And I'm back! Life got a bit hectic but its calmed back down and here I am! I still have my Doms! Two have passed away. One got weak and passed (Star) and the other broke her upper leg (fireworks scared her and she bolted). I picked her up and carried her to water and food and put her on...
Howdy folks! Got some icky things! Really icky! I was sitting on a brick chatting with the girls this evening and here was a worm about three inches long, kinda white .... and a hen ate it. Then I turned around and saw a poo plop with the same looking worm in it! It was dead but still ...
Please help!!! Punt has been loosing his tailfeathers. Tonight I noticed he has four left. And under his tail is red and raw. Like he has been pulling out his rump fluff. None of the hens are having feather issues. And I powdered Punt with DE the other day - he ran and I couldn't catch...
My hints were noticed! The flyer with the porch swing and three or four comments about my swing being in need of help .. it worked! Dh went to Lowes yesterday to look at house jacks and came home with a new ceder porch swing! I'm so happy! We put it together and its so comfy! The kids can...
Henry Fields is having a short sale on some of their fruit trees! They have an excellent replacement policy and send good trees! They sent me the most beautiful rose bush I have ever seen to replace the one that didn't live. Its huge...
Everyone, if in the past I have offended you please accept my appology. I do tend to get passionate about things. And I'm good at speaking before thinking. Or typing before thinking. I will try to behave. If I mess up ... slap me on the nose. I think I probably take out my frustrations on...
I need info on geese please. I want the biggest geese I can get so they won't be easy snacks for hawks. Will geese stay around the yard unfenced? They will have a creek at the bottom of the pasture if they want water. Are geese friendly? I remember being chased by geese when I was kid but I...
Tonight one of the roos goes to a new home. Which one should I keep?
Punt
bigger
lighter color
wins the fights
not as friendly but hasn't attcked since he got punted
good protector of the girls
Bruce
smaller but not much
not as pretty tailfeathers
meaner to the hens he can get hold of if...
Last evening I had a very rude visitor. An unknown car was sitting in the driveway around 6:30. Now our driveway is not one of those cute little things that you can just motor right up. Its a decent length of the main road and has a few "No trespassing" and "Private property" signs that you can...
My husband told his friend that he and his wife could have some hens and a roo. I do have one too many roos. And we are getting more eggs than we can sell. So I said sure if they build them a good coop and run. Tonight I went out and sat with my flock. They are my babies. How can I get...
I had a surprise in the mail! I had forgotten that I bought some trees last year when they were on clearance to be delivered this spring! Oops! I found room for the 15 pines but not sure where to put the cherry trees! And last month I ordered 15 more pines because I forgot that I had...
I didn't put this in predators since they are are not after my chickens but at least one has decided that under my riding mower in the garage is a good bed. Two nights of the live trap set with tuna in it and no skunk in the trap. Any tips on what would interest the stinker better than tuna...
...is what I received:
Thank you to a good friend for sending this.
United States Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) has proposed
legislation, *H.R. 875*, which *would literally prohibit Americans from raising food* for themselves, their families, or *even for their
animals*.
*H.R. 875, the...
I guess my roos have decided on a pecking order. I looked out in the run and my roos looked like a new breed. Both are covered in blood all the way from head to under the chest. I ran down there but the fight was done. They look horrible. Their combs are ripped up badly. They aren't...
One of my pretty little hens decided she was going to dig out a nest in the hay back where I can't hardly reach and sit on some eggs. She left the nest for so long the eggs were stone cold - its in the 30's outside. Does this mean they were not fertile? She left them for hours. And I had to...
This animal rescue place has some birds to rehome. I can't go get any but I thought maybe someone near there would like the info.
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7906308 very pretty rooster
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=9754022 lots of...
One of my hens (not a year old even) looked kinda funny the other day. She looked like her feathers around her comb were gone. I looked closer and they are like the the soft feather part is gone and the shaft is left. A few days later it moved down her neck a little. Now it looks like the...
Our dogs are gone. They were last in Coshocton County on CR6. Please if anyoen has a friend or family memebr that hunts in Coshocton county please tell them to look out for our dogs. They are Norwegian Elkhounds and have collars and tags. They are freindly but afraid of gunshots. Please...
We had a pair of goats but one passed away from old age and the younger one needed a buddy. So we found him a 3 year old Alpine doe and a 3 month old Boer/Nubian cross doe. The other goat is abouta yar and a half old. All three are pets. No one will be food.
When we brought the Alpine home...