tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post4874937687959306311..comments2023-11-05T05:27:55.905-06:00Comments on A Homesteading Neophyte: a mystery on our handsPhelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-26891376686718587362010-06-19T23:34:33.111-05:002010-06-19T23:34:33.111-05:00I recently went through mysteries of my own livest...I recently went through mysteries of my own livestock dying. Figured out after several months a raccoon was the culprit. And, after that, my puppy developed a taste for my livestock. My old shepherd could care less! <br />www.amysoddities.blogspot.comVegetable Garden Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-73466386998716365702010-06-10T15:55:13.277-05:002010-06-10T15:55:13.277-05:00Sorry about the Turkey. We live in an area that h...Sorry about the Turkey. We live in an area that has abundant bald eagles. Sometimes we can count a dozen at the road-kill pit on our road. That's the reason we don't have free range chickens but keep them in tractor or pens.<br /><br />Always trouble when a brick passes through glass..Art Blomquistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-46429754337814032622010-06-09T22:39:46.206-05:002010-06-09T22:39:46.206-05:00I agree with SFG, an owl would be my thoughts, the...I agree with SFG, an owl would be my thoughts, they'll try to take them, but often can't carry them.<br />We had a bald eagle take a full grown turkey( 20-25lbs.) during the daytime, when they were free ranging<br />Sorry for the loss :o(Kelle at The Never Done Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089557752054842197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-31088547470787924172010-06-09T22:18:20.028-05:002010-06-09T22:18:20.028-05:00We have had turkeys and chickens killed by Red tai...We have had turkeys and chickens killed by Red tail hawks or large owls. They leave holes in the backs of the birds. They think they can carry them away until they realize that they are too big to carry. I have actually seen an owl do this.small farm girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485314092236803411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-53219268150842942342010-06-09T14:43:46.215-05:002010-06-09T14:43:46.215-05:00Sorry to hear about the turkey Phelan - I abhor pe...Sorry to hear about the turkey Phelan - I abhor people that let their dogs run loose - farmland or city - tie the darn things up.<br /><br />Was the turkey large enough to clean and keep or isn't it dangerous to do that because it was attacked by a dog? And why wouldn't the dog leave with it?<br /><br />Hope you find out who did it and they don't do it again.SkippyMomhttp://www.skippymom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com