[Ag-eq] Chicken Killer

Fri Oct 18 11:52:20 UTC 2013

Well, green is definitely fading here except for the boxwoods, holly and 
evergreens.  Where exactly do you live in Arizona?  I told Matt about the 
Arizona possie and he was wondering where you were because he lived in 
Arizona as a child for a while in Casa Grande and still has family in 
Arizona.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Chicken Killer

>
> Susan:
>
> Mike just laughed and said he understood your frustration.  Then he said 
> that he
> doesn't like killing things that he doesn't plan on eating.  I told him 
> that
> surely somewhere people eat cats!
>
> People always laugh at Mike and I; He's a meat eating hunter and I'm a
> vegetarian!
>
> I just wanted an excuse to visit somewhere green.
>
> Nella
>
> Quoting Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>:
>
>> 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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