Posts by tellynpeep

New Zealand dog regulations summarized:   http://www.dogsafety.govt.nz/Dog-Owners-Legal-Responsibilities-Index   They ARE breaking the law by not having their animals contained, and by their harrassing and killing...

Quote: Originally Posted by laturcotte1  Have to be careful relocating them, they are feeding kits this time of the year.  Just saying.   This was most definitely a boy...

Arggghhh!  I just came home to a pile of feathers by my front door.....  I had left the rooster out for a few hours (after he did his duty being fox bait) and ANOTHER fox came and grabbed him.    My daughter and dog...

I have not read this entire thread (!) but hope someone here can help.  I have one Wheaten rooster left from last year's hatch.  He has some slight lacing in his hackle feathers.  I don't have access to the full SOP, so...

And here is a link to my post last year.  I have video of the fox going into the trap.   http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/677983/i-caught-my-fox-updated-now-with-the-video

Quote: Originally Posted by luvmyEs  Omg!! Tell me how you did this! I'm at war with a fox right now and would live to catch it instead of shooting at it (I seriously need to practice). This is the second one I've...

It was winter, and there wasn't much else for the owls to eat (I found one by the road that had obviously starved .)  I don't worry about them now, and they are nesting in the pines right near my coops.

I did have a barred own try to eat one of my hens.  It had her pinned to the ground and was feeding on her flesh... when I scared it off it had eaten a good portion of her back.... there was a large wound approx 3 inches in...

But I know there is at least one more, as the trail-cam caught two of them at once circling my coop (lost my favorite hen last week when she must have flown out of the electrified run :-(    ) Here he is!   :

lifthiminsong:  Where do you live?  Here in NH the black flies are already out, but they are swarming all over, and you would be aware of them long before seeing them on the bird.  Can you get a picture?