bikegurl
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...and begged for the moon for to give him light,
He had many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o...
many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o.
And when he got there, he ate chickens. And had fun killing the ones he didn't eat. :furious:
Thankfully it didn't get to our layers, just the half-grown meat birds/replacement layers. They were in a chicken tractor inside our (obviously inadequately ) fenced-in garden. Now we're brainstorming ideas of how to fox-proof a future chicken tractor.
What's ironic is that I lived 12 years out in farming country and we never lost an animal to a fox (we had chickens most of those 12). I live in the city now and have had chickens for about 2 years, and lose 15 in one fell swoop. There are some differences in housing, but then, we weren't expecting to have to keep out foxes here; just dogs, hawks, and people mainly.
Pretty disheartening! But now we know...!
He had many a mile to go that night
before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o...
many a mile to go that night before he reached the town-o.
And when he got there, he ate chickens. And had fun killing the ones he didn't eat. :furious:
Thankfully it didn't get to our layers, just the half-grown meat birds/replacement layers. They were in a chicken tractor inside our (obviously inadequately ) fenced-in garden. Now we're brainstorming ideas of how to fox-proof a future chicken tractor.
What's ironic is that I lived 12 years out in farming country and we never lost an animal to a fox (we had chickens most of those 12). I live in the city now and have had chickens for about 2 years, and lose 15 in one fell swoop. There are some differences in housing, but then, we weren't expecting to have to keep out foxes here; just dogs, hawks, and people mainly.
Pretty disheartening! But now we know...!