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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Thanks guys...I got tired of discussing it last night, so I said, well,
let's ask the list....hehe
Poor Ron is out there right now up on a rickety ladder and scaffold
roofing the thing for me.  I'm scared of heights.  It's my job to bring
him the shingles...I only have to walk up two steps holding a bundle,
but that's tough..bundles weigh about 80 pounds, I think, at least, it
felt like a bag of cement!
Back to work!
Bev

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > Ron's not a chicken man, is he?
>
> Not the whole chicken, just the breasts and legs.
>
> It's OUTSIDE and no mistake.  It isn't just one racoon (or whatever)
> you are dealing with.  While it might be satisfying to whip out your
> hog-leg 44's with "Say yer prayers, ya ring tailed bandit!", in
> reality it isn't very practical.
>
> You have to resolve yourself to just discouraging them.  Racoons are
>  creatures of habit and prescribed circuits of endeavor.  If they get
> zapped a few times, they will change that circuit leaving your hen
> house out of it.
>
> This time of year, you lose a few chickens.  We have an enormous red
> tailed hawk picking off the far wanderers and straglers.  I can draw
> a bead on him, but the vote of the clan was to leave him be.  We (we
> and the hawk) are simply going to have to learn to be polite and
> reasonable with one another. 
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BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm   NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
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