"I'll admit I may have seen better days,
but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail,
"(Margo Channing)
Sometimes you just need to be inspired
I can't be arsed telling you the story about last night's badger attack ( 2 badgers versus 1 cockerel) lets have a bit of cinematic chest beating instead!
Bloody hell, I would rather have heard about your pet badger's valiant attempts to vanquish the cockerel than see that bunch of hams pretending to act.
In one way it was a lucky thing, as I moved all of the st Trinians into a large hen house with the buffs and housed jesus into their Smaller house. I have had the hen house for a couple of years and never had a problem with it as it is a robust professionally made jobby! Last night at 2am I heard a noise in the field..went out and saw a badger runnng away from the coops . INSIDE the st Trinian's old coop was another badger who had literally ripped the door away!
I kicked the crap out of him before he ran off. but he had already killed jesus....
with a name like that I guess he was destined to die young
Bloody he'll John what are Welsh badgers made of! The only problem I have ever had was a stoat 8 years ago don't even have foxes round but I do have a state of the art (plastic) hen house which cost me an arm and a leg but gives me piece of mind. So sorry x Jane
the porblem with single cockerels is that they tend to be noisy when a predator is around... the hens remain quiet unless the fox is IN the coop.... the cockerels will chatter away when a treat is outside , I suspect it is that that fired up the badgers... he was a big badger too ....there are too many around locally and perhaps food is somewhat scarse too....
AK47, night scope. Be careful not to hit anything else in the hen yard. You might wake up everyone for miles around, concerned about a terrorist attack. Or I guess hot wire is OK, except the only thing I ever shocked was myself when I forget it was on. Or my own dogs. They'd get shocked on the way out of the yard and then would not come back in. But I'm thinking you're more clever than I was.
Gee! After those badger attacks it makes me wonder why our chicken coop is still standing. I don't think anything around here wants a chicken as bad as your scary badgers want your chickens. That'll teach those noisy roosters! Watch out, John, on the third day Jesus should be back!!! People may be bringing you replacements, hee, hee
Yep them Badgers are fecking huge. Passed a dead one on the road this morning which was suspiciously near the last dead one I saw last week - next to a dairy farmers field. Coincidence?
Foxes and Badgers have to eat John like the rest of us. Don't snap my head off but s'up to US to do what's necessary to protect the chooks.
agreed chris will corral the smaller coops together as I said before....they will be safer like that at night I have 6 large, lion proof houses that can remain out.....
I'll try and do a post soon showing my fencing efforts.
A couple of weeks ago Mr Fox paid a visit to 'G' across from me and took his entire stock of 50 birds and in the daytime it seems albeit v. early. All because he had a weak spot in his fencing.
Mr Fox must have walked right past mine so I must be doing something right...
I saw a fox this morning a hungry junvenile in the next field chris the guinea fowl warned me and just me being present frightened him off
I am more worried about the badgers daytime, the dogs, and human activity in the riding stables next door and in the lane, keep foxes away generally....
Bloody hell, I would rather have heard about your pet badger's valiant attempts to vanquish the cockerel than see that bunch of hams pretending to act.
ReplyDeletehmmmm.... I am guessing that the cockeral came out on the losing side of that match-up?
ReplyDeleteKate
please tell as we love all the field freinds
ReplyDeletehope it was not stanley
ReplyDeleteI didn't know badgers were mean and nasty animals - I always feel sad when I see a squashed one by the roadside.
ReplyDeleteIt was jesus that copped it
ReplyDeleteIn one way it was a lucky thing, as I moved all of the st Trinians into a large hen house with the buffs and housed jesus into their Smaller house.
I have had the hen house for a couple of years and never had a problem with it as it is a robust professionally made jobby!
Last night at 2am I heard a noise in the field..went out and saw a badger runnng away from the coops
.
INSIDE the st Trinian's old coop was another badger who had literally ripped the door away!
I kicked the crap out of him before he ran off. but he had already killed jesus....
with a name like that I guess he was destined to die young
Jesus - how many times do you need to be told how to proof your coops?
ReplyDeleteBloody he'll John what are Welsh badgers made of!
ReplyDeleteThe only problem I have ever had was a stoat 8 years ago don't even have foxes round but I do have a state of the art (plastic) hen house which cost me an arm and a leg but gives me piece of mind.
So sorry x
Jane
it was safe for 3 years thomas...we are dealing with a big and very agressive badger.. it is rare for them to behave in this way
ReplyDeleteI have ordered more electric fencing today... and will corral the hen houses in it
so no more "I told u so comments"
jane...
ReplyDeletethe hen house they broke into had a 3/4 inch door on it....
even the local farmer was surprised
Ps
ReplyDeleteLove the clip
Jane
John
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's a badger on steroids, hope you get sorted with the fencing and it minimises your losses
Jane
Well good grief. That badger sounds bad. He sounds like the type that will be back. :O(.
ReplyDeletethe porblem with single cockerels is that they tend to be noisy when a predator is around... the hens remain quiet unless the fox is IN the coop....
ReplyDeletethe cockerels will chatter away when a treat is outside , I suspect it is that that fired up the badgers...
he was a big badger too ....there are too many around locally and perhaps food is somewhat scarse too....
AK47, night scope. Be careful not to hit anything else in the hen yard. You might wake up everyone for miles around, concerned about a terrorist attack. Or I guess hot wire is OK, except the only thing I ever shocked was myself when I forget it was on. Or my own dogs. They'd get shocked on the way out of the yard and then would not come back in. But I'm thinking you're more clever than I was.
ReplyDeleteHehe. I've see a good many of those movies.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sorry to hear about badgers. Nasty varmints. :/
Sorry about Jesus John...and he had just come home too.
ReplyDeleteOooh, sweet Jesus !
ReplyDelete~Jo
The Bible says: 'Jesus lives.'
ReplyDeleteIt told you so.
Gee! After those badger attacks it makes me wonder why our chicken coop is still standing. I don't think anything around here wants a chicken as bad as your scary badgers want your chickens. That'll teach those noisy roosters! Watch out, John, on the third day Jesus should be back!!! People may be bringing you replacements, hee, hee
ReplyDeletePoor ole Jesus. Badgers are mighty strong; hence their use in baiting. All our hens were lost to either foxes or dogs.
ReplyDeleteYep them Badgers are fecking huge. Passed a dead one on the road this morning which was suspiciously near the last dead one I saw last week - next to a dairy farmers field. Coincidence?
ReplyDeleteFoxes and Badgers have to eat John like the rest of us. Don't snap my head off but s'up to US to do what's necessary to protect the chooks.
agreed chris
ReplyDeletewill corral the smaller coops together as I said before....they will be safer like that at night
I have 6 large, lion proof houses that can remain out.....
I'll try and do a post soon showing my fencing efforts.
ReplyDeleteA couple of weeks ago Mr Fox paid a visit to 'G' across from me and took his entire stock of 50 birds and in the daytime it seems albeit v. early. All because he had a weak spot in his fencing.
Mr Fox must have walked right past mine so I must be doing something right...
I saw a fox this morning a hungry junvenile in the next field chris
ReplyDeletethe guinea fowl warned me and just me being present frightened him off
I am more worried about the badgers
daytime, the dogs, and human activity in the riding stables next door and in the lane, keep foxes away generally....
Loved the video especially the part with the muppets. Best actors of the lot.
ReplyDeleteWhen Mr Fox killed ALL my chickens, he took just one, and left all the others dead or writhing. Bastard!
ReplyDeleteYou kicked the crap out of a badger and lived?! Should we all be afraid of you John?
ReplyDeleteThis was not a very good week for Jesus was it? RIP buddy.
Dia