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-Kim

Quote: As for jokes, no, I'm not allowed to hijack this thread any further. LOL. I'm still waiting for that PM from the Mods, in reference to all the hijacking I've done already. -Kim

Quote: By who? Surely not me! I don't see where you've been . I was just saying how funny it was terminology and a simple word or two can so easily go awry. The ONLY thing I was doing was clearing up a misunderstanding and sharing my view point of the "game" of free-ranging chickens. That's...

We're all funny. The slightest comment or wording can oft go awry. We all have our own way to view or way to cope with predation. Why not make a game out of it? The hawk "wins" a meal and the owner "loses" a chicken. It's life, we can make life into a game if we so please. How often have you...

Quote: Sorry to hear that. I don't fret over it much anymore. When one doesn't come home, I just accept the fact that it didn't run fast enough for cover and it won't be coming home. -Kim

I didn't know it was there. It was sitting in a fir tree and the dove was sitting some where else nearby. I was walking the horse fence and either I or the raptor flushed the dove. The raptor barely even noticed me(tunnel vision, I suppose), he had to catch dinner before it got away. The whole...

No, our property is not fenced. Our dogs do a decent job at detering four legged predators during the day. We bring the dogs in at night and the local fox den knows this, as we found out last year. The birds always went missing one or two at a time and always during the day, so I assumed it was...

My chickens are on temporary lock-down. Only getting let out when I am there to watch. I had a group of EEs that would immediately run to the woodline to forage. Well I started with about 15, now I only have one. I assumed they would be safe in the treelines because they foraged below a bunch of...

You're welcome. Just because you do not see the hawk, do not assume that it is gone. I think we have a nesting family nearby, we "rarely" see them, but I do know they are here. I can hear the nest throughout most of the day and I have the occasional adolescent bird dissapear. So I know they...

The Hijacked Thread There we go. It covers Dave's new title too. -Kim

Oh, this will get interesting. Should we transfer this to another thread? -Kim

Quote: Nope, none of that argument here. I love our domestic critters, all the sizes shapes and colors and uses. Alright, I'll stop before this thead gets truly hijacked. As much as I love our hijacking topics, those are usually some of the best. -Kim

I think it was understood what I meant by "bred." Naturally selected and all. We knew you were not being serious, well, I did anyway. -Kim

Quote: Actually, we are. Take a look at the wild jungle fowl vs. the modern domestic chicken. The one is a rangy, broody bird that lays only sporadically and has a rather rapacious attitude. Strictly at the caprices of Nature. The domestic bird, on the other hand, is a large meaty fowl...

Quote: Along with the new hawk breeding program, we also need to run parallel programs with fox, coon, bear, snake, coyote, and the other ill-bred chicken-killing predators out there! Because humans are so much better at breeding animals than nature.. -Kim