there is a reason fox = varmint

[goddessfarmer]

Chrissy is one very sad cow...  her calf was taken, I SAW the fox, but it would take me hours, if not days of stomping around in the muck to find the remains. That's $800 worth of heifer to me. Damn Varmint!

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[larksdream]

A FOX took a CALF? Holy crap. I always thought they stuck to chickens and mice and small things like that.

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

well, something else, like a coyote could have taken it, but what I SAW at the scene of the crime was most certainly a fox. The heifer probably weighed as much as the fox I saw.

[larksdream]

Could the fox have been scavenging the remains?

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

yup. but there was nothing left when I got there. I didn't see any sign at all of the calf, and got quite wet looking, too. Chrissy was pacing the fence and looking very sad, which is very unusual for this cow, who's usual posture is trying to kill me.

[elusiveat.livejournal.com]

I didn't see any sign at all of the calf, and got quite wet looking, too.

I'm *very* confused. Are you trying to say that the fox dragged the calf away? Ate it? Including the bones?

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

yes. dragged away, over the fence. If it was the coyote 'pack' that was making the town panic last spring, there won't be any bones left. Better this than the pet dog that got taken right off it's chain last spring. I put pack in quotes, because it wasn't a pack, just one female with pups.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Ouch! How utterly frustrating! (no pun intended;)

[taura-g.livejournal.com]

ACK! That's awful. Sorry to hear it.

[sarahshevett.livejournal.com]

Wow that must be one big fox! Or a small calf? Can you get a replacement to graft onto the cow?

[kitszoo.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, varmints suck!! We had a neighborhood pet dog take out some chickens. :P Very very very frustrating, and they weren't worth as much as a heifer!!

[quietann.livejournal.com]

The fox we saw scrounging in the garbage at Edinburgh Castle was definitely big enough to take a newborn calf. So sorry to hear about it :(

[miekec]

Oh no... so sad

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I, too, wonder about a fox that can take out a heifer. How much do you think that heifer weighed? You might want to report it to people in the town, because heifers weigh a lot more than small children in a schoolyard..

[goddessfarmer.livejournal.com]

no, small heifer was a day old and maybe weighed 25 lbs. Besides, any 'reports' will lead to P.A.R.A.N.O.I.A. which this town does not need any more of.