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Chickens killing my garden
On Oct 26, 11:09*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "Martin" wrote in message news wrote: Christina Websell wrote: You were lucky that you got them back, if any of mine were out overnight that would be the end of them, down the throat of Mr/Ms Fox. *I don't know if foxes are such a nuisance in France as they are here though, they didn't seem to be in Germany. Depends on which part of Germany and where. In a very rural area called the Wendland. Where I stayed there were around 20 houses, no shop, pub and one street lamp that was turned off at 11 pm. * I was assured by my chicken-keeping friend that there were foxes but they were far too nervous to come into the village, probably because no-one is stupid enough to feed them like they do here in the UK. There seems to be more of a threat to free range chickens from goshawks there, birds of prey were just everywhere. There is also another chicken predator they sometimes get that *my friend calls an enoch that has apparently spread there from Poland. *I have no idea what it is, her description seems to say its a bit like a cross between a small wild dog and a raccoon. Could be anything ;-) *Enoch is obviously the German name for it. The Wendland is an idyllic place, we went out for a walk for 6 hours and saw just one farmer away in the fields on his tractor. *No other humans. I chickened out (excuse the pun) when we sat at the edge of a pond at dusk watching the bats feeding and heard wild boar approaching. I was up and out of there and scampering down that deserted road back to the house in point 5 seconds. *Not that I am a wimp, you understand. Nüle followed me back more slowly. * "You weren't frightened of the wild pigs, were you?" she enquired. * "No, of course not" I said. *"I thought it was getting near bed-time.." "But it's 7.30!" she said. It was August. *It was getting dark, got to be bedtime with wild boar around you!! I was surprised how hot it was in Germany in August. * 30C plus every day. I nearly fried. Somehow I'd thought the climate was similar to Britain. *My suncream was not sufficient. Tina You wouldn't like it round here at the moment then Tina, the hunters are out in force for the sanglier. I often walk in the woods but it is a bit risky right now, there is no way I could outrun a boar. Judith |
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