so... I hear clucking outside, go to see who is begging treats, (it is a BR) and I see one of Miss Piggy's babies (they are older - she is in the nest laying an egg, so not around) has blood on its side. Not a ton of blood, a couple of spots, one above and one below a wing. Can't catch him to see if he's hurt (he is moving fine, but he stands with his eyes closed, soI think he may be in some pain.)
No idea what bit him, but it looks like a dog or coyote by the spacing of the blood spots.
I'll be able to catch him tonight when he goes into the coop - guess it'll have to wait until then to see how badly he is hurt. She had three girls and two boys - lost one boy to the coyote in the backyard that day, now the second roo is hurt - must mean the girls are smart enough not to get caught
Jamie called yesterday and said he saw a coyote coming my way, so I went out with the .22 - never saw the coyote, but I shot Jamie a couple of squirrels while I was out there
he was happy, he's gonna grill them this weekend along with the quail I sold him.
The funny part is, I've never been hunting in my life, but he and hubby went out (hunting squirrel) the other day (last week) and had a lot of shots, but didn't hit a thing - I hit these two twice each - leg shots to slow em down, and a head shot to finish them off. Only thing I didn't like was cleaning them - squirrels are hard to skin!!
I wish my pistol aim was as good as my .22 aim. But I'm working on it
hmmm... when is rabbit season? I got lots of rabbits here.....
meri
