Scotty from BI
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- Aug 26, 2015
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They take less room than ramps and the chickens love to climb on them. Makes getting down off the perch fun and easy and most importantly, safe. They used to fly into the walls trying to get down.
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Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there.Havent seen one since i was a kid and i used to live on a farm with hunting dogs and the weasels we had were about the size of a fox squirel. Dogs used to tree them on power poles all the time. Been in Michigan 70 years and never saw one the size of a mouse. They are related to the ferret and wolvarine.
You are right about their penchant for killing for fun. They will go through a chicken coop and kill every one. Only seen it once but it was a mess.
Consider yourself fortunate that your local coyote and raccoon populations don't come around during the day. Where I'm at, they can be found out and hunting in broad daylight. No such thing as nighttime only around here. I've had coon attacks at 10:00 in the morning, 5 hours after sunrise; coyotes trying to take birds at 2:00 in the afternoon.
Consider yourself fortunate that your local coyote and raccoon populations don't come around during the day. Where I'm at, they can be found out and hunting in broad daylight. No such thing as nighttime only around here. I've had coon attacks at 10:00 in the morning, 5 hours after sunrise; coyotes trying to take birds at 2:00 in the afternoon.
Havent seen one since i was a kid and i used to live on a farm with hunting dogs and the weasels we had were about the size of a fox squirel. Dogs used to tree them on power poles all the time. Been in Michigan 70 years and never saw one the size of a mouse. They are related to the ferret and wolvarine.
Got rid of my guns years ago but if i ever experience something like that ill revert to my neighborhood vigilante persona. Fortunately lawmakers are wise enough to allow the killing of protected species if they are causing damage. Im a firm believer that wild animals are fine in the wild but have no place on my property and i used to enforce that with a vengance. I still spray for bugs and poison anything i can that scurries around getting into my stuff. This year for the first time in years i have shrews. Ill be going after them shortly. Both my adjacent neighbors trap moles and chipmonks so i dont have much trouble with them. One neighbor said he trapped over 20 chipmonks in one season.
My rear neighbor had so many groundhogs he had to grade his field before he could drive the tractor on it. That is why the codes require rat walls on buildings. Groundhogs can dig huge tunnels.
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