Chickens love to eat. This means that your garden may not be safe from free range or roaming cluckers! Just because you have a fence around your garden, doesn't mean it's safe. They can, and will, go over it to get to whatever you have planted. In this entry, we will talk about ways to keep your garden safe.
One thing you can do is to clip the flight feathers on only one of their wings. If you do both, they can still get off the ground a bit, but with only one wing clipped, they are unbalanced and can't get very high. So, a fence that is 3-4 feet high might do you well. Another way is to use netting over the top of your garden. With the netting on top, the chickens can't get in that way if they happen to get over the fence. You'll have to make sure to connect all pieces and all sides of the netting with something like cable/zip ties or twine. If you don't seal up all the pieces, the netting will have gaps that the chickens can enter through. You could use a greenhouse. However, you'll want to use a screen door or some sort of mesh-like fabric or wire if you have to leave it open on hot days. Make sure that any mesh or screen is secure so the chickens can't wander in and that all windows open are either screened or up out of reach. The best kind of garden you can have if you have chickens is a vertical garden. This means that your plants are up in the air and out of reach, not on the ground. This is a big advantage because chickens won't be able to get up into your plants. In another entry later, we'll post pictures of our garden and the plants growing. TWITTER QUESTION: Tag us with your response! @DenOfCluck What would you like in your garden? Nanners: Strawberries, peanuts, onions, and bananas! Mashers: Bananas, cherry tomatoes, mint plants, and jalapenos!
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We were not expecting this to happen, yet. But, it did! We don't know exactly when these babies were born, but we know it was some time yesterday or during the night before.
Rabbits are not really doting mothers. This means that they don't stay over their babies all the time. In the wild, rabbits will leave their babies in a burrow for a couple days at a time. In a pen, this means that the mother will stay on the other side. It doesn't mean that she doesn't care about her babies. This is a way of protecting them from predators. If they were to stay over their babies all the time, predators would most likely know that there are babies. Rabbits are fairly defenseless, so baby bunnies are easy meals.
Here are a couple pictures of them. You should never touch a baby bunny. Cuddles doesn't mind because she knows us and we've handled her enough that she knows we're not a threat. But, she does try to push our hands away and nip at us if we do something she does not like. Normally, a mother rabbit would be tempted to kill her babies if they smell of humans.
When they're born, they look kind of like naked mole rats. They have no fur, and they are blind and deaf. At this age, they are very squirmy. They can't walk, but they still get around. When they're 8 days old, they'll have fur. A couple days later, their eyes open. Then, they will learn to walk. We don't have them in the best bedding right now because they were such a surprise. They should be in hay or straw, and it should be a little bit thicker than what we have, but we had to use what was already on hand. We brought Cuddles and the babies inside the house because male rabbits sometimes kill babies. They're not the only animal that does this sort of thing. Twitter Question! Answer on Twitter using our handle @DenOfCluck If you were to have a bunny, or do have one, what would you name it? Nanners: I named mine Bugsy, but we call him Bug-Bug. Mashers: I named mine Cuddles!
We hope you enjoyed our first video! It's not much, but there will be more. We promise.
Twitter Question: Out of all the entries we've had, which has been your favorite? Head to Twitter to let us know! @DenOfCluck Nanners: When we talked about Lucifer and Whiny. Mashers: I liked the same one as Nanners. |
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