Overnight Eric, who had been housed in one of the brooder boxes was attacked....it was a no brainer.....literally nothing was left of him and his enclosure.....
Nearer Home
Nearer Home, the badgers that live in the field borders have turned their powerful claws and jaws upon the smallest and newest member of the field community with rather devastating results.
Overnight Eric, who had been housed in one of the brooder boxes was attacked....it was a no brainer.....literally nothing was left of him and his enclosure.....
another, albeit small home grown reminder that life can be very cheap eh?
Overnight Eric, who had been housed in one of the brooder boxes was attacked....it was a no brainer.....literally nothing was left of him and his enclosure.....
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What a welcome for poor old Eric! Life can be cheap - and so can hen-houses.
ReplyDeleteunfortunatly it was the only spare house I had... thanks for that tom
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Very industrious badgers.
ReplyDeletePoor Eric! Gone to where all Erics go in the end. The sad thing is that you had him for such a short time and I know you'd have cared for him as much as you care for the rest of your menagerie.
ReplyDeleteJohn I'm so sorry xxx
ReplyDeleteBloody badgers Grrrrr.
Nothing like Badger in The Wind in the Willows then?
ReplyDeleteno bel..not! mind you I guess the prospect of a small ( but very loud snack) was too much to be ignored....
ReplyDeletebut Tom's slightly unnecessary comment was correct....cheap hen houses are a false economy...I will try to upgrade mine with another trip to the animal rescue centre!
ps yes to explain...the animal rescue donate all of theor spare hutches and shelters to me!
ReplyDeleteThey will be back, no doubt. I'll send good thoughts for their protection.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, what a horrible event! I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteDeb.
ReplyDeletethe badgers are there every night..they live next to my pond....... strangely enough my previous cockerel lived in this coop un molested for 18 months.... the bantam , I suspect was too noisey and grabbed the badgers attention
Poor Eric.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realise until you posted about Cora earlier, that badgers are so powerful and destructive. I thought they only ate worms and such like.
Life wasn't so cheap for the badgers. Circle of life.
ReplyDeletewell pooh, predators are a constant battle are they not! I am sorry for Eric. Badgers must be like the raccoons here, I swear they can get into anything it seems!
ReplyDeleteLast night I watched Dr Brian Cox (who has the straightest teeth I have ever seen!) and he put life into perspective. He said that we are all made from Stars and when we die we go back to the Universe. That sounds better than cheap. xx
ReplyDeleteOh shit! So sorry about Eric. I've been so worried about the local fox population prowling about that I'd not even considered badgers helping themselves to my chooks. Wombles, yes - badgers, no.
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a pen so destroyed to get at a lowly chicken. Poor Erik ~ he must have been horrified...
I'm sorry, John. I know you feel badly when something happens to one of your charges. You do the best you can do ~ and better than most!
I'm scared to death when I see a badger.. They are such bullies and ferocious.. I put out a live trap for the one I had and drove it North of here to the State Park..
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear what happened to Eric.. Poor guy...
Have a Tiggeriffic Day~! ta ta for now from Iowa:)
It's all heart-wrenching John...big scale, small scale, everything is important.
ReplyDeleteThat's why all we can do is play nice and go gently.
Oh my gosh!
ReplyDeleteIt's sad for Eric, but I hope that is your only loss. ♥
We all have to eat.
ReplyDeleteSorry about Eric :(
ReplyDeleteMaybe you need to borrow a couple of live traps for those badgers and carry them off - far, far away! That little hen house was all but obliterated.
(Hang tin cans together in groups, on the hen houses, so they clang an alarm if you have an interloper?)
I so love the way you navigate the many ups and downs of all the lives you care for John. You're caring, loving, deeply involved, and yet still pragmatic about everything that happens. It's so reassuring and helps to keep the world right side up. Thanks for that.
ReplyDeleteDia xxx
Badgers are so well protected by law that they are becoming a real problem. We now have such large sets in the woods and fields around us that I keep my fox-terrier on the lead outside the garden, as several terriers have been lost down the holes. The badgers have made a real mess of my veg patch on occasion, devouring all the sweetcorn when it has just reached perfection. Their toileting after such a feast has left a lot of clearing up!
ReplyDeleteWould investing in an electric fence deter those dastardly badgers?
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about poor Eric. It is hard when a domestic creature we are caring for is killed. I am glad animal rescue donates its shelters and hutches to you. The badgers can go back to eating wild things.
ReplyDeleteSo very sorry about Eric.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Poor Eric.
ReplyDeletePoor Eric! Damn Badgers! They are vicious, nasty, determined critters. When they decide they want something, they are relentless in getting to it, and are strong enough with those claws to get the job done.
ReplyDeleteKate xx
OMD John! Didn't you just get Eric? Sheesh, poor guy didn't even get to know you before the stupid badger did him in. So sad. :>(
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