On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aha, I am following these threads a little better now :) > I suspect that townie raccoons are fat and poisoned... get yerself a good > country raccoon that has gotten good exercise and a healthy diet.
It was a country raccoon (Five Rivers Valley, roughly halfl-way between Alsea and Waldport and south into the Five Rivers drainage) and he was too well fed on chicken plus a couple of Chinese gees, the cause of his execution. > I don't know why chickens would like to eat 'coon, do you feed your chicken > much meat? They only cannibalize when they're overcrowded, in my > experience. Not a lot of meat, but at slaughter time there were generally lots of goodies left over. Chickens have no problems with eating beef guts and the like, even chicken guts and the occasional brethren that die. But raccoon definitely is not on their list, whether cooked or uncooked. I can't blame them. I agree on overcrowding producing weird behavior. No living creature deserves that. > Not so many animals eat the animals that commonly eat them! All the > chickens I've lived with have been vegan plus insects, and I forget what > diet they call that. > Sorry to get all wrapped up in a thread that doesn't affect me tho ;) > Don't forget worms! But yes, seeds and greens are their staples. We used to grow a lot of kale for winter green chicken feed. Best regards, Marbux _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
