Eastern Tennessee Thread

[grawg]

In europe our big hedgehogs eat them, never had a problem with bugs much there, but none of those here.

Ducks are wonderful for eating slugs. Slug control was actually one of the main reasons I considered getting ducks in the first place.

 

[xChickiex]

Does anyone know what kind of preds will tear into a coop and take a full grown roo? I am thinking I have a coyote problem but am not sure as this has never happened before.

 

[stanglover2001]

How'd it tear into it? Foxes and coyotes are what come to mind.

Does anyone know what kind of preds will tear into a coop and take a full grown roo? I am thinking I have a coyote problem but am not sure as this has never happened before.

 

[xChickiex]

Well it messed up alot of the wire, and my father says it go in the cage with the bird and brought him out as there is feathers everywhere inside the cage, kinda in a circle. The other was a sliding door coop with a latch goes down into part of the pen, that one is hard to decribe but he was a smaller roo and no feathers around that one. This makes no sense to me because one coop was very close to my tom turkey's pen and he didnt make and noise, neither did the guineas and we were awake it happened at about 10pm. We have lots of coyotes and last year a fox had kits in my neighbors old barn but not hearing a thing

. Whatever it is has to be super fast.

How'd it tear into it? Foxes and coyotes are what come to mind.

 

[stanglover2001]

Hmmm, well could have been fox. Coyotes are becoming braver I've heard, seen one in broad daylight once running down 95, a busy curvy road. Another in daylight again on side of road rummaging in a trash bag. Seen braver deer too! I wouldn't think racoon, but if it only grabbed one, possibly.

Well it messed up alot of the wire, and my father says it go in the cage with the bird and brought him out as there is feathers everywhere inside the cage, kinda in a circle. The other was a sliding door coop with a latch goes down into part of the pen, that one is hard to decribe but he was a smaller roo and no feathers around that one. This makes no sense to me because one coop was very close to my tom turkey's pen and he didnt make and noise, neither did the guineas and we were awake it happened at about 10pm. We have lots of coyotes and last year a fox had kits in my neighbors old barn but not hearing a thing

. Whatever it is has to be super fast.

 

[chigger bait]

Hmmm, well could have been fox. Coyotes are becoming braver I've heard, seen one in broad daylight once running down 95, a busy curvy road. Another in daylight again on side of road rummaging in a trash bag. Seen braver deer too! I wouldn't think racoon, but if it only grabbed one, possibly.

I'm think more in the lines of a coon.

They are bad for busting into cages at night.

 

[chigger bait]

Ducks are wonderful for eating slugs. Slug control was actually one of the main reasons I considered getting ducks in the first place.

I hat slugs because they love ripe strawberries.

 

[tennesseeckn]

My babies, they're now about 2 weeks old!

They've grown so fast!!!!

 

[stanglover2001]

I know!!

They'll be ready for homes in 6 more weeks!!

They've grown so fast!!!!

 

[laughingdog]

id def say coon, especially with the size preferance and feathers left in circle, and tearing like that. i have live traps if anyone wants to borrow.. used them for cat catching and rescue etc, but worked great for coons etc also. also armidillos were starting to be introduced in mass in west TN, but not sure why they stopped introducing aside from possible urban and suburban structural dammage, and slight risk of leprosy and hepititis if you licked them pretty much only on belly fur. they love garden pests and arate great, and know someone hopefully getting back to me local who will be getting a bunch of young from family who has babies just dumped all over their lawns in TX and AZ, who would bring bunch instead of just turning them back out into yard, my doves/pigeons seem to enjoy eating garden weeds and insects in my strawberry patch and herb garden etc, what about someone here starting to breed the african or europeon hedgehogs, and just corral them in, as the southern climate with a heated hut or something, would be warmer than african nights, or europeon nights. ???