It'd be fun to get Marshall
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Check out Serama chickens. Hens weight maybe 12 ounces. Is that small enough?marshallsmyth said:
bj taylor
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with chickens, you're never at a loss for something to do. i'm on my way out to check on the little beasties to make sure everything is copasetic.
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Those Seramas are Way cool!
There would really really have to be a lot of preparation for me to get Chickens, yes, even more than you Monty. Not sure if you all know the importance of protection from Bears.
It's one thing if Bears get them. That alone would be heartbreak. But actually, very much worse, is what it would do to the Bear.
You see, a fed Bear is a dead Bear. Once a wild Bear gets food from a human occupied place, it comes back, less afraid of humans. Finding more food or not, it keeps coming back. They are creatures of habit. Each time it comes back, it is less afraid of humans.
I have had to deal with BearS (plural emphasized) like this. Eventually it attempts to get into a human occupied cabin or tent. That signs the Bear's death warrant. Then Larry the Bear guy has to be called in to trap it or them, and forest service authorizes the Bear's death.
So far on my watch here there have been no injuries or scuffles or deaths from Bears, but yes, several of us, including myself, have had to stand up to one. My boss had to once also. But nevermind me, there are children here who could not stand up to a Bear. Above all else, I want no bad thing to happen to a child here on my watch.
This is the actual and very real reality why I can't have Chickens. If, and a very small if, if I did get permission, which would come from at least 3 tiers of authority here on national forest property leased by a major power company, and subleased by a private association that I work for; I am certain the Chickens would have to be invisible and unknown to not only the Bears, but to the Mountain Lions, Coyotes, Foxes, and Bobcats, and probably the Raccoons also. Something like, in an actual concrete bunker...
There would really really have to be a lot of preparation for me to get Chickens, yes, even more than you Monty. Not sure if you all know the importance of protection from Bears.
It's one thing if Bears get them. That alone would be heartbreak. But actually, very much worse, is what it would do to the Bear.
You see, a fed Bear is a dead Bear. Once a wild Bear gets food from a human occupied place, it comes back, less afraid of humans. Finding more food or not, it keeps coming back. They are creatures of habit. Each time it comes back, it is less afraid of humans.
I have had to deal with BearS (plural emphasized) like this. Eventually it attempts to get into a human occupied cabin or tent. That signs the Bear's death warrant. Then Larry the Bear guy has to be called in to trap it or them, and forest service authorizes the Bear's death.
So far on my watch here there have been no injuries or scuffles or deaths from Bears, but yes, several of us, including myself, have had to stand up to one. My boss had to once also. But nevermind me, there are children here who could not stand up to a Bear. Above all else, I want no bad thing to happen to a child here on my watch.
This is the actual and very real reality why I can't have Chickens. If, and a very small if, if I did get permission, which would come from at least 3 tiers of authority here on national forest property leased by a major power company, and subleased by a private association that I work for; I am certain the Chickens would have to be invisible and unknown to not only the Bears, but to the Mountain Lions, Coyotes, Foxes, and Bobcats, and probably the Raccoons also. Something like, in an actual concrete bunker...
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digitS'
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Ah,
heck's fire!
This is why we can't have nice things. It's the bears!
digitS'
heck's fire!
This is why we can't have nice things. It's the bears!
digitS'
bobm
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Yup Marshall... racoons ( there are many more of these sneaky bandits than any other predator) eat more chickens than any bear, or cougar, or bob cat, or coyote, or fox combined.
the chicken wire pens will not keep any predator ( including dogs and cats) from enjoying a fresh chicken dinner. Also, that concrete bunker better not have any holes anywhere or snakes will enter and enjoy all the eggs the chickens may have layed.
the chicken wire pens will not keep any predator ( including dogs and cats) from enjoying a fresh chicken dinner. Also, that concrete bunker better not have any holes anywhere or snakes will enter and enjoy all the eggs the chickens may have layed.
baymule
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Poor Marshall! You will just have to live your chicken dreams vicariously through us'ns that have chickens! 
So........my guess is.........BEARS don't like heritage BEANS?? 
So........my guess is.........BEARS don't like heritage BEANS?? 
MontyJ
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Bay, of course bears don't like beans! If they did we would all know the answer to Does a bear...well, you...in the woods!
ETA: More proof...Marshall eats beans, and the bears haven't eaten him yet!
ETA: More proof...Marshall eats beans, and the bears haven't eaten him yet!
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Sounds like that's a pretty big obstacle to overcome, Marshall. I am just glad they don't eat your cats! Do you have to feed the cats indoors too, to keep the bears out of the food? In town, my mom has deer that walk up on the porch and eat the catfood. And of course, coons and opposums like it too.
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My cats are indoors only. One of the reasons Clevland would be a last resort for gophergitting duty.
