Pendergrass Ranch - Big changes!

[PendergrassRanch]

but I really don't need a bunch of goats!

What?

Well I have them all sold except for Cobra, the little buckling with the big white patches, the black and white mama and the grandma goat.

My idea was to MAYBE keep 2 goats which would probably be the grandma and the black and white but I like Cobra. I really like her. One more can't hurt?

 

[PendergrassRanch]

Well. Camping was a blast. Came home very tan and tired. The dogs swam for hours, ran forever and then slept for days. Gunner was so tired and sore, he could hardly walk.

Gunner also got lit on fire thanks to my dumbass friend who threw gas on the fire. Gunner was fine but I was pissed!








This morning I walked out to feed birds and I find that one of my chicks got out and lost its life. It was a fresh kill too, still warm so must have happened this morning. I go inside for a second and I hear a hen making those predator alert noises. Run outside and find the raven eating the chick in the dog kennel. He flies off. I'm pissed. This is the 4th chick I've lost to this bird. Drew is planning on shooting the raven the next time we see him and have the pellet gun handy. SSS

What a raven does to a small pullet.




Oh and Cobra is staying. I just love her

The belly of the beast!



All the kids are doing great. Healthy and active little crazy babies.






Girls vs boys!

 

[Four Winds Ranch]

Nice pics!!!!!!!

 

[PendergrassRanch]

Nice pics!!!!!!!

Thanks!


Well the raven got my Stella, my sweet little sizzle hen. I am LIVID. This is a big step up from a small pullet. Stella was a bantam but considerably larger than what they were going after.

I will be going out there before sun up with the pellet gun and hoping to catch them on the fence. I also tied 3 rat traps on the fence where they like to land above the pullet pen. I put Stellas remains up there as well to hopefully get them to land there. They are smart birds though, I doubt the rat traps will work.


I am really freaking mad about this.

 

[alsea1]

I didn't realize ravens could be so bad

 

[PendergrassRanch]

I didn't realize ravens could be so bad

That seems to be the general consensus! I've never had any issues but this is definitely getting out of hand. 5 birds gone and now I'm worried about ALL my birds.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I didn't realize ravens could be so bad

Here the ravens would fly into our coops and steal chicks AND eggs!

 

[purplequeenvt]

I had a big issue with ravens last year. They killed several young birds and would go into the coop and steal eggs. I had a ewe that aborted her lamb about a month away from lambing and I set the dead baby right outside the paddock so that I could show it to my sisters.....30 minutes later.....gone.

We still have tons of crows and ravens hanging around, but so far no issues. Maybe it's the geese keeping them away.

 

[BrownSheep]

We had a pair that nested in one of our out buildings. They never gave us any trouble but they did spend a lot of time flying over our hens. Don't know if it was the sheep, dogs, cats, or roosters that kept them at bay.

 

[BlondeSquirrel04]

BTW, if that blue Pittie disappears...I definitely did not steal him. Nope, not me! He's gorgeous!!