Coleene said:
> Bad attitude

Sorry to add to an off topic thread, but I'd like to share what creates a
"bad attititude".  I have 30 laying hens, and one batch of brood which
started with 8 chicks.  I kept the chicks in a small coop.  Three were eaten
through the chicken wire where they slept, despite quite solid construction.
One more was eaten when the critter ripped a board off the same structure,
and we lost another one tonight, because we couldn't get home early enough
to lock them in. This is most likely a raccoon.  It doesn't eat the chick
completely, just sort of mauls it and eats some, and leaves the rest.
Nature at work: 3 out of 8 left alive.

I'm not a relocated suburbanite.  I'm quite aware of my relationship to the
wild world around me - I have actually tried to grow most of my own food.  I
also understand having to protect that food source.

At the first opportunity, I'm going to kill it dead.  End of sermon.

Todd.

Living in the semi-wilds of Vermont, where we knows a pest when we sees 'em.

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