What is this? Should I be concerned?

[JasperCountyNative]

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You wanna eat that? Be my guest, LoL

 

[fancbrd4me02]

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Not always harmless to livestock.

They are opportunists and they will take advantage of newborn calves and pigs.

Here's a thread talking about turkey vultures, and how they are not livestock predators. It adds that misidentification has often been cited as the main reason people think turkey vultures harm livestock. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/339/articles/introduction

 

[CheshieChick13]

Turkey Vulture.....unless your chickens are dead he's no threat

 

[detali]

Yes, turkey vulture. They are quite common in my part of Arizona.

 

[Straubby]

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ROFLMBO.......if you can get closer than 5 feet without getting gagging from the smell you are my hero....please dont ever try to eat a vulture they eat dead animals

 

[JasperCountyNative]

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Not always harmless to livestock.

They are opportunists and they will take advantage of newborn calves and pigs.

Here's a thread talking about turkey vultures, and how they are not livestock predators. It adds that misidentification has often been cited as the main reason people think turkey vultures harm livestock. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/339/articles/introduction

I stand corrected.

Apparently, predation on livestock is almost exclusively caused by Black Vultures.

Nice catch, thanx!

 

[Chickengal505]

I have a permit saying if it looks hungery and is near my hens i can shoot the S#%@ out of it.

 

[Straubby]

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might want to check local laws turkey vultures are protected here in ohio ....believe it or not they are a migratory bird

 

[Chickengal505]

I live on a farm and there conserterd my livestock i have local rights to protect them from everythig ecept the occasial HUGE owl who lives round my woods her likes to snack on the nabor's teenagers... Cant shoot him... i swear he mocks me

 

[Chickengal505]

I live on a farm and there conserterd my livestock i have local rights to protect them from everythig ecept the occasial HUGE owl who lives round my woods

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likes to snack on the nabor's teenagers... Cant shoot him... i swear he mocks me​

Sorry HE​