thats what i said yesterday
as i looked in the mirror at my face
the right cheekbone is swollen slightly
there are two superficial cuts down my right face
all scabbed
plus all the bruising i have elsewhere on my body
from falling
i looked closely into my eyes
like i did that raptors eyes last saturday
thats when i said to myself
they arent gonna win
there was determination in my eyes
i could see it
15 years
i would say to anyone that those are the best 15 years of
living somewhere out of all the years we have been together
40+
its stuff like that raptor attack that makes you think
if i lived in town i wouldnt have to deal with this stuff
when the water pump dies i cant just call the city to fix it
out into the weather i go
then
in the mornings when i sit at my seat looking out at the sun rise
i think
this is the best place to be living
we can sit on our porch or in our hot tub
along with the beautiful sun rise
listen to the orchestra of birds
the what seems like hundreds of turkeys down by the river
if you are a turkey hunter
like my older brothers brother in law was when he visited
you would be mesmerized by the sound
hear other peoples roosters crowing in the distance
hear the horses talking to each other
hear the donkeys heehawing
even hear the coyotes in the distance
it makes you feel content
isolated but you really arent
everything is within 20 minutes away
no
as i tell my wife she
there are two reasons i leave this place
i die
i get demented so i dont know where i am
no
those raptors aint gonna win
now we pen our chickens up in a chicken pen
that is 40 ft x 10 ft
chicken wire encloses the whole area like a cube
even underground
the coop itself is 4 ft x 10 ft x 6ft and is enclosed inside the pen
varmints even raptors cant get in
the chickens can live in this space forever
without ever getting out
but
they have a job to do
eat bugs
make our compost
be pasture decorations
our chicken run is 90 ft shaped like an upside staple
the left side is 10 ft wide the rest of the sides are 3 ft wide
thats where we let them run when we are at home
when we are around we aso let them roam in the pastures
i must say
its picturesque to see your chickens roaming your property
scratching eating things like weed seeds ticks fleas bugs
grasshoppers
doing their job
thats what a free range chickens life should be like
we have never had hawks or these eagles go after our chickens
in our pastures
they have been around here for several years those raptors
why they went after the chickens in the chicken area now
im not sure
maybe they were running out of prey elsewhere
so
i plan to cover the chicken run with bird netting
to keep the raptors from landing in there
or attacking like a dive bomber from the air
yes
our plan is
to
win this battle
the organicgreen doctor
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