[Ag-eq] Chicken Killer
Jody W Ianuzzi
jody at thewhitehats.com
Thu Oct 17 02:00:35 UTC 2013
Hi Jewel. Typo I meant chokes. :-)
JODY
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
On Oct 16, 2013, at 5:14 PM, "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz> wrote:
> Guido, my guide dog before Guideon, the present incumbent, when he was young and full of mischief,
> decided that killing those feathered things that wandered in and out of * his yard should be,
> permanently, discouraged. That was what he thought, but did I have news for him, and, for him, it
> wasn't good news!
> His first kill took me by surprise, so I didn't have a deterrent device made, but, upon discovering
> the corpse, I, immediately, set about rectifying that lack.
> I had a battery-operated electric fence unit, so I connected it to one end of a long electrical
> flex, and the other end to a nail hammered into a piece of wood.
> Of course, before I could put this devilish device into action, there had to be a second, unpunished
> killing which I knew would happen some time, sooner rather than later.
> When it did, I attached the corpse to the nail that had the electric lead attached to it and then
> went inside.
> It wasn't long before Masa G came back to the body, but when he touched it, he found, to his
> everlasting surprise, that dead hens can bite back, and bite very hard indeed!
> He killed no more chooks!
>
> Jewel
>
>
>
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> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 5:29 AM
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Chicken Killer
>
>
> I hope your neighbors dog isn't going to make a habit of killing your chickens.
> I've always heard that once dogs start killing chickens it's really
>
> hard to train them not to do it again.
>
> Do your neighbors let their dogs run loose?
>
> Nella
>
> Quoting Jody W Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>
>> We had a chicken killed in the afternoon. It must not have been a night time
>> predictor but our neighbor's dog. The neck was broken and stripped it was
>> our least favorite hen who was not a layer.
>>
>>
>> JODY
>>
>> "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
>>
>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 8:43 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Even neutered, it's still a predator, and, if it's released, will go on
>> killing chickens, and anything else it can get its claws on. I really
>> dislike feral cats.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
>>> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 1:07 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Chicken Killer
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Susan:
>>>>
>>>> There are several feral cat trap, alter and release programs around the
>> country.
>>>> Try asking your vet, local animal control or animal rescue groups in the
>> area.
>>>> I used one here in Phoenix. I trapped 3 cats, 2 were spayed and 1 was
>> nuetered.
>>>> It was quite inexpensive to have it done.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> Nella
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>>>>
>>>>> We haven't seen the orange cat since we've been putting the hens up, but
>> I'm
>>>>> sure he has not gone on yet. We are pretty watchful during evening
>> feeding
>>>>> time that none of the roaming cats eat with our barn cats. Now that Matt
>> is
>>>>> home, the hens will be put together where they will be the safest in coop
>>>
>>
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