Trefoil
Well said. I couldn't agree with you more
Well said. I couldn't agree with you more
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I understand what you're saying. We, for the most part eradicated native Americans using the same rationale. BUT, neither pertains to the keeping of fowl.Gday trefoil, maybe things are different over there but I doubt it, I also suppose it would depend what type of "Farm" one was working.
I am recently retired off 20,000 acres and to say lets not kill any predators this year.........well, i may as well just toss many thousands of dollars in the bin, and God help us the year after.
When I started farming the main predator was the Dingo, after 20odd years of trapping, shooting and poison we have not seen a Dingo for many years down here.
Next on the agenda was the wily red fox, I guess many Americans would be up in arms if they knew how many Kangaroos we shot a year, overnight.
And of course, the very stupid Emu,
So to say its a waste of time to do predator control.... well, all I can say is "I wonder what sort of farm you worked?"
Cheers..........The Dog
I understand what you're saying. We, for the most part eradicated native Americans using the same rationale. BUT, neither pertains to the keeping of fowl.
Sounds like a cat is killing the rats and squirrels , one of my cats will eat them one just kills for sport
Um, no. They were not living here and we walked in and decided to have chickens and roped off a chunk of their range to call ours. This farm was homesteaded over 140 years ago. There is not a raccoon or possum in the area that's that old. To the ones that live in our grove and on the prairie near here, we were here first. There are plenty of fields, groves, sloughs and wildlife areas around here. Hundreds of acres. Many sections of land. They hold lots of other wildlife and natural prey. They don't need to come near the buildings. If they find their way in, and get to my chickens because I didn't secure the coop well enough, then that's my problem. But if they're being destructive (not only to my chickens, but buildings, machinery, etc) they need to go. We don't just blow away every coon or possum we see (skunks, yes). Only if they're being a nuisance. BTW, I'd never get close enough to a cornered coon to give it a few good whacks with a stick. First of all, they're ferocious when cornered and will fight back, secondly, it would take more than a stick to whack it hard enough to kill it.I guess what I am saying is that -- how do the wild animals know that your chickens arent theirs to eat? They were here living their lives and then we walk in and decide to have chickens... and rope off a chunk of their range and call it ours....
Thats why I like dogs (it could also be llamas, or geese, or what ever flock protector you come up with) as a deterrent-- at the least the wild dingos, or roos, or emus or whatever--- have a warning that this territory is not to be entered at threat of death-- otherwise they are just hopping along, find a wondorous bounty of crop/ or chicken and help themselves -- and Boom are slaughtered just doing their thing--- (I grew up in Brisbane BTW, but my dad was an economics professor so we went inland alot to farms, before moving to AR, and now the Sierras... after a 20 yr hiatus in San Francisco!)..
But of course if I walked into my run and found a raccoon I would give it a few good whacks with a stick or whatever and not feel too badly if it expired....