Sorry to hear about your losses Sunnyskies... I can sympathize. with all this rain, I had 3 trees come down on one of the coops, allowing critters in overnight. I lost 4 sfh, including the best of gunnar's cockerels I had planned on keeping, another younger cockerel of his and a pullet and another cockerel that I had planned to take to the swap this weekend... I also lost 3 silver laced cochin chicks, 2 pullets and a cockerel (I have 1 good pullet and a roo left, with 2 more pullets that are poorly laced at best but will have to do now.) and also a silver Ameraucana/ee chick i'd picked up at Gilmanor... she was turning into a gorgeous girl too.
hubby chopped up the trees, we fixed the coop, and the next night, one of my cochin girls didn't go in, but I heard her screaming when she got nabbed. the dog peeled out and scared the coon off, she's got a couple bite marks but seems to be ok. later the dog treed the coon, which we shot (head shot with .22 doesn't kill them btw...) then the dog got hold of it, and it STILL managed to wander off to die somewhere on the neighbor's property. (dog would have finished it but I wouldn't let him follow off our property). he's got a few scratches on his face but all the blood was raccoon's...
why is it that every time I bathe Sunny, it's after midnight? and always because of blood or mud?
fortunately, it DIDN'T get the pullet Bulldogma wants... or any of my mature swedes.
hubby chopped up the trees, we fixed the coop, and the next night, one of my cochin girls didn't go in, but I heard her screaming when she got nabbed. the dog peeled out and scared the coon off, she's got a couple bite marks but seems to be ok. later the dog treed the coon, which we shot (head shot with .22 doesn't kill them btw...) then the dog got hold of it, and it STILL managed to wander off to die somewhere on the neighbor's property. (dog would have finished it but I wouldn't let him follow off our property). he's got a few scratches on his face but all the blood was raccoon's...
why is it that every time I bathe Sunny, it's after midnight? and always because of blood or mud?
fortunately, it DIDN'T get the pullet Bulldogma wants... or any of my mature swedes.