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Badgers are our neighbours :)

emmaj

By emmaj

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We have a badgers set in the woodland area next to our garden! My daughter could hear lots of noises in the evenings, when my OH Kev went to explore the woodland he found a set :) As we have chickens, we aren’t going to interfer with them, as in leaving food out for them (I think they enjoy the chooks leftovers anyway!) but I’m hoping that when the weather gets warmer, we will get the chance to go out to watch them at dusk. Maybe then we’ll get some pics…

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Hope they can't get at the chickens :~((.

4 Apr, 2010

 

no, the chickens are safely shut away :) we've heard conflicting views on whether badgers are dangerous to chickens or not. I think its when their regular food is scare its more of a worry... We have a good compost heap which we have plenty of worms in, so if the weather gets too dry and their worm supply dries up, we can at least keep the badgers topped up with them so they keep away from the chooks.... Luckily we've had no trouble so far, hopefully it'll stay that way! At least we're aware, so can keep our eye out for trouble....

4 Apr, 2010

 

I hope you get some photos and show them on here :o)

4 Apr, 2010

 

lets hope you can keep them out of the garden, they can do terrible damage.

5 Apr, 2010

 

Will look forward to pics when you get them Emma.

5 Apr, 2010

 

I could tell you a long and sad story about badgers in my garden Emma, but let me just warn you that they tore the side of the farm duck-house (next door) to get to the ducklings - so beware, I'm sure they would go for chickens as well. :-((

6 Apr, 2010

 

Oh thanks for letting me know Henry.... thats not good at all.... I hope these badgers stay away and leave our girls alone..... :(

6 Apr, 2010

 

I'll tell you now, as you're a new GOY-er... my dog's called Henry! Most people call me 'Spritz' because Henry's a Lab as you can see, and he's very clever. LOL.

6 Apr, 2010

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