Hen Egg, Duck Egg, and Spoon
Created | Updated Apr 1, 2023
Hen Egg, Duck Egg, and Spoon
Editor's Note: This started out as a cheerful photo to show you how big the eggs were. It's become a sad reminder of the vicissitudes of poultry farming.
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About a week after Farmer Hoggett proudly collected 150 eggs, tragedy struck the henhouse in the form of a fisher, which is a large weasel. The miscreant got in and killed 32 chickens. Only 9 are left (locked up at night). Hoggetts will get more poultry once they've redesigned the chicken enclosure to keep out weasels. (This will include overhead fencing.)
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(Good for killing porcupines that eat trees.) |
What with this latest assault and the previous incident with the neighbours' dogs and the ducks, it's been a bad year for poultry. Hoggetts have been doing this for years, though, and though it's the first time a fisher has found its way onto the property, they've learned to roll with the agricultural punches.
It's sad news for the citizens of Hooverville who were getting free eggs. Fishers are not going to be popular around here.
