Found A Cure For The Raven Problem

As I posted before, I was having trouble with Ravens getting into my chicken house and taking the chickens eggs and killing my chickens. Well I had enough of them the other day so I decided that it was time to really do something about it.
I made some scarecrows, nothing fancy but they seem to be doing the trick. I screwed a board to the side of each chicken house. I planned it so that the board would be about 7 feet up off of the ground. I wanted the scarecrows to be really intimidating. Then I screwed an old pair of jeans to the chicken house right under the board. I used long wood screws so that is would be sturdy. I tied knots in the bottoms of each leg and stuffed them with shopping bags. Then I put a shirt down over the board. I stapled the back of the shirt to the board with a staple gun. I tucked the bottom of the shirt down into the pant and then nailed it all together to the side of the house. I stuffed the shirt with old shopping bags. I tied a knot in the sleeves and stuffed them with plastic egg crates. Then for the head I used old feed bags. I just bunched them up into a ball, put the ball down on the top of the board and then stapled around the head with a staple gun onto the board. I took a permanent marker and drew a face. I pulled the neck of the shirt up to the head and stapled again. Then I took a bright yellow safety hat and put it on. It looked huge and scary.
Now, it was time for the test. I let my dog outside. She went crazy growling and barking. She thought they were real. It has been two days and no problems yet with the ravens. I see them circle my yard, but then they leave. They want nothing to do with a 7 foot man in a safety hat.

Hummingbird Feeder Craft To Do With Kids

These are so cute and great for gifts.

Needed
inexpensive plastic hummingbird feeder ( family dollar 2.00)
craft paint in red, orange, yellow, green
foam brushes in different shapes (craft department at Walmart)
Chunky plastic assorted beads with big holes
Thin Nylon Rope
sugar
Sand Paper fine grit

Start by having the kids sand the bottle part of the feeder. Now paint the whole feeder red. Paint green grass and flower stems on the bottle part after the red paint dries. Then make orange and yellow flowers out of the round sponge brushes. Use the big on for the whole flower and the little ones for the center. Let them be creative with the different shapes of brushes. Let dry. Add a rope to hang it by. Give the kids a bunch of beads and let them string them all over the rope. Make sure to make the rope long enough that the feeder can be hung anywhere. While my son was making his feeder the hummingbirds were coming to it before he even got it done or anything in it.

Making the feed
Boil 4 cups of water with 3 cups of sugar in it and then let it cool. Add to feeder and hang.