Rural Gardening: Box O SIlkies, 1 by DustyDS

DustyDS wrote:
Thats my big problem here too Cat...I have barn cats...There are 6 full grown and a new litter of I don't know how many...The Momma is an avid hunter...I have seen her take down sparrows out of the air when they were dive bombing her trying to protect their nests in my shrubs...and then she found the babies...

I have been working hard on my yard since we moved here to get the shrubs cleaned up and pruned up to make them less attractive for nesting, to protect the birds...
No chicken would be safe here unless it was locked in the brooder house or in a yard with a top on it...I am going to get a large 12x12x6 cyclone fence dog yard with a gate, and cover the whole thing with chicken wire and then I can add another one to it later on...They are $249 here at TSC...
I am going to dig a trench and line it on the outside with chicken wire and set it in and pour cement over the bottom rail...The chicken wire should stop any diggers trying to get under it from the outside...I will also line the bottom of the cyclone with 2 foot chicken wire to keep the babies inside once they hatch...
My DH says I am planning a fortress... maybe so, but I don't want to have to start shooting things like TF does....LOL
I'm a crack shot, but I have BIG guns...Hubby was laughing at me cutting back that huge cedar out front with my .38 in my pocket loaded with snakeshot, until I unearthed a nice 5 footer hiding under there...He didn't laugh anymore...

This is where he was hiding.....