What the hell is that spaceship-looking thing in the middle?

Part of the motion sensor camera setup.

The raccon is the one wearing the mask. That makes Rudolph a SUPER HERO! He can fly, ya know...

Automatic feeder?

Yeah, a deer feeding station. I've seen pictures of them before but don't know exactly how they work. It looks like they drop corn, either timed, or on demand with a motion sensor. The food is up in the air to keep rodents, and other critters, out.

I've got a six-month-old hen that recently decided she wanted to sit on eggs (waaaaay too soon, but what can you do?). So, in about two weeks I should have a couple new baby chicks - in the dead of winter.

I may have to purchase a few of these chicken warmers. :D

You mean, like, a microwave? :p

That would make them rubber chickens! :greenface

Don't worry. Mom will take care of them. Winter biddies always turn out strong.

OOPS!

Maybe they won't. I don't know where you live. They did just fine in my neck o the woods.

I'm near America's Vancouver (WA). Our winters aren't too harsh and the coop is a TuffShed - they should be fine, but I've got a nice milkhouse heater for them, just in case.

Of course, now I've got to build her a little brooding house, since she's laid her eggs in a nesting box that's three feet off the ground. *sigh*

No rest for the wicked! :D

It is amazing how one can turn into another so very quickly

I use them. It is a auto feeder, battery operated. Some are on tripods as in the pic, some hang from a tree. It is up in the air so it disperses the corn or other feed a large distance. It is on a timer and there are many variations. You set them up about 8 weeks before season. It is illegal in our state to hunt over feed placed by hunters for ten days from when they stop operating. Not so in other places. As you can see from the pic this does not stop other animals from getting the feed and many do. You name it and most will eat there. The camera is a game camera usually strapped to a tree that is motion activated. Here is another pic that was snapped by a motion camera I just got in the mail today.

Ever get the feeling that something was following you in the night?

Two things I find funny:

1) Hunters lure deer with food. :lol2: Real sportin' of ya! Pussies.
2) No one has ever been able to design a food giver outer thingy that a squirrel can't figure out!

1. Come on down and I'll show you how hard it is to get them either way. How does it differ from what most hunters do and plant food plots? Why walk around and risk some dumb assed redneck from shooting you thinking you are a deer wearing blaze orange vest and an orange hat when you can sit quitely in a deer stand and wait for them to come to you? Hunting the world over differs from region to region.
2. Squirrels can't get in these. But they can eat it off the ground like all the other critters. Besides they are good to eat too if you like them. I just use them for target practice on my bird feeders. :D

No thanks. I only kill hobos. Are there hobo deer? ;)