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a ruckus on the homestead
It's 1:30 am and the rooster's crowing and the goats are bleating. I walked around with a flashlight and didn't see anything or hear anything. Wonder what's up out there.
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01/29/11, 05:06 AM
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Do you have snow on the ground, did you look for any tracks around the critter's quarters?
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01/29/11, 06:47 AM
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Northern lights?
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01/29/11, 07:12 AM
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somebody stole someone else's cookie? Chicken fell off the roost onto the goat?
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01/29/11, 07:17 AM
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Maybe one of the hens fell off the roost, which got them all squawking. Which in turn got the goats to going.
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Did YOU make a noise that made them think it is morning? I walk through the house and turn on the microwave to heat some water and EVERYONE is sounding off within seconds. grrrr A rooster (that sleeps in the garage) will hear me, start crowing, that sends the message to everyone else. No sneaking for me even in my own house.
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01/29/11, 10:17 AM
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My roosters crow almost every night , usually starting about 2 AM
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01/29/11, 10:47 AM
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Sometimes, if the roosters are crowing at the wrong times, it's a sure sign a varmint is checking out the "menu". I always go out with a light and a 22 pistol, just in case I have to dispatch an unruly 'guest'.
If you make a ruckus going out, the varmint will scoot. Sneak out, and you might surpriser'ize it.
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01/29/11, 10:54 AM
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duck, we are also in Idaho....but a few miles from the border. The coop is a ways from the house and in the winter when we sleep with the windows closed, I don't often hear the ruckus but in just a couple of months (hopefully) the windows will once again be open and I can be intune with the animals......yes, I'm ready for some spring.
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01/29/11, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by duckidaho
It's 1:30 am and the rooster's crowing and the goats are bleating. I walked around with a flashlight and didn't see anything or hear anything. Wonder what's up out there.
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...............................Rooster Farts..............lol !  , fordy
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01/29/11, 11:38 AM
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No telling! About 20% of the time ours have a real reason like a raccoon or possum and the other 80% it's a who knows situation. Fordy's guess is probably as good as any other. 
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01/29/11, 11:55 AM
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Thanks, everybody seems alive and fine. There are certainly plenty of coyotes in the area, but they seem to keep a respectful distance from the barnyard. Owls are the bigger problem, but no sign of an owl kill either.
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01/29/11, 01:46 PM
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Sometimes, if the roosters are crowing at the wrong times, it's a sure sign a varmint is checking out the "menu".
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I have 5 dogs within sight of the coop, so unless they bark I know the chickens are just talkative LOL
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Chicken fell off the roost onto the goat?
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omg, this made me bust out laughing, which scared the dog out from under my chair, which made a cat run, which made the OTHER dog start to chase the running cat...
yeah, it's a ruckus here, too.
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01/30/11, 12:45 AM
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Mom told me this morning that the roosters woke her up at midnight last night, and crowed 17 times straight. Yes, she counted. Boy I'm glad we butchered 12 of them last weekend. Now I just have to catch the last three!!
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01/30/11, 01:07 AM
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If you go out with a flashlight, are you shining it up in the trees, shrubs, shed roofs, etc? Coons will see or hear you coming and climb up high, so if you just scan around the animal pens and on the ground, you'll likely miss a coon if it's up high. They're easy to spot too---their eyes reflect VERY brightly. Aim at the eyes when shooting, and you can't miss.
I pen my poultry together---they put themselves up just before dark and I go out and shut the pen door. I often hear the ducks making those 'wak wak wak' sounds (not loud female quacking) when they are nervous. That usually sets off the roos. Usually it's a coon snooping around, but I have built this pen like a fortress and don't have to worry too much. If the noise lasts what I think is a little too long, I'll go out and check, but by the time I get all the way out there, whatever it is has had plenty of time to hear me coming and flee.
We are starting to get more foxes in the woods around our place, and I think sometimes the poultry hear them and it frightens them and they start squawking/crowing/quacking.
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01/30/11, 11:42 AM
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Having lived around Nezperce, Id.; the reason for animal ruckus at night could be a good number of things.
Don't discount ground movement to set off uneasy squacking, or visits by animals checking out the 'easy buffet.'
Falling air pressure, or just plain old infra red rays from the coming morning will cause roos to sound off. I have a batch of fryers just about ready and they crow at 3:09 every morning. The neighbors on each side of us, even though they are a ways away, each get a fryer for their pain and suffering.
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01/30/11, 12:39 PM
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planning a revolt against the farmer.... are they armed yet?
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01/30/11, 01:38 PM
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Our roosters always crowed all hours of the night, and the LGDs bark all night long. Never had a problem with the goats.
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01/30/11, 05:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by duckidaho
It's 1:30 am and the rooster's crowing and the goats are bleating. I walked around with a flashlight and didn't see anything or hear anything. Wonder what's up out there.
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I have no clue, anything can set them off. The other night, my sheep/goats and then the ducks and dogs all started. Then I notice that the neighbors cows, and dogs where all so going there. Like you I'm up and so is DH with flashlights, didn't find anything. Talked to the neighbors the next day and everyone was up with flashlights and not one person saw anything.
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