Rural/Farm Life

LWolf

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8. Predators are always a threat.

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 04:19 PM

Mar 2012

Goats and lambs? Eagles, maybe, if it were young and small enough. Coyotes, definitely.

Chickens and cats...owls, hawks, coyotes. Eagles if they are around. There are eagles in my region, but I've never seen them around my home.

Dogs? Coyotes, definitely.

Some of my chicken coop has a wire roof; there is a low opening for them to get out and free range. I often get young hawks who will sit on a 4 ft fence above their water, waiting for them to come in to drink. I've seen hawks and owls take chickens, and I've lost 2 cats.

I wish the predators would focus on the damned rodents.

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Having lost a puppy to an eagle I need to know if predators like eagles are a threat to other animal [View all] jwirr Feb 2012 OP

Eagles would not be here were it not for the little goats and lambs--nc randr Feb 2012 #1

I know. But I chose to not want to feed them MY goats and lambs. There are a lot contradictions in jwirr Feb 2012 #2

I did not mean to be insensitive randr Feb 2012 #3

Thanks. jwirr Feb 2012 #4

Oh, no! I'm so sorry. EFerrari Feb 2012 #5

Thank you. I talked with my family and they are now aware of the danger. The thing that still jwirr Feb 2012 #6

In this area, bvar22 Mar 2012 #7

Predators are always a threat. LWolf Mar 2012 #8

I've never seen owls hunting here but you can hear one or two especially at dusk. EFerrari Mar 2012 #9

I was headed out to the barn at my usual 4:30 AM LWolf Mar 2012 #10

Looking through some Audubon materials recently EFerrari Apr 2012 #11