I was up this morning way before I needed to be.Setting here watching the news and enjoying a hot cup of coffee when I herd something hit right at the patio door,scared the chit right out of me,about spit coffee every where and I jumped straight up off the couch I grabbed the flashlight and shined it out the door to find a chicken setting on the step.This seeming strange because it is only 4:30am.I opened the door and shined the light around looking for eyes out there and seen nothing.I turned the outside light on and went back to drinking coffee and cleaning up the mess I had just made.Then the god awful sound of a chicken being caught.I grabbed the light,opened the door and looked in the direction of the noise to see something run through the back yard,fox,coyote :shrug: I have seen both here.Now I am getting dressed to head outside when I here another chicken get caught as I am telling Chris something is getting the chickens.I and my shot gun and Ma with the light out the door we go to find we are to late all is quiet
The story of my life always a bit late
Bill maybe you might should consider investing in one of those fighting roosters like Bop is talking about. One of those bad boy game cocks would give that fox a good thrashing or else you could just do what some of the folks a little north east of here do.... keep the chickens in your house. :laf:
Get rid of the coffee and get LUCKY CHARMS. I hear they are the thing for a morning coyote hunt. :alscalls: :alscalls:
Sorry for the loss of your chickens. :sad:
Yeah Jim after thinking about it that was funny,That and if you would have seen me jump when that chicken hit the door :laf:
Art I just looked no lucky charms in the cabinet,I wonder if Cap'n crunch will work :laf:
They make stuff called "chicken wire". Put that stuff between your chickens and the thief in the dark. Might slow him down a bit.
What's it called? :alscalls:
The Thief was just spotted it is a red fox.I need to check the laws before hunting this fox
Semp there are some benefits of having free range chickens.Yes you may loose a few to predators but that is natures way.
Even if they are not in season, don't you have the right to kill them if they are after your chickens? Out here "anything" that is chasing cattle can be shot.
If they are a nuisance they have to be euthanized it can not be transported to any other area
I killed a coon for getting in the hen house but only after he made it a nightly habit
Is the first time considered a nuisance :confused: :shrug:
John, too bad those illegals dont chase your cattle :eyebrow:
Pile it up Bill.....I wanna see a pick of this thing :yoyo:
:laf:
Yes Sir Boss!! I have a date with this fox at 7am tomorrow :wink:
Bill,
Fur bearer season opened last Wednesday. If you don't have the fur license someone else in the area should. If all else fails just shoot it and if anyone asks you what happen just tell them that you found it - dead. Which would be the truth.
Jerry
That is so true Jerry
My self I don't need the fur bearer permit I can take him on a land owners :wink:
Bill, if all else fails there's always the old shoot, shovel and ... :wink:
Quote from: Hawks Feather on November 12, 2010, 05:49:35 PM
if anyone asks you what happen just tell them that you found it - dead. Which would be the truth.
Jerry
You've got away with this plan I presume[way different than assume] :biggrin:.
Quote from: coyotehunter_1 on November 12, 2010, 07:08:18 PM
Bill, if all else fails there's always the old shoot, shovel and ... :wink:
Chet that rule applies on the 2 legged thief quicker then the 4 legged :laf: :laf: :laf:
I hope you have better luck with foxes than you do with coyotes, Bill. :biggrin:
Quote from: Semp on November 12, 2010, 07:49:08 PM
I hope you have better luck with foxes than you do with coyotes, Bill. :biggrin:
Me Too Semp me too :alscalls:
Slagemaker mite have some Luck Charms you can have :alscalls:
Quote from: pitw on November 12, 2010, 07:27:56 PM
Quote from: Hawks Feather on November 12, 2010, 05:49:35 PM
if anyone asks you what happen just tell them that you found it - dead. Which would be the truth.
Jerry
You've got away with this plan I presume[way different than assume] :biggrin:.
If you are the only one who knows, and you don't tell anyone else, the knowledge will always be safe. I confess to nothing. I was just sitting there minding my own business and have no idea other than that I was just sitting there minding my own business. :whew:
Jerry
Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
You say the chicken knocked on your door? :laf: That's funny right thar Mr. Bill. :yoyo: :eyebrownod:
I use to raise fighting roosters, but lost a whole lot more fights than we won. Then it became a felony, so I quit. Also, when I was a kid, my parents would keep about 30 laying hens and then twice/year they would grow out around 100 fryers. Use to love that part. My grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins would all get together on a weekend and kill and dress all the fryers. Grandpa killed them, the kids chased around the flopping bodies and the women would do the dirty business in the scalding vats. I miss those days.
I thought I knew a thing or two about fowl, but I now know just how truly ignorant I am of their capabilities. I reckon I'm gonna have to get me some more Hatch, Kelsos and Whitehackles again and see if I can't see some of this stuff for myself. Might even throw in a Butcher or two. They have a tendency to be manfighters, but if you stick another rooster in front of them, that changes their mind in a hurry. Only think I don't like is they have went away from the Long Gaff (2 3/4") and went more to the 3" knives. Makes for faster fights, but I don't think it tests the gameness like the Long or Short Gaff did. Oh well, I guess eveything changes. :shrug:
Yes Bop a chicken flew right into the door made the darndest thud I ever heard after all was said and done and me cleaning my mess up I do believe I got all the skid marks cleaned off the couch I just flipped the coushion over :alscalls: :alscalls: :alscalls:
Just flipped the cushion over :yahoo: :laugh2: :laugh2:
You are my kind of man Bill. :laf:
Hey, Skid Mark... :laf: it sure sounds like you have some pretty smart chickens there. :congrats:
You might really want to consider keeping such highly prized poultry like those safely out of the reach of roaming foxes and coyotes. :shrug:
For instance.... locked up in a certain mother-in-law's house. :wink:
Just kidding, Bill's MIL :biggrin:
...Or get some of that fancy stuff Semp was rattlin about. What was that called again Semp?
:laf: :laf:
I think he called it some kinda wire
Chet I think I would get knots on my noggin iffen I done something like that :nono:
Bill,
I don't know why we didn't think of this sooner, but you could make a funnel with the "specially named wire" that led to the MIL trailer. That way the thief in the dark could get a meal that is bigger than a chicken, doesn't have feathers, and your life will be happier.
Jerry
:doh2: :doh2: :doh2: Wow Now I know why I hang out here
Kinda like the little Red Riding hood story why didn't think of that I have no idea :laf: :laf:
Quote from: FinsnFur on November 13, 2010, 07:17:50 PM
...Or get some of that fancy stuff Semp was rattlin about. What was that called again Semp?
Chicken wire stuff. That stuff is special made to put between chickens and thieves in the dark.
No wonder Semp is a pushing the wire :alscalls: :alscalls: