>>1336352

Weasels are terrible critters. They will get in your hen house and kill all of your birds just for fun. They don't eat them. The worst part about them is they can get through very small holes in fencing, so are hard to keep at bay.

have large numbers of bald eagles around my place. You can tell when one is coming. All the hens start heading for cover, seemingly for no reason, then a few seconds later the eagle will pass overhead. They have never bothered my hens, but I think they are just keeping them around in case all other sources of food become scarce.

PS. Bald eagles are snake catching machines.

>>1336230

To add to this.

In my area, there are huge farms that mostly grow grains. As the farms continue to get bigger, they buy out the smaller places. They will buy a 320 or 640 acre parcel of land that has a small 2 bedroom house on it. They don't want the house just the land, so they either subdivide it into a smaller parcel, like 3-5 acres, and sell the house, or they just burn it down. Most of these small houses are old homesteads that are 75-100 years old, but are in decent shape, and can be had fairly cheap if you can find one.

Check out areas like this that have older farmers that live in those small houses, and are about to give it up, or are very old, and their kids don't live nearby. None of the kids will want to take over those places. The cost to continue to farm small acreages like this is way too high for the return on the sale of the grain. Hence the farmers buying those square mile parcels to farm.

>>1337409

Probably right, it wasn't a weasel. I hate those thing.

It is funny to watch when one of those eagles are coming down the road. The hens hear them before they see them.

>>1340135

I think everyone here goes over to the main research tread. No need to re-post Q here on this sub-board.

Correct me if I am wrong.

>>1366628

Always thought the part of the potato that was attached was what it used to start it's self.

I always cut them up into smaller pieces, having one or two eyes per piece. Let them sit overnight outside to let the outside dry and form a skin.

That keeps them from molding in the ground.

Grow them that way every year, never had a problem.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/People-who-live-in-small-towns-and-rural-areas-12922528.php

>>1519578

Not sure what triggered that anon?

I didn't see anything in your post to warrant that response.

Don't run off. I don't have time at this moment to respond well enough, but will be back later today.

>>1510023

Did you respond on the wrong thread?