- Apr 9, 2011
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TouchO'Lass :
ChickieLady: I agree. It is a LARGE collection of animals, and I rarely see anyone there. I think her adult daughter stays for at least a couple weeks a year, but why have all those animals and only visit 'em now and then? I really hate to judge, but she's just the type to point fingers and blame everyone but herself for the mis-treatment of her animals.
Unfortunately, the area where I live is becoming very popular with (sorry guys!) "Coasties" because land is so much cheaper than west of the cascades, we have a beautiful river and lots of un-trafficked roads, so there are a lot of folks from the Seattle area buying summer places over here. I lived in Kingston/Indianola/Poulsbo for a couple years and apparently the same thing happened there. DH worked on one remodel right on the slew/slough (sp?) in Kingston that had a flat screen TV in 6 rooms, including the laundry. The owners paid almost a mil then did over 200 thou in remodel to live on that stinky piece of water just walking distance from the ferry...
Hallerlake: The Dep Sheriff said there was a 'shoot on sight' order on the coyotes/strays, and Fish & Wildlife has gotten involved, so I'm hoping the culprits will be dispatched soon. Unfortunately, where the lawyer's property sits, she has neighbors very close to the south, east, and west, and only a little ways to the north and it's surrounded by trees so a misplaced shot could do collateral damage.
My property, on the other hand, has only orchard to the north and east, bare land to the south and about a 50 ft mountain rise to the west, so someone shooting across my place (almost NO trees) would only have to miss my cabin and horses. I'm actually hoping to see the 'yotes here again, cuz I'd have NO problem taking them out. Once an animal has slaughtered like that, there's not a lot of hope for rehab.
At the very least, I'm going to try to borrow or rent a live trap because they've also started scoping out my chicken run. I know I've seen the yellow one skulking away before, but I thought it belonged to one of the orchard workers...
Stumpfarmer: I wondered about that and thought maybe the llama got his injuries trying to protect the goats..? They pretty much wiped out the sheep in their earlier attacks, so the goats were the next easiest prey and are in with the llama, but I think they're separate from the sheep. I may just go get a picture of the "pasture" all those animals share and post it, but it's a little depressing...
Meantime, my little JD's Loki and Chance are gonna have to learn
to poop on a leash...
While these two run free
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Thing is, it's always the summer people first, and then the year-around retirees, and then the movable rootless suburbanite careerists; however, when Oroville turns into a piece of suburban sprawl, I hope to be off-planet!
Lacey was a fishing/hunting/horse racing/golfing resort town and later a center of mortorcycle racing before it was a bedroom community for the State and the Fort: there were farming communities with names in what's now North Thurston School District/Lacey: Evergreen Valley, Chambers Prairie, South Bay, and the saw mill town of Union Mill which is where my family is really "from". Hallerlake lives in what was originally a community of weekend places for people who lived on First Hill. Indianola and Home, of course, have more exotic roots.
Summer People want to live their fantasy, and get offended when reality intervenes, be it wild animals or stray dogs when they're away or the smell of fertilizer/the dust and noise of harvest when they're in residence.
Me, I just went out and did an assessment of what needs done to keep things from getting worse. It was not much cure for my morose day. Once again, I am Eeyore.
ChickieLady: I agree. It is a LARGE collection of animals, and I rarely see anyone there. I think her adult daughter stays for at least a couple weeks a year, but why have all those animals and only visit 'em now and then? I really hate to judge, but she's just the type to point fingers and blame everyone but herself for the mis-treatment of her animals.
Unfortunately, the area where I live is becoming very popular with (sorry guys!) "Coasties" because land is so much cheaper than west of the cascades, we have a beautiful river and lots of un-trafficked roads, so there are a lot of folks from the Seattle area buying summer places over here. I lived in Kingston/Indianola/Poulsbo for a couple years and apparently the same thing happened there. DH worked on one remodel right on the slew/slough (sp?) in Kingston that had a flat screen TV in 6 rooms, including the laundry. The owners paid almost a mil then did over 200 thou in remodel to live on that stinky piece of water just walking distance from the ferry...
Hallerlake: The Dep Sheriff said there was a 'shoot on sight' order on the coyotes/strays, and Fish & Wildlife has gotten involved, so I'm hoping the culprits will be dispatched soon. Unfortunately, where the lawyer's property sits, she has neighbors very close to the south, east, and west, and only a little ways to the north and it's surrounded by trees so a misplaced shot could do collateral damage.
My property, on the other hand, has only orchard to the north and east, bare land to the south and about a 50 ft mountain rise to the west, so someone shooting across my place (almost NO trees) would only have to miss my cabin and horses. I'm actually hoping to see the 'yotes here again, cuz I'd have NO problem taking them out. Once an animal has slaughtered like that, there's not a lot of hope for rehab.
At the very least, I'm going to try to borrow or rent a live trap because they've also started scoping out my chicken run. I know I've seen the yellow one skulking away before, but I thought it belonged to one of the orchard workers...
Stumpfarmer: I wondered about that and thought maybe the llama got his injuries trying to protect the goats..? They pretty much wiped out the sheep in their earlier attacks, so the goats were the next easiest prey and are in with the llama, but I think they're separate from the sheep. I may just go get a picture of the "pasture" all those animals share and post it, but it's a little depressing...
Meantime, my little JD's Loki and Chance are gonna have to learn
to poop on a leash...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/84860_camera_apr_11_002.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/84860_100_0591.jpg[
Thing is, it's always the summer people first, and then the year-around retirees, and then the movable rootless suburbanite careerists; however, when Oroville turns into a piece of suburban sprawl, I hope to be off-planet!
Lacey was a fishing/hunting/horse racing/golfing resort town and later a center of mortorcycle racing before it was a bedroom community for the State and the Fort: there were farming communities with names in what's now North Thurston School District/Lacey: Evergreen Valley, Chambers Prairie, South Bay, and the saw mill town of Union Mill which is where my family is really "from". Hallerlake lives in what was originally a community of weekend places for people who lived on First Hill. Indianola and Home, of course, have more exotic roots.
Summer People want to live their fantasy, and get offended when reality intervenes, be it wild animals or stray dogs when they're away or the smell of fertilizer/the dust and noise of harvest when they're in residence.
Me, I just went out and did an assessment of what needs done to keep things from getting worse. It was not much cure for my morose day. Once again, I am Eeyore.
