The Old Folks Home

[Alaskan]

Did you freak out with the moose by your coop?

me? No.... why? The risk of the moose smushing my coop is exceedingly small. They might try to push down the run to get at a mountain of lettuce.... but they don't push very hard...so I think that my chickens are safe!

Moose walk by my house all the time.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Hey puddin welcome! Yes we are all old folks pull up a rocking chair and grab a cup of coffee!

 

[ozexpat]

me? No.... why? The risk of the moose smushing my coop is exceedingly small. They might try to push down the run to get at a mountain of lettuce.... but they don't push very hard...so I think that my chickens are safe!

Moose walk by my house all the time.

such great looking animals

 

[chickadoodles]

Alaskan what an amazing view, having moose walk by your house and bears! Maybe you should take and sell those photo's to National Geographic magazine? $$$$$$$ oooooooolllllllalalallallalala

 

[superchemicalgirl]

me? No.... why? The risk of the moose smushing my coop is exceedingly small. They might try to push down the run to get at a mountain of lettuce.... but they don't push very hard...so I think that my chickens are safe!

Moose walk by my house all the time.

We don't get them that often here but they tend to get tangled in something (like a run) and push past it causing damage. I have never seen a bear, but a coworker had one in her yard a number of years ago. It ran off with her american flag (she had pictures).

 

[ronott1]

AHHHHA!!!! I just found where the coffee drinkers post in the evening!!!!! I guess I am officially an "old Folk" now!!!

It is great to have you here!

I am about to get some coffee and dinner. Pacific time zone and all that.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

me? No.... why? The risk of the moose smushing my coop is exceedingly small. They might try to push down the run to get at a mountain of lettuce.... but they don't push very hard...so I think that my chickens are safe!

Moose walk by my house all the time.

When I lived in Anchorage, more than once, I had to call in to work and say I would be late because there was a Moose in my driveway. It was a perfectly legitmate reason to be late. They are fine as long as you don't tick off mama!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

When I lived in Anchorage, more than once, I had to call in to work and say I would be late because there was a Moose in my driveway. It was a perfectly legitmate reason to be late. They are fine as long as you don't tick off mama!

Welcome to TOFH (meant to put that in my last post but I got distracted by the bear, so don't take it personally).

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Welcome to TOFH (meant to put that in my last post but I got distracted by the bear, so don't take it personally).

No problem! Thanks.

We just had a wolf take one of our chickens this week so my hubby is trying to stake out the coop to shoot it. I am glad that it isn't a bear because they would just rip into the coop if they wanted in.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

No wolves here, but we are having a rough year up here for coyotes. I can hear them nearby but haven't spotted any, yet. Many have lost poultry. Mostly I have issues with smaller predators - hawks, weasels, rats and skunks. Oh, skunks. They are my lot in life.

I did get my trapping license earlier this year. I may be helping a friend out with a night predator in her coop's run. She keeps seeing prints in the snow, so far it hasn't figured a way in to the coop. She's setting up the game cam tonight so we know for sure what we're dealing with and when it comes.