breaking hogs from killing chickens.

[starmac]

Something on another thread reminded me of this.

I know of three different ways that supposedly worked.

When my dad was young and still on the farm, they had a boar that would kill every chicken that got in his pen.
He caught a big old owl with a broken wing and threw it in the pen with the old boar., he just did it, he wasn't thinking it would cure the boar from killing chickens. He claimed that hog was still sqealing at 2 in the morning because that owl had latched on to it's nose with both feet. lol
He claimed it would run to the other side of the pen when a chicken got in it's pen after that.

I heard (didn't see) of a farmer that slit his hogs eyelids, so that they were on the bottom of their eyes, supposedly anytime they looked down at a chicken their nose was on the ground, so they couldn't catch them.

This one I did verify.
My wifes grand dad hung a dead chicken up by a live 110 volt wire in the hog pen for a couple of days. After that when they fed the hogs, all the chickens would jump in and eat their fill, while the hogs stayed up against the other side of the pen, waiting for the last chicken to leave before they would eat.lol

[Hannibal]

Hogs are no dumber, or smarter than their masters.

[starmac]

Raised a lots of hogs, but never heard of a hog master. lol

[john.k]

Hogs will eat you,if given the opportunity.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

He caught a big old owl with a broken wing and threw it in the pen with the old boar., he just did it,

I heard (didn't see) of a farmer that slit his hogs eyelids, so that they were on the bottom of their eyes,


The electricity idea sounds fair enough, although electric fence voltage might be better. But there are a couple of farmers who deserve to have an owl on their noses or eyelids slit.

[375supermag]

If your hogs eat your chickens turn them into ham and bacon.
Problem solved.

[Finster101]

A .22 short between the eyes and about an inch high usually works. Have the scalding box ready.

[richhodg66]

I wouldn't want to be the guy who messed with an injured owl. If it didn't tear you limb from limb (which it probably would), they are protected on all kinds of levels and the feds would have you paying fines for the rest of your life.

[white eagle]

shoot the **** hog

[starmac]

richdog66, the deal with the owl would have been in the late 40's, very early 50's at the latest, owls may have been protected then, but even if they were I doubt many farmers paid much attention to it.

White eagle, most farmers that raise hogs, probably feel like the hogs are worth more than chickens. lol

[Taylor]

I wouldn't want to be the guy who messed with an injured owl. If it didn't tear you limb from limb (which it probably would), they are protected on all kinds of levels and the feds would have you paying fines for the rest of your life.

The Bald Eagle....I hear on the news of them being shot all the time here in Tennessee. Never hear of anyone being prosecuted. Ought to have their test tickles cut off.

[Taylor]

Hogs ate our chickens all the time when I was growing up. Dad didn't seem too worried about it.

One thing he did do,and I cannot remember why. He fed them coal,(the hogs,not the chickens).

[pls1911]

HOGS AND COAL??? HAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha
I wish I had thought to take a photo when i was starting up the smoker a couple of weeks ago.
I made my starter pile of charcoal and set the pecan and hickory to the side, put the carcoal back in the truckbed, and went to the house for a lighter.
When I returned my girls (donkeys) were nose down in the charcoal bag munching black treats.
The expressions when I asked 'em WHAT THE HECK???? were priceless... black dusty muffs, outstretched black crusty lips and GRUNGE dental work, all wrapped in a WHAAAT? Who, Me? expression...
I laughed myself to tears, gave 'em carrots and sent 'em on... I had bacon to smoke.

[bedbugbilly]

If you have a hawg . . . and you, the owner, are the "master" . . . . when you kill the hog does that make you a "hamster"?

[Hannibal]

Well, I see you fellas have been having a grand ol' time with my previous post. To be truthful, I never really thought about the 'Hog Master' thing . . . . :veryconfu

The point I was attempting to make, but apparently failed at, was there are many ways to keep the hogs and chickens separated.

Perhaps this would be simpler?

[Wolfer]

Animals eat charcoal and probably coal because it kills worms. When I would burn brush in the hog lot they would be crunching it up as soon as they could. White worms would fly.

[starmac]

We always used lye to worm the hogs, they might have prefferred charcoal.

[MT Gianni]

I don't know about commercial charcoal but black charcoal from a campfire heals the runs and white ash fixes constipation.

[David2011]

After owls invaded my deer blind a few years ago it opened my mind to why people might not like them. We elected to leave them alone and let them leave when the little one was ready but OMG they’re foul nasty animals. These were big ‘uns, wingspan of about three feet and accordingly sized droppings. The entire floor of a 4x8 blind was covered with whatever they dropped and regurgitated. Prior to that I thought that they were pretty cool birds. Not so much any more.

[starmac]

Owls have always been the perfect SSS species.

[dverna]

An owl can scare the **** out of you ar night.

[Ballistics in Scotland]

I wouldn't want to be the guy who messed with an injured owl. If it didn't tear you limb from limb (which it probably would), they are protected on all kinds of levels and the feds would have you paying fines for the rest of your life.

There are two more reasons, and that makes three.

I was once standing in a hedgerow in the last minutes of evening light, hoping for a deer, and an owl came and flew four times around me in total silence, ten feet away. He thought I was a treestump, and I am very glad he didn't imagine something roosting in the ivy. Thank goodness for my belief that foliage printed camouflage is invisible to a deer.

I also know a man who runs a falconry centre, who told me all the birds of prey are a bit like airborne sharks, with phenomenal senses, but morons compared with a crow or a parrot. They do quite a bit of rescue work, and he said Harry Potter was a bad break for owls. People with no knowledge of the subject used to acquire them, legally or illegally. But when they didn't bond with the owner or bring letters, they ended up in the cupboard under the stairs 24/7.

[richhodg66]

We have one owl that hangs around close to the place and we see him commonly. I have a bad enough problems with mice and field rats getting in my shop that I wish he'd be a little more diligent in his activities though.

[high standard 40]

After owls invaded my deer blind a few years ago it opened my mind to why people might not like them. We elected to leave them alone and let them leave when the little one was ready but OMG they’re foul nasty animals. These were big ‘uns, wingspan of about three feet and accordingly sized droppings. The entire floor of a 4x8 blind was covered with whatever they dropped and regurgitated. Prior to that I thought that they were pretty cool birds. Not so much any more.

I can imagine the mess. We have a 4X8 elevated enclosed and roofed deer stand on our lease that was taken over as a nest site by Black Vultures. Just think of what a mess that was.

[w5pv]

I always built my stands as tight encloser as I could.Never had any problem with unwanted animals or birds.I never had buzzards to roost on the top either.

[gwpercle]

La boucherie.....after that , they don't kill nothing.

[Big Boomer]

Somebody mentioned electric fences and their use, etc., my bro-in-law last spring/summer had raccoons eating up and literally tearing down his garden corn patch. He tried regular cattle electric fence around the corn to no effect. So he hooked up one 110 volt hot wire around the corn. Next morning he had several dead raccoons to deal with. Have to think some things through. Big Boomer