Comments on: Dirty, Stinking, Filthy, Chicken Feed Eating Skunk http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/ A Stewardship Chronicle Tue, 21 May 2013 19:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sailorssmallfarm http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/#comment-395 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:29:30 +0000 http://chismheritagefarm.wordpress.com/?p=997#comment-395 And I found out today from looking up some bylaws for someone that as of 2010, farmers in my district can get a permit to have a shotgun, and are allowed to use it to protect crops and livestock. And whatever happened with the more recent skunk attacks, through/over/under the electric netting?

]]> By: Head Farm Steward http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/#comment-266 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:37:20 +0000 http://chismheritagefarm.wordpress.com/?p=997#comment-266 That may be but great horned owls eat skunks…lol.

]]> By: caretaker http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/#comment-264 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:34:31 +0000 http://chismheritagefarm.wordpress.com/?p=997#comment-264 I know a mink really hit your flock a few months ago. I know that Pepee La Pue is all image not reality, but I really think owls and hawks are the cause of an aweful lot of damage, possibly more than the others. They destroy chickens, turkeys and other little live stock but they also destroy cats and kittens. Probably small dogs, too.

]]> By: Head Farm Steward http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/#comment-260 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:49:48 +0000 http://chismheritagefarm.wordpress.com/?p=997#comment-260 Our gun laws are pretty restrictive in the People’s Republic of Illinois. There has to be something you can do to protect your livestock at home.

I wrote this post a few days ago. Since then I have learned the skunk population is much larger than I had thought. Also an owl attempted to attack chicks in the chicken tractor on pasture last night. He must have killed one directly, 3 more died when the chicks piled up trying to get away from it but he didn’t eat his kill and lost several feathers crashing into the tractor.

]]> By: sailorssmallfarm http://chismheritagefarm.com/2012/06/01/dirty-stinking-filthy-chicken-feed-eating-skunk/#comment-259 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:26:06 +0000 http://chismheritagefarm.wordpress.com/?p=997#comment-259 My brother would envy your gun laws I’m sure – he lost 40 chickens last year to a mink that came twice. I am definitely not up on these regulations, but I do know that In Canada you cannot own a gun for anything except hunting, and hunting is restricted to certain areas, certain times, certain quantities. Not only that, but only certain types of weapon can be owned. I sense a loophole somewhwere, since it is lawful to destroy a dog damaging livestock – and how are you supposed to do that humanely if not with a gun?

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