Re: lost eggs


"diddy" <diddy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Peggy" <fampom@xxxxxxxxx> composed these thoughts and posted them
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>
> > Hi All,
> > I find that if I let the hens out later than usual when my egg count
> > drops. here is usually 1 or 2 hens who make a bee line to their nests
> > . I free range my hens from 7:00 am till they go to their roosts at
> > night .( sun down) I have to lock the door as there is 2 and 4 legged
> > predators here. Yours Peggy
> >
> I understand the four legged predators, but the two legged predators
> sound interesting! Don't you have police?
>
> I free range from first daylight until after dark. My chickens are often
> not in bed until the sun is down far enough that ineed a flashlight to
> close them up.
>
> We still have a fox living in a den about 100 yards from the chickens,
> but the fox leaves them alone. It's been met with specially loaded shot
> shells filled with popcorn. The popcorn leaves the shot gun at higher
> velocity than bb's but because there is no appreciable weight and the
> popcorn is not aerodynamic, it loses energy fast, and doesn't penetrate,
> leaving a nasty stinging at short distance.
> The fox has been stung enough that it's decided there is easier fare
> around than my chickens!!!! This doesn't mean vigilance is relaxed. I
> spend a good deal of my time watching the fox with the binoculars through
> the kitchen window. Sometimes when I see it sneaking an oblique angle
> from the other side of the barn, I meet it with appropriate shots. The
> fox lives very well a short distance away, and often sits on top of the
> den and watched my chickens for hours. But she's learned that my chickens
> are just too tough to get. I make it that way.
> However, I might just try some popcorn loads on the two legged variety!
> LOL
> naw, I'd just hold them at gun point until the police arrived.
>
I would let 'Jesus' show them the error of their ways ;-)


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