RIP, Roozilla

[brownysfp]

Came back from an Orpington-buying trip to discover a power cut had taken out our electric defences. Johnny the Fox had seized the opportunity in all paws. Roozilla, our massive Coucou-Maran cross, had saved the flock but sacrificied himself in the process. He wasn't the nicest of roos nor the softest on the eye but he was the most eye-catching and the bravest. He'd already taken on and routed a raptor. He'll be missed badly. The contract on the fox goes out tomorrow.

 

[sourland]

Good luck on enacting the 'contract'.

 

[CMV]

He died with his boots on. Just the way he probably would have liked to go. A valiant roo is worth his weight in gold. Sorry for your loss.

Good luck with the fox.

 

[Linn Bee]

So sorry to hear.

Still, he died doing what he was born to do -- and valiantly at that. I'd probably get a ceramic roo repainted in his image and keep him out in the yard "on the job".

Just imagine a hawk breaking a talon or a fox cracking a tooth on him.

 

[anderson8505]

Three cheers for Roozilla! He did not give up the flock!

Sorry for your loss. I think my roo would go hide under a bush.

So sorry to hear.

Still, he died doing what he was born to do -- and valiantly at that. I'd probably get a ceramic roo repainted in his image and keep him out in the yard "on the job".

Just imagine a hawk breaking a talon or a fox cracking a tooth on him.

 

[chigger bait]

I've got a solar fencer that I hope will do the job.

With all the varmints I have in my area, I will not be able to keep chickens with out an electric fencer.

 

[Lbrad7]

CMV...I have been away from the forum for awhile...I don't recall you looking so..aahhh

frazzled. Are you having predator problems?

 

[Kevin565]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Lbrad7]

I've got a solar fencer that I hope will do the job.

With all the varmints I have in my area, I will not be able to keep chickens with out an electric fencer.

I live in North GA, just south of Chattanooga, TN and like you said...we have about every predator on the list! If you don't have a tight coop to put them up at night, sooner or later you are going to have a major kill. I'm sorry for your loss but it sounds like your boy did his job! I have always wondered how many times a week our roos fight off possibly threats. I would love to have a 24 hr video camera set up on the lot.

 

[brownysfp]

It snowed last night and with a wind chill of -7C I wasn't in a rush to let the boys and girls out. Normally I'm out early in my dressing gown with the kettle boiling for my return. Looking at the depth of snow I was thinking it could be a "coop day" anyway when the catflap crashed open and our three cats charged into the lounge, tails like bog-brushes and eyes wild. I ran out in my slippers and there was a fox, a mange-ridden, scrawny grey-whiskered beast trotting across the lawn.
I chased him across a field, down a lane and into the woods before my slippers gave out. That ****** hunt is not doing its job, for one. And thank goodness I hadn't let the flock out.