Posts by mamaKate

Maybe it is the food. They get Orscheln store brand pellets,oats and whatever they find in the yard. What do you feed?

dsqard wrote "Chickens only smell if you don't clean the pen." Have to disagree. I'm very attached to my birds-actually love some of them (ouch!).They do, however, stink.The poop stinks and there is a vague odor that doesn't go...

Quote:Originally Posted by bobwhitelover Quote:Originally Posted by redhen Quote:Originally Posted by WIChookchick Most species of T's and other spiders fangs can't penetrate human skin.One of the deadliest spiders lives...

I've loved dogs since I was 2 and have devoted way too much time reading about them and taking care of them. My three seniors are all rescued mutts. I want my next dog (not soon) to be a purebred Rat Terrier. So, I see the billboard...

Quote:Originally Posted by EweSheep  We had some folks coming checking and knocking on our front door and we would answer it. No one is there. Hubby and I are very suspecious that someone or some gangsters are checking on homes to...

When my kids were younger and we still had the pleasures of country living, we had a pack of part chow dogs who loved to fight. One afternoon my ten yr old daughter was in the shower and my son yelled "Dog fight!" She ran out...

Quote:Originally Posted by cupman Just don't go knee-jerk crazy and think you need to home school your kids.  It'll passI went "knee-jerk crazy" 22 years ago and home schooled mine. The peace was amazing! They are now...

Give him an extra treat. A dog who can single handedly dispatch a coon is a gem.

Quote:Originally Posted by chicknmania You con't have to be so rough as to pick him up and shake him.  Pick him up yes.  And carry him around.  And every time he acts aggressive do that. Honestly he is probably...

Yup.