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Re: OFFICIAL LA BAYOU HUNT - SITE PICS ADDED 2/26/08!!!
That's life on a farm. Right now, half the roosters are trying to kill the other half. Must be that time of the year. It's not unusual to take in strays that people "drop off" when you live out in the country. I learned a long time ago not to get too attached. This week alone we've seen two cats in our yard (we're a half mile off the nearest road) that don't belong to us. Heaven only knows what they're carrying, as far as disease goes. We have all ours neutered/spayed and they're well-fed. I hate the strays, but unless they're killing my chickens, ducks, cats, etc., I can't starve them. Well, I might shoot at 'em to send them on down the road, but I haven't hit any so far.
Being former city-dwellers, we've had pets for decades, some for 16+ years (same ones). Once we got on the farm, all that changed. We have critters in the woods that sometimes infringe on MY territory and grab something valuable. It's the price one pays for living the country life. What amazes me is how some of them survive. We have L.C. (used to be Elsie, before we noticed appendages), a stark white cat with black patches on him. Loves to roam the fields. We still haven't figured out how that cat keeps from getting snatched by a hawk. On a full moon night, you can see him out prowling the fields, just shining. Beats me! Other times, the dogs will drag up a skeleton of a beloved we haven't seen in a week or so. Coyotes and/or bobcats.
Ya'll still sure you want to camp here?
That's life on a farm. Right now, half the roosters are trying to kill the other half. Must be that time of the year. It's not unusual to take in strays that people "drop off" when you live out in the country. I learned a long time ago not to get too attached. This week alone we've seen two cats in our yard (we're a half mile off the nearest road) that don't belong to us. Heaven only knows what they're carrying, as far as disease goes. We have all ours neutered/spayed and they're well-fed. I hate the strays, but unless they're killing my chickens, ducks, cats, etc., I can't starve them. Well, I might shoot at 'em to send them on down the road, but I haven't hit any so far.
Being former city-dwellers, we've had pets for decades, some for 16+ years (same ones). Once we got on the farm, all that changed. We have critters in the woods that sometimes infringe on MY territory and grab something valuable. It's the price one pays for living the country life. What amazes me is how some of them survive. We have L.C. (used to be Elsie, before we noticed appendages), a stark white cat with black patches on him. Loves to roam the fields. We still haven't figured out how that cat keeps from getting snatched by a hawk. On a full moon night, you can see him out prowling the fields, just shining. Beats me! Other times, the dogs will drag up a skeleton of a beloved we haven't seen in a week or so. Coyotes and/or bobcats.
Ya'll still sure you want to camp here?
I'm top of the food chain 
,he was trying to herd kittens out of the drive!
I loved that long haired dachshund you had, did you ever find out what happened to him?
lol
Don't get him started on that one! 
