I picked up groceries today but not eggs. The Farmer's Market started up again on Friday's and I prefer the eggs I get there. I buy them from Maple Hill farm and the proprietor saw me coming. "Sorry," he said, "I don't have any eggs." I thought I was there early enough that he shouldn't be sold out already. "We are having an eagle problem." he continued, "They've already taken a few of the girls and the rest are too frightened to go outside. We only get about 10 eggs a day." (Note: He always refers to his laying hens as "the girls".) Not a lot he can do about an eagle problem. Eagles are protected so he can't harm them. The chickens roam free outside so he'd have to find a place to build a screened in cage for them. I thought about my neighbor Wester's 'cannon' that makes a loud booming noise periodically. Figured that might scare the eagles away but the noise would probably also traumatize the rest of his livestock. The poor girls would be positively catatonic.
I picked up groceries today but not eggs. The Farmer's Market started up again on Friday's and I prefer the eggs I get there. I buy them from Maple Hill farm and the proprietor saw me coming. "Sorry," he said, "I don't have any eggs." I thought I was there early enough that he shouldn't be sold out already. "We are having an eagle problem." he continued, "They've already taken a few of the girls and the rest are too frightened to go outside. We only get about 10 eggs a day." (Note: He always refers to his laying hens as "the girls".) Not a lot he can do about an eagle problem. Eagles are protected so he can't harm them. The chickens roam free outside so he'd have to find a place to build a screened in cage for them. I thought about my neighbor Wester's 'cannon' that makes a loud booming noise periodically. Figured that might scare the eagles away but the noise would probably also traumatize the rest of his livestock. The poor girls would be positively catatonic.
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