Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Pets

Yeah, it can get tough. I've only got three 'pet' fish -- my big huge tiger-striped orange and black friend we call "Koi George" and the two calico colored koi in our HBG/CC pond. The rest of the fish are just called "lunch."

However, there are a number of critters that let us share their home. Our Guinea fowl are extremely entertaining, and will probably just live out their natural lives picking on poor defenseless snakes, eating ticks, and driving me nuttier than I am, especially when I'm in my basement office or basement kitchen. The outside of the windows are at ground level, and they figure they should be on my side of the doors and windows.

I don't know what I'll do with our current flock of chickens when they quit laying. Where we lived for many years, there was a used chicken dealer. He's long gone, and the location is now a shopping center. With him, we could trade our worn out chickens for a little cash and some cute young chicks.

The cats??? They're safe. They bring us a lot of furry presents, and even some legless crawling critters, quite regularly.

The hawks that keep watch over the guineas, chickens, and cats-- the story isn't complete. Same with the GBHs that regularly check the health of my ponds.