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In my family there are people genuinely made ill by EMF smog from wifi, electric meters etc. So I've no doubt they cause harm when in close proximity. A couple of years ago we placed an electric fence charger in our hen house to manage the electric fence for our cattle. It is a convenient...

This article indicates the patience and time we have to provide to train and/or retrain dogs to be chicken friendly. An older rescue dog (called Rosa) I have took a long time to change from chicken hunter to chicken protector, about 6 months. I tied her at a distance when feeding/caring for the...

I am disappointed we cannot have a forum for Retired and Disabled Chickens simply because some people don't understand the word "Emergency". I decided to stop culling my hens a while ago and now have retirees and those with wobbles, disabilities after getting illnesses, etc. Searching through an...

I knew the day was coming. Shelia was my oldest hen, she was here even before we bought this property. I loved her glossy black feathers that had a green shine in the sunlight. She was allowed to roam freely like my other chickens but always stayed close to her hen house and coop area. She had a...

That was my point.... the animal is no longer available i.e. adopted unless it is in a kill shelter.

The rescue shelters where I lived were allowed to say an animal had been adopted. Obviously not the details.

I found there were many English speaking people in Uruguay, try searching for expat groups on Facebook. That's how I started in Paraguay. I also found the Paraguay version of "eBay" via people I spoke to and used google translate. But mostly I made friends and acquaintances and asked for their...

What a gorgeous calico! And I love that telephone! Cindy is doing really well, she's quite a challenge to integrate with the other 5 cats but very endearing and devoted to me. I just added her intro story to my new blog today...

This is my one eyed hen. I'm not sure what she has and how to treat it. She's always in the workshop so I assumed yesterday she had a bit of grease on her head and I didn't see her the day prior (she roams freely but usually near the house and her preferred flock, we have 2). I just took these...

I was quite upset they sterilized her without my permission, I would have said no, not yet. Unfortunately because she had only been with me a short while everyone still viewed her as a rescue .... but they still knew who to send the bill to 😅 The good thing is she can stay home now and we'll...

Thank you. Unfortunately her belly is so sensitive I can't pick her up unless by the scruff of the neck.... the vet did that with her and she seemed fine. I'm just not comfortable doing that and then force feeding her iron and vitamin supplements down her throat. I worry I'll choke her. I'm...

Oh I forgot to update!!! I became concerned and insisted we find a vet that could do an ultrasound. Eventually we were able to send her to the capital city to a trauma vet. Costly and hard on her but worth it. She was not pregnant!!! She is severely malnourished, anemic and was in great...

Neutering a male cat is essential to prevent more unwanted kittens in the neighborhood. I trapped and neutered a male cat who had been in fights. I ended up bringing him inside to live with me permanently. His wounds were not easily seen at first but one scratch was very deep and got seriously...

Several goanna type lizards are entering my hen house and eating eggs. So confident one shed its skin inside the hen house when we had a stormy week and I couldn't collect the eggs on 1 day. We've installed a perimeter electric wire to try and teach them its a horrible food source. The idea is...

I don't think so. I'm in Paraguay and they tell me the name in Guarani which is a verbal language with guesstimates for spelling. They look so much like the Australian goannas I saw on the east coast that were fine to be around but not handle.

To me they look like a goanna from Australia. They get fairly large 4-5 feet with very sharp claws for climbing trees or possibly me but only if I corner them!!!! That's why I don't like harming them - they only take the eggs and if we get chicks I lock them up at night for a few weeks unless...

We have those (they kinda work) but a couple of my hens are stubborn and lay on the floor!

About them returning, yes I'm thinking that to. I've the idea to close the hens in the coop house 2 days and wrap a hot wire around the coop/house. Then let the hens out and repeat.... maybe the lizard will visit and get a shock or two then go somewhere else for food without being harmed. 🤞

They ae generally harmless unless cornered then they freak and have very sharp nails/talons...ouch. But they also get very defiant/confident especially when breeding. My hens are in a "house" coop that is open with minimal fencing, they free range as much as they want. The lizards do linger and...

I am trying to avoid killing it, we've had to before because it simply got too risky with aggression when I was collecting our hens eggs. I doubt golf balls will work because they break the egg and lick the contents. Often I will see the lizard and then a broken egg in the coop with the shell...