Recent content by Clumber

Rochester, and we have several Clumbers... who we show, train, and hunt. So they are all birddogs... The older ones mostly leave the chickens alone, the younger ones plot fairly constantly how to get into Fowlcatraz. We also have pigeons, Chukar, and a couple pheasants specifically for...

So how do y'all read this thread? Do you go to 1st unread (mine currently claims I have 4,352) or to the end and go backwards, or...? Above is one of about 5 birds we need names for. Suggestions welcomed :) Didn't want to post a question without a photo of some type.

Wow - that is awesome and generous! My fabulous amazing Spouse has butchered a couple of ours with my assistance too (I am getting better...) and we improve method each time but we might still want to come learn your method(s) too! We're just a sneeze south of Olympia. Please let us know...

Whooo! We finally got a bizarre egg from this first foray into non-gamebird poultry! One of the Cotrunix quail gave us a shell-less egg! Very odd! They are recovering very very well from our mistake with their feed. In fact yesterday we got more eggs than we have quail hens. Not...

Quick note - I have personally witnessed an opossum (is it 'a' or 'an' ??) reach into our pigeon pen, grab a low roosting pigeon, and chomp its head right off. Once I recovered my jaw from the concrete where it had fallen, I gently squeezed the trigger. I'd been setup on a blanket under my car...

You should see what the quail do for huge leafed Swiss Chard! They wrap themselves in the leaves, roll around, and only after tucked into the chard do they start eating it. Even more unabashed celebrating if the chard leaves are just a little bit wet. Actually, so far the quail seem to enjoy...

Do you have a Cabelas or Sunbird or another hunting supply store nearby? You can get small bottles of predator urine, such as 'yote, feral boar, red fox, even cougar or bear if you can find it. I did just risk typing the word urine in a Google search (plus "predator deter" ) to check what other...

Our Coturnix quail go absolutely "kids at the water park" when we give them their dishpan dust bath! Constantly singing happy little chirps while they cram into the tub, turn completely upside-down, feet in the air as they wiggle and bathe and wiggle some more! Even more odd they form...

We had the opposite happen with our Coturnix. Switched them with the chickens to Layer and all Quail egg laying ceased within 24 hours. Then they started rapidly losing weight, then we found 2 dead and very skinny by 3rd full day of new feed. So we switched back and they are laying again and...

Or perhaps, "Only if the guinea pig tried reaching for my gun!"

What?!!! How... why... what in the bloody hell was she .... I cannot even imagine what thought process suggested that action. For that matter, someone reaching for me or my person regardless of my carry status would make me fall into defense mode... she reached for your gun... I just...

Hey, can someone point me to some plans for making a solar a/o marine battery power source so we can end having an extension cord coming out a window into the poultry yard? I have visions of our house burning down everytime I see the set-up, and now Spouse is going to build a waterer heater so...

Will do! Thanks! Lots of things up in the air currently. My stupid health issues this year (2013 is welcome to come early, I am really done with '12) have messed things up, and my employer of 6+ years has been screwing with me about it. That's modern loyalty I guess. Have big hopes that the...

Ummm... just as sort of a "911 reply" ... how shall I put this... Clumbers were actually developed a few hundred years ago to locate and flush birds that were deep in thick thorny tough cover that the Springers and Cockers have to go around. They were bred to get the bird NO MATTER WHAT and...