[Ag-eq] Chicken Killer

Thu Oct 17 20:12:47 UTC 2013

Oh great, I'm gonna get a possie from Arizona to come and rid me of my 
varments!  What did Mike say to that?

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Chicken Killer

>
> I asked Mike about guns and he said that a shot gun is more gun than you 
> need
> for a cat.  Then he asked what cat did I want him to kill!
>
> I suggested that we should take a road trip to VA and help Susan with the 
> cat
> problem.
>
> Nella
> Quoting nfoster at extremezone.com:
>
>>
>> I don't know much about guns, but I think a shot gun is over kill for a 
>> cat.
>> I'll ask Mike, he has every kind of gun imaginable and knows the best 
>> uses
>> for
>> them.
>>
>> Nella
>> Quoting James K <jakon22 at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > Does your husband have a shotgun? If not, he should get one and be done
>> with
>> > this cat once and for all.
>> > A .22 also works well. The shells are also cheaper.
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:22 PM, "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Susan!  can you get hold of a trap cage from your local game and 
>> > > fishery
>> > department and bait it and,
>> > > hopefully, the feral cat will walk in, and then you can have him shot 
>> > > or
>> > destroyed by a  vet but why
>> > > spend more money on the gbastard?  he has cost you enough already!.
>> > > The bleeding heart brigade would throw their hands up in violent 
>> > > protest
>> > about killing the darling
>> > > creature, but they would take quite a different view if it was their
>> > animals that it was tearing to
>> > > pieces!
>> > > I have every sympathy for the feral as it is only doing what a wild
>> animal
>> > has to do:  that is:
>> > > hunting for its food, and in your captive chooks, he has found a 
>> > > source
>> of
>> > easy victims, but those
>> > > captive chooks are in your care so they must be protected as they 
>> > > cannot
>> > fly out of harm's way;
>> > > therefore,  either the prey goes, or the predator, and if you don't 
>> > > take
>> > vigorous action soon, it is
>> > > going to be the former.
>> > >
>> > >        Jewel
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------------
>> > > From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
>> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:16 AM
>> > > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
>> > > Subject: [Ag-eq] Chicken Killer
>> > >
>> > > Well, we definitely have uncovered our chicken killer.  Not a fox, 
>> > > but a
>> > large farel yellow tom that
>> > > comes around from spring to fall, spreading his seed and then leaves. 
>> > > He
>> > does not get fed with our
>> > > cats along with a few other roaming toms, so he has just decided to 
>> > > start
>> > helping himself.  In the
>> > > past month, he has killed 7 hens and my last rooster.  Him killing 
>> > > the
>> > rooster is what gave him
>> > > away.  That night, he got into coop 3 and tore a hen to pieces.  The
>> > rooster didn't go so quietly,
>> > > he died fighting and it was the marks he left on the cat that gave 
>> > > him
>> > away.  The last hen that was
>> > > taken was on Friday morning about 5:30 a.m. and I heard it when it
>> > happened.  When my sister went to
>> > > check a bit later, he had for the first time actually gotten the hen 
>> > > out
>> of
>> > the coop, through the
>> > > hen yard and outside their enclosure.  When my sister turned the 
>> > > corner
>> > behind coops 2 and 3, he was
>> > > pulling feathers out so he could feed.  He didn't run away from her 
>> > > when
>> > she approached, just
>> > > stood up and slowly walked away like he was telling you he'd be back 
>> > > for
>> > more later when he got
>> > > hungry again.
>> > >
>> > > I am now down to only 4 hens, 2 buffs, 1 bard and my one loan black 
>> > > hen
>> who
>> > is my oldest.  We've
>> > > even had to stop selling eggs.  My husband is coming home from 
>> > > Seattle
>> > tonight and we are going to
>> > > put the 4 hens in coop 1 where nothing has been able to get in and we
>> will
>> > continue to shut up the
>> > > coop at night.  Coop 2 and 3 will now have to go through a total 
>> > > strip
>> down
>> > to make it cat proof and
>> > > figure out a way so nothing can dig down under the coops to get to 
>> > > the
>> main
>> > yards.  All hens will
>> > > now have to be put up at night for added security.
>> > >
>> > > I will really have to get the two flocks of hens next year, 25 hens 
>> > > each
>> > and a rooster for each
>> > > coop.  I think Rhode Island Reds are going to be my choices, large 
>> > > brown
>> > egg laying hens and the
>> > > roosters are extremely protective.  I know without a shadow of a 
>> > > doubt,
>> > that if I still had Big Red,
>> > > a Rhode Island Red rooster, the cat may have come in, but he wouldn't 
>> > > be
>> > leaving alive.
>> > >
>> > > Susan
>> > > dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
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