Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[BlindLemonChicken]

You just have to outrun whomever you're with.

Is it bad that this is why I always take my dog on hikes and call her bear-bait?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I have been known to run out in the middle of the night, pajamas, flashlight and .45 in hand at the sound of any disturbances

I have an inkling that the location of our target shooting setup is the reason the very noisy bobcat that prowls around our property has not gone after my chickens. If I hear or see him I might use the spot I last saw him for target practice. This only works if you have the right background for it obviously but our bobcat has a set path along the bottom of our little mountain so it’s easy enough to make him jumpy for a few weeks.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Even wounds from rock salt could lead to death, if it didn't kill them right away, they could have a very painful drawn out death do to infection. :-( If you do have to shoot an animal, you have to make sure that you kill it, so they don't suffer cruelly. For me, it is always the last option.

Thanks, and I edited my post to direct people to yours.

Like I wrote, water pistols are my sole level of armament.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Is it bad that this is why I always take my dog on hikes and call her bear-bait?

If I can ever get strong enough to go hiking again, I'll definitely be the snackie!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Is it bad that this is why I always take my dog on hikes and call her bear-bait?

Just to add my favorite bear advisory sign. Especially valuable for telling the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat:

 

[no fly zone]

I passed within two feet of a skunk this morning walking to work. It was eating out of a trash bag on the edge of the sidewalk. I sprinted past it before it could react.

 

[RoyalChick]

Just to add my favorite bear advisory sign. Especially valuable for telling the difference between black bear and grizzly bear scat:

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Brilliant!

 

[kattabelly]

You want me to squat for who?!
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Plenty of cockerels to go around and somehow she's decided that I'm the best option

Looking no less demented but quite a bit redder, less than a week later (took this yesterday)

She's still squatting for me Had to give her back a stroke the other day before she'd stand up, do the shake and get out from under my feet.

Really sorry to everyone who's had losses recently. I feel lucky living here with far less predator pressure than even the UK mainland. I think folk here probably lose more chickens to vehicles than predation.