This kid has so much energy but I love him
You think I'd be used to it by now. She tends to get very excited when she manages to get into a pen and just goes a bit stupid. Almost like a dog. The turkeys were all single kills except the last one when she took the turkey, but killed about 12 Orpingtons I was growing out and several adult hens. Left them in the pen when she took the turkey. The ducks have all been single snatches too. Everyone has been locked up in the barn at night where she can't get to them for the last two weeks. I could kick myself for moving birds last weekend. Most of those birds wouldn't have been in that pen. But I suppose when she fell through the roof she just grabbed everything that moved.Oh my goodness….I am so sorry for your loss.
What a terrible thing to experience.
Where I grew up yes. And I've seen one or two around the area (struck on the highway) but never any here. There really aren't any mast trees to speak of. Most everything around here is elms, so not as much for them to eat. I've never seen any sign of them here; no rooting, wallowing, or noises from them bickering. I saw a river otter on the pond next door during the big snowstorm back in February. I saw one fox on the back fence line. Too far away to tell if Grey or Red. Dispatched a few raccoons and relocated some opossums. I've seen with my actual eyes a bobcat two years ago, but this female is both brazen and clever. She never seems to come at the same time and for a long time it was in the early morning. But when it's really wet I can follow her tracks.
Yeah... You wouldn't catch me doing ANY of that if I had a migraine. Go Triplet!
