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Date Posted: 11:57:53 07/29/06 Sat
In reply to:
Amanda
's message, "Foxes" on 05:46:50 07/28/06 Fri
The best remedy is an emu or mini donkey in my opinion.
But a really good way to educate your unwanted guests is to invite them into sniffing around the perimiters of your aviaries- we take some fresh feathers and a few pieces of dog food- sometimes pellets and or a piece of raw chicken in wicker basket -or in a depression on the ground. We fill the litter beneath the feathers and food with loads of black pepper, cayenne and cinnamon. If you lay the feathers and or shavings down carefully you can make it seem like there is not a layer of spices lurking under and you just have to make sure that the chicken wing or whatver is tied down with a string so the animal (s) have to dig about to get to it-and in the process get a noseful of spices that will absolutely ruin not only hunting the rest of the day but also avoiding enemies..
After that just add some black pepper and cayenne and cinnamon in the dustwallows every weekend or so when you are cleaning out old feathers and poop. This way the birds will begin to get coated in it as well- helps if they ahve wood ashes or powdered lime added to the concotion in the dust wallow so the spices last longer and go further afield. Pretty soon your local varmits won' take much interest in fowl any longer
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