Arizona Chickens

MERRY CHRISTMAS JESUS is the reason for this SEASON...:weee

Last night when we left our friends dinner party we saw a twinkling star in the East..
I just went out & saw it again... It is under the dipper...to the South/East Hope ya all get to see it..
 
Happy Christmas to me. I have lost about 10-15 birds over the last few weeks. First I thought it was a fox or small coyote. My friend thought maybe it was a coon. Neither of us thought it might be this
 
Finally got caught up with all the posts...Yet again.  Getting ready for Christmas with the family. Have a huge over-abundance of eggs sooo....The Fam is getting egg gifts in the morning!  I just celebrated my 39th. birthday on the 21st. So that was fun.  My parents gave me new egg cartons with personalized stickers. I will have to get pictures later.  My  RG Turk hen is laying massive spotted eggs. My bro and son love those! Still maintaining the 3 day lights on over-night for them.  Seems to be working out great. My BlueWheaten Ameracaunas are really unreliable layers. And ofcourse, EVERYBODY wants the blue/green eggs. What are you gonna do?!  On a side note. I got to watch a coyote chase a doe (white-tail) around. Amazing until the stupid deer turned toward me and left the desert dog heading right for me! Not more than 10 yards! lol.  Then this morning, I was greeting a fellow employee at work and looked down at my feet to find a little stinker....Make that a skunk!  ***!!!  It was a little guy but still. It just wandered right up to my leg and started smelling.  *ugh, rabies? I calmly just walked to the other side of the car and started making all kinds of noise. It eventually ran off.  Weird days indeed.


Wow, what a great adventurous life...
 
Wow. Nice catch. What did you do with it?
Gone with a hunter friend to become a nice peice of fur

Must of been hungry? Or feeding her babies? Great photo. How did you capture the photo?
Not sure what you are asking? I took that pic of the bobcat trapped in my live trap. It's fat and sassy from eating my ducks and chickens
 
Gone with a hunter friend to become a nice peice of fur

Not sure what you are asking? I took that pic of the bobcat trapped in my live trap. It's fat and sassy from eating my ducks and chickens

I didn't know you were allowed to trap in AZ. Doesn't Fish and Wildlife get bent out of shape? Don't blame you though. I would do the same thing. I live close enough to the city that I haven't had an issue with bobcats. Even the coyotes have stayed away, although, I often hear them at night.
 
I know I night watchman at the steel company my first husband worked for, he had a skunk he made friends with over the years. As it got old and feeble it started to sleep all day under the guard house. Everybody know about the old guy. He never sprayed anybody. They only time he smelled was when he died during the time my x was employed there.

During my travels I learned just how close they live with use. A lot of truck stops have resident skunks. I watched one picking up food, it know were people were, and would go under a truck untill they passed, then go back to finding food. I'm pretty num to people, but I always (most always) see animals.
 
I didn't know you were allowed to trap in AZ. Doesn't Fish and Wildlife get bent out of shape? Don't blame you though. I would do the same thing. I live close enough to the city that I haven't had an issue with bobcats. Even the coyotes have stayed away, although, I often hear them at night.
You can humanely trap and remove anytime of year. Bobcats are allowed to be hunted here in the majority of units from August 1st to March 31st.
 

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