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Chicken drama
DC:
I had one of those when I was into falconry a long time ago. I actually caught it in the field beside where I live now. It was taking the neighbours chickens :D. I had her eating off the glove and the telephone company sent me out of town for 4 weeks. I turned her loose. Beautiful bird. Design perfection. They're like cougars, lots of them around but you never see them.
Buffalogobbler:
Upstate,
We do have Northern Goshawks in the Western New York area, I was dive bombed by one once that had a nest near a trail I was using, also on a side note Bald Eagles are becoming some what common in our area, and there are nesting ospreys along the Niagara river and in the Kinzua area.
Kevin
bjrogg:
Once upon a time, we had a neighbor who was a ag teacher. She had chickens, rabbits peacocks and other assorted critters. They were good neighbors but their animals sometimes escaped and the chickens usually ran around my yard more than theirs. Come to think of it the peacocks never went to their yard and loved to roost on my tractors. "I'm not huge fan of peacocks ". Anyway they moved away and long after they were gone their critters still remained. There was one chicken in perticular I remember. He was beautiful and very fast. I had a small woodlot behind my house and lots of other trees in my yard. Whenever he felt threatened he was almost instantly in the thick stuff. I gained a bit of respect for him, having eluded the many predators I knew were after him. One day there was a snow owl on my electric pole by the road. The next morning a pile of scattered feathers was all that remained. I kinda miss him.
Bjrogg
upstatenybowyer:
BJ, that's sad man! :'( I never thought I'd have much affection for these chickens, but seeing that girl traumatized like she was after the attack, my heart went out to her.
DC, thanks for confirming my suspicions about the goshawk. Asking questions on PA never disappoints. With so many folks w/ so much knowledge and experience, you can't go wrong. :)
Thanks Kevin. 8)
bjrogg:
It's all part of nature and life in general. Living on a farm all my life I've experienced plenty of death of my animals. I've come to except it. Doesn't mean I like it our am not effected by it. Just means I except it. Some people think we don't care about our animals. Nothing could be further from the truth. We spend more time talking care of our animals than our family's. They usually live in newer barns than our houses to.
Bjrogg
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