere cheer. And uh, their kitty licker enablers. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| July 4th, 2014 at 3:42:00 PM permalink | |
| boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 |
I love fresh eggs, and have participated in keeping chickens before. But the coop should be keeping all animals out, including feral cats. Get a big hen. A large hen can defend itself against a feral cat. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 3:49:27 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18211 |
You should not have to build a max security prison to keep chix in your own yard. A chicken cornered in a cage is no match for a predator. The President is a fink. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 4:06:10 PM permalink | |
| boymimbo Member since: Mar 25, 2013 Threads: 5 Posts: 732 | Actually, mad hens can be pretty scary. You should have to keep a coop. There are raccoons, foxes, hawks, coyotes, rats, mice, snakes (eggs) and other predators that you won't be able to control. Your feral cat is only one concern. |
| July 4th, 2014 at 4:30:36 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Yup, that's why god invented chicken wire. Makes a great roof over the coop too. We have lots of racoons and hawks and other predators around here, you can't leave chickens running around without a roof over their heads. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| July 5th, 2014 at 5:40:42 AM permalink | |
| chickenman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 368 | Feral cats pale by comparison to this problem He's everywhere, he's everywhere...! |
| July 6th, 2014 at 4:43:27 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5108 | finally found a picture of Nature Advocate and the group he belongs to.   I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |