thistlebloom
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Awww, that's a great story @baymule . That old Joe's a lucky guy!
Photos of Your Manure Makers
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I love a story with a happy ending.
Jared77
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@Nyboy the rabbit tractors work so long as they can't dig out from under them. I'd rather have a chute under the cage and the pellets collect in a bucket to spread that way than rely on regular movings.
No manure makers. I have friends with horses so can access the piles that way, and I've been looking at worm bins but never seriously. I still need to build proper compost bins here
been so busy with everything else around here.
No manure makers. I have friends with horses so can access the piles that way, and I've been looking at worm bins but never seriously. I still need to build proper compost bins here
been so busy with everything else around here.
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Not exactly a rabbit tractor since I only had two rabbits at the time, but I did keep them in the flexible 4x4x4 foot pen (seen with Rusty's photo) that I moved from place to place daily. It didn't take much time for two rabbits to clear the green stuff in their pen. Looked bad for a couple of days and then the area looked extra lush.
These rabbits never tried digging under their pen. I suspect that was because they always had a fresh source of goodies to nibble. I could have put chicken wire under them, but it wouldn't have protected them from nighttime predators. I put the rabbits in their pens at night for their safety.
These rabbits never tried digging under their pen. I suspect that was because they always had a fresh source of goodies to nibble. I could have put chicken wire under them, but it wouldn't have protected them from nighttime predators. I put the rabbits in their pens at night for their safety.
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Here are my current flock of chickens. As you now, I butcher, so it changes from year to year.
Missing are 3 EE layers and 1 Dark Cornish roosters. What you see are my two 9mo Silver Laced Wyandottes, the ONLY birds laying right now, and several 2 1/2 yo EE hens. Incubation begins in earnest this May! Wonder what the chicks will look like, now that I am breeding mutts?
These two make manure, too.
Missing are 3 EE layers and 1 Dark Cornish roosters. What you see are my two 9mo Silver Laced Wyandottes, the ONLY birds laying right now, and several 2 1/2 yo EE hens. Incubation begins in earnest this May! Wonder what the chicks will look like, now that I am breeding mutts?
These two make manure, too.
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great coop !!!
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Thanks! Finally got one after years of trying to build one. It was a prefab that you assemble from Rural King.
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Ducks, all of it is beautiful!!! Cheery coop, pretty chickens and gorgeous cats! Those cats are so healthy and glossy looking. 
They look like Bombay cats...if so, I bet they are GREAT hunters.
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When it comes to feline hunting, females are usually better hunters.
Beekissed
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I agree. We are far better instinctive shots then males. 
