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I have to say that I find foxes beautiful. Then again, I'm not a farmer nor do I keep chickens. I'm a city boy.

by the_af 3y ago

PaulHoule 3y ago
The animals we're mostly concerned about at our farm are horses and cats. I don't think there is anything left in North America that can trouble a horse, unless you count mosquito-transmitted infectious diseases. I hear foxes are not dangerous to cats but I believe we've lost some to coyotes. Mostly we've had people around, either tenants or neighbors, who keep chickens so we don't have to. I'll say the eggs from a small scale chicken operation taste a lot better than commercial eggs. I definitely thought about trying to draw in the fox but as much as that British lady makes it look easy on Youtube Shorts the legends are that foxes can cause a lot of trouble.
- the_af 3y ago
  > I believe we've lost some to coyotes Am I out of place if I say I also like coyotes? (Remember: city boy, so nothing is at stake for me here. I also like wolves!) And yeah, Japanese folklore has taught me that it's best to avoid kitsune. Though they sometimes turn into magical women who help you?
  - PaulHoule 3y ago
    Really I don't take predation personally. I don't tell the SPCA, however, that I am getting a cat there because it's a replacement for one lost to predators. They die of old age, get hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, become blind, walk around mindlessly and crash into things, and one morning you find them dead at the bottom of the stairs. I think they would find dying at the claws of a predator an honorable death. As for kitsune they are the Japanese version of a myth that is widespread in East and South Asia, for instance Daji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daji is probably isomorphic to Tamamo-no-mae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae and is sometimes believed to be the same entity. I was into anime for a long time (Urusei Yatsura was a watershed but it really goes back to seeing Star Blazers on TV) but lately I have been into Chinese pop culture like Three Kingdoms, Nezha and Wolf Warrior 2 and that's gotten me reading about Chinese mythology and one clear thing is a lot of Japanese mythology comes from China, for instance it seems there is a "world tree" in almost every JRPG that they climb to get to heaven and even if they call it Yggdrasil it is not from Norse mythology it is from Chinese mythology. (Turns out also a lot of Chinese mythology as well as neopagan ideas comes from India as well.)
    - the_af 3y ago
      Indeed, a klingon-like death for a cat would be honorable. The Japanese do derive a lot of their culture from the Chinese, don't they? I would like to one day read some of the stuff around the Three Kingdoms. Alas! So much to read and do, and so little time! Anyway, thanks for this conversation, I enjoy it.

I have to say that I find foxes beautiful. Then again, I'm not a farmer nor do I keep chickens. I'm a city boy.

by the_af 3y ago

I have to say that I find foxes beautiful. Then again, I'm not a farmer nor do I keep chickens. I'm a city boy.

The animals we're mostly concerned about at our farm are horses and cats. I don't think there is anything left in North America that can trouble a horse, unless you count mosquito-transmitted infectious diseases. I hear foxes are not dangerous to cats but I believe we've lost some to coyotes. Mostly we've had people around, either tenants or neighbors, who keep chickens so we don't have to. I'll say the eggs from a small scale chicken operation taste a lot better than commercial eggs. I definitely thought about trying to draw in the fox but as much as that British lady makes it look easy on Youtube Shorts the legends are that foxes can cause a lot of trouble.

the_af 3y ago
> I believe we've lost some to coyotes Am I out of place if I say I also like coyotes? (Remember: city boy, so nothing is at stake for me here. I also like wolves!) And yeah, Japanese folklore has taught me that it's best to avoid kitsune. Though they sometimes turn into magical women who help you?
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  Really I don't take predation personally. I don't tell the SPCA, however, that I am getting a cat there because it's a replacement for one lost to predators. They die of old age, get hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, become blind, walk around mindlessly and crash into things, and one morning you find them dead at the bottom of the stairs. I think they would find dying at the claws of a predator an honorable death. As for kitsune they are the Japanese version of a myth that is widespread in East and South Asia, for instance Daji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daji is probably isomorphic to Tamamo-no-mae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamamo-no-Mae and is sometimes believed to be the same entity. I was into anime for a long time (Urusei Yatsura was a watershed but it really goes back to seeing Star Blazers on TV) but lately I have been into Chinese pop culture like Three Kingdoms, Nezha and Wolf Warrior 2 and that's gotten me reading about Chinese mythology and one clear thing is a lot of Japanese mythology comes from China, for instance it seems there is a "world tree" in almost every JRPG that they climb to get to heaven and even if they call it Yggdrasil it is not from Norse mythology it is from Chinese mythology. (Turns out also a lot of Chinese mythology as well as neopagan ideas comes from India as well.)
  - the_af 3y ago
    Indeed, a klingon-like death for a cat would be honorable. The Japanese do derive a lot of their culture from the Chinese, don't they? I would like to one day read some of the stuff around the Three Kingdoms. Alas! So much to read and do, and so little time! Anyway, thanks for this conversation, I enjoy it.