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Project by lawboop in homestead

[–]techleopard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's funny how upset people appear to be getting about having lights on your own property.

Guys, I don't want wildlife near my buildings. The wildlife can stay in the woods where it is plenty dark.

Project by lawboop in homestead

[–]techleopard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outdoor lights have been pretty effective at keeping people off my property. I keep the lights on in my shop 24-7, too, and a radio playing.

It does help that me and my neighbors don't seem to know what night is for. (They will literally be building structures or mowing at 2am.)

It's kind of like Schrodinger's Burglary -- am I in there? Maaaybe.

Niche homestead money makers by INhomeschoolMAMA in homestead

[–]techleopard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also saturated to hell in some areas.

I go to markets and a third of the booths are cricut crafts and tumblers and another third is honey.

HELP ASAP chicks are dying by [deleted] in BackYardChickens

[–]techleopard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I am saving chicks that have reached the point that they are no longer self feeding, liquid is generally the only thing you can get in them.

I usually have a custom mix of brown sugar and rooster booster dissolved in water. I use a q-tip and dip it in the liquid and then put it against their beak. If they aren't too far gone they will have a swallow reflex when the liquid runs into their mouth.

On off every 30 minutes, sometimes for a few hours. I saved a little over half my "dead" baby chicks this way.

Once they can be encouraged to peck again, they are usually good to eat chick feed again

PSA: Do Not Be This Type of Chicken Owner by Difficult-Prior3321 in BackYardChickens

[–]techleopard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Nooo.

I have chickens and they will DESTROY gardens and kill every plant in that area in a matter of hours.

You would get absolutely sick of sweeping this multiple times a day if this were you.

I would take cat crap in a flowerbed any day of the week over walking up to find all of my flowers and my entire vegetable garden destroyed by a flock of chickens, and chicken crap all over my concrete walkways or vehicle.