Waldo Jaquith

Maybe you should get a llama. Does that work with poultry?

Posted by Tim McCormack on 29 May 2012 @ 8am

“Omigosh, it’s walking!!!”
*blink*
“Oh… oh, I guess that’s what they do.”

Posted by Michael on 29 May 2012 @ 8am

I suppose there’s no video footage of said running, screaming, and waving of the shotgun.

Tall guys who do that look *great* on camera.

Posted by Adam Sharp on 29 May 2012 @ 9am

“I’ll blast you, you gol-danged varmint!”

Posted by Harry Landers on 29 May 2012 @ 10am

I would pay good money for that video footage, Adam.

Posted by Brian on 29 May 2012 @ 12pm

*insert joke about liberals not knowing how to use guns*

:-D

Posted by Hans on 29 May 2012 @ 4pm

Have you done anything to prevent further depredation?

Posted by Ted Strong on 31 May 2012 @ 12pm

The source of the problem initially was when we had some icy snow in the late winter. It weighed down our electromesh fences and prevented them from carrying a current. The fox could traipse right over the fence and eat whatever he wanted. Solution: It’s not snowing. :)

An added problem was our chicken pasture being just a year and a half old (we seeded it shortly after we built the house), it has some big areas with only light amounts of grass, which is to say that they’re really nothing but clay. So after rain (or snow), the ground gets too soft to hold up our electromesh posts, and they collapse. Solution: Grow more, denser grass.

Finally, I found that our fence batteries weren’t producing as much current as they had been. Solution: Bought new batteries.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 31 May 2012 @ 10pm

I like the assessment/solution style of your response. Good luck with the new gals.

And now, off to research electromesh.

Posted by Ted Strong on 1 June 2012 @ 3pm