MARKSTAY – In a tragic turn of events, a raccoon suffered a fatal dose of lead earlier this week while marauding for chickens. Sources close to the event say that at about 22h00 Wednesday a raccoon was seen skulking around a chicken coop. Measures to deter the nocturnal activities were in place, but the animal avoided all such traps and [...]
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Things around here have been much like a really bad horror movie lately. The chickens have been disappearing in pairs – “C’mon, Susan, let’s go have a look. Tim and Cindy aren’t back from the creepy, old house across the street yet. We should go find them.” And, just when I thought I’d managed to [...]
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Last night, Gilligan heard a noise outside. It was late and it was dark. Jenn opened the door so that Gilligan could run outside and scare off whatever was out there. She stood back, so as not to get run over by his enthusiasm and we discovered another one of his amazing abilities: the full-on cower.
There [...]
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