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[duluthralphie]

@holm25 We might need another cat...we have been gone all day. When I left this morning Hoover was playing with the cat. I have been afraid I will find the cat died today under mysterious circumstances.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . Cloudy but a nice day predicted .

 

[holm25]

@holm25 We might need another cat...we have been gone all day. When I left this morning Hoover was playing with the cat. I have been afraid I will find the cat died today under mysterious circumstances.

Knowing how his last home felt about cats it would not be surprising to me if Hoover killed it.

 

[duluthralphie]

Knowing how his last home felt about cats it would not be surprising to me if Hoover killed it.

The poor cat is Alive. It appears all Hoover did was rough it up a bit and steal the poor cats food. I am going to have to design an antiHoover cat feeder.

 

[jerryse]

The poor cat is Alive. It appears all Hoover did was rough it up a bit and steal the poor cats food. I am going to have to design an antiHoover cat feeder.

aww the cat needs to catch its own food .

 

[duluthralphie]

aww the cat needs to catch its own food .

I only feed it a little...besides it is a single mother of 4 and needs a little welfare, for the good if the kittens.

 

[MNChickMom]

The poor cat is Alive. It appears all Hoover did was rough it up a bit and steal the poor cats food. I am going to have to design an antiHoover cat feeder.

In today’s news: Farmer killed by hungry chicken. Chicken sought revenge due to lack of adequate food supply.

 

[duluthralphie]

In today’s news: Farmer killed by hungry chicken. Chicken sought revenge due to lack of adequate food supply.

We may need to define Hoover’s idea on how much food is adequate. It is also possible he has a 500 ft pet tape worm he is feeding... I have never seen him appear to be full.

 

[jerryse]

Morning . A wet day here . At least it is not freezing rain or snow .

 

[duluthralphie]

Morning . A wet day here . At least it is not freezing rain or snow .

Windy, cloudy, yucky day here. Which seems to match the way I feel today.


I opened the barn to quite a mess this morning. The pen with my layers in it was open. I had hens running all over the place. Hoover was inside the pen just finishing off the last of the layer feed. In all fairness, I must tell you he was not alone. He had 4-5 turkeys with him.



I have dog kennel doors on that pen. They do not come open on their own. Someone or something opened them. I hate to say this because some of you will think I am just dumping on Hoover.



But beyond any doubt Hoover opened the door. I am not sure how. I think he might have had 5-6 turkeys sit one on top of each other and crawled up and opened the door.



It is hard to believe 5-6 turkeys could get along long enough for that to happen.



A far more reasonable theory is Hoover did it alone, unaided. For a normal rooster this would seem difficult. Hoover is special. I have been noticing him practicing his Hummingbird stroke lately a lot. He would fly up 2-3 feet flap his wings like crazy and just “hover”. We thought it was cute and called it “Hoover's hover”. Never did we suspect he would use his new skill set for evil.



I am thinking I might need to tie little lead weights on his feet to discourage hovering in the future.



Some of you may doubt Hoover's guilt still.



Let me remind you of Occam's Razar;

When applying Occam's razor to this event, Hoover is guilty and acted alone. It is too complicated to accept the turkeys helped him. One of the turkeys would have snitched, they always do.



The other theory which we must immediately dismiss as being completely foolish, is I left the door unlocked. That is preposterous on its face!



Hoover is guilty!