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ok I am now all caught up.

Most mornings I read BYC with 2 Bichons on my lap.

I spent yesterday morning testing out spinning wheels. Gosh they are expensive ...and of course, I liked the most expensive one. My birthday is coming up...so maybe my DH will just give me money towards getting it.  

I also sold 3 more rabbits yesterday, so now I am only down to 3 more to rehome. So now I have room for my baby french angora that will be ready for me in just over a week. SOO excited!

I let Lola hang out  in the yard with me today. She had a goodtime munching on all the clover that popped up in our lawn today. I need to build a run for the angoras becuase I can't let my French (Clark) out like this. He'd totally take off. LOL so he is confined to just playing in the house. Here she is exploring the fire pit.

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Originally Posted by Opa 

All winter we had 30-40 turkeys in the yard on a daily basis.  For several weeks we have watched the toms trying to intimidate each other while also trying to attract the attention of the hens.  Many times they would be strutting and displaying within 20' of the house.  Friday 4 large toms spent the entire day here. 

 

Turkey season opens on Monday and as in previous years the birds must know that I'm a hunter.  The have disappeared, vanished, evaporate, gone, no where in sight.  I don't understand how they always know when to leave. 
 

 I swear they have little calendars or something.  The Elk used to do that where I lived in Montana.  They'd hang around town or in the hills and such but 2 days before hunting season they would all migrate into Yellowstone.  And I don't mean they would disappear, oh no.  They would all (hundreds of them) move in about 200 yards inside the park boundary and just hang out on the hillsides next to the road just to taunt everyone.

Apparently they have maps, too.

For most of my childhood I grew up poor.  We were lower-middle class, had too much to be welfare -- perhaps some of that "too much" was pride, looking back -- but too little to do more than scrape by.  In the early years, I had a Mom that waitressed in a little bar and a Dad who worked shift at a factory.  It shapes the way you view money.  For a long time, I could not/would not outlay a good chunk of change for anything.  "This'll do for now.", was a common qualification for buying something.  The problem, as I've come to know, is that the key part of that phrase is for now and usually "now" is not nearly as long as you'd hope.  Not only do you end up buying a new one sooner, the cheaper versions almost never work as well so you spend the entire time you're using it frustrated -- and in the case of some things it actually takes MORE time to use which is another waste.  Somewhere along the line I learned that investing in the right/best tools for the job is better for the old pocket book in the long run.  I still falter.  I still sometimes have a panic attack over spending what I deem to be an expensive amount on somethings, last time it was a good frying pan.  But I've gotten better and when I'm not in the throes of a panic attack over a price and I can tell you that, logically, the things I've paid more for, for quality have pretty much always delivered.  Investing in things you're going to use on a regular basis is definitely worth it, imo.  Wish I'd learned that sooner.  

I've had my Vibrams for four years and other than a spot on one of the straps where the little menace of a Schnauzer puppy got a hold of them, they're in perfect shape.  

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Originally Posted by babigyrl22 

 

I also sold 3 more rabbits yesterday, so now I am only down to 3 more to rehome. So now I have room for my baby french angora that will be ready for me in just over a week. SOO excited!

 

I let Lola hang out  in the yard with me today. She had a goodtime munching on all the clover that popped up in our lawn today. I need to build a run for the angoras becuase I can't let my French (Clark) out like this. He'd totally take off. LOL so he is confined to just playing in the house. Here she is exploring the fire pit.

 

 

Jaime, will you tell me more about angoras?  How much fiber do they produce?  How often?  What kind of grooming do they require? 

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Originally Posted by Olive Hill 

For most of my childhood I grew up poor.  We were lower-middle class, had too much to be welfare -- perhaps some of that "too much" was pride, looking back -- but too little to do more than scrape by.  In the early years, I had a Mom that waitressed in a little bar and a Dad who worked shift at a factory.  It shapes the way you view money.  For a long time, I could not/would not outlay a good chunk of change for anything.  "This'll do for now.", was a common qualification for buying something.  The problem, as I've come to know, is that the key part of that phrase is for now and usually "now" is not nearly as long as you'd hope.  Not only do you end up buying a new one sooner, the cheaper versions almost never work as well so you spend the entire time you're using it frustrated -- and in the case of some things it actually takes MORE time to use which is another waste.  Somewhere along the line I learned that investing in the right/best tools for the job is better for the old pocket book in the long run.  I still falter.  I still sometimes have a panic attack over spending what I deem to be an expensive amount on somethings, last time it was a good frying pan.  But I've gotten better and when I'm not in the throes of a panic attack over a price and I can tell you that, logically, the things I've paid more for, for quality have pretty much always delivered.  Investing in things you're going to use on a regular basis is definitely worth it, imo.  Wish I'd learned that sooner.  

 

I've had my Vibrams for four years and other than a spot on one of the straps where the little menace of a Schnauzer puppy got a hold of them, they're in perfect shape.  

Terry Pratchett summed this up beautifully:  http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/72745

Caught up finally.  Was too busy yesterday working and getting my son and daughter situated and off to prom.  And as luck would have it our power went out last night so me and the youngest had to sit in the dark with nothing to do until we had to get the others.  No idea when the power came back on.

I want to say thanks to everyone about Gomer.  We are missing him and I think my ee Newton is too.  No one for him to chase away from his girls anymore.  As for my 2 sebright hens, we are missing one.  Our golden is nowhere to be found and it's been two days so I'm thinking we might have lost her too.  We have the silver crated indoors for the time being.  I feel so sorry for her without her mates.  She will hang with the bigger girls, but not totally. 

As for the raccoon...

yep, we caught him.  Just not sure what to do with him now.  Can anyone tell me the best way to handle it from here?  This is the first time we ever live-trapped anything.

Stick a .22 down there and shoot him in the head. The barrel will fit right up to/through the holes on the livetrap.  No need to handle it until it's dead. 

Good Morning!  I'm all caught up, too.  Checked on  you all via my phone yesterday.  I babysat for Corryn for 12 hours!  What a long, long day.  She is a sweetie, but began missing mommy and daddy too at the end of the day.  Got home at midnight.  Went straight to bed, but of course couldn't fall asleep.  Should have watched som TV.  Don't think I'll be too productive today. 

  to the newbie, Jendear.  And anyone else I might have missed.

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Originally Posted by Elliemae 77 

AAAGGHHHH! I HATE THIS LG BATOR! Yet another temp spike, even when I've been babysitting the stupid thing. I had 14 eggs with good growth and movement, now I'm down to 6. Only a few days to go....hope they make it. After this hatch, I'm taking this wretched thing back to the store and get my money back.
Does anybody out there have a Hovabator1588? Do you like it? I would love to spring for.a.brinsea, but $300 is quite a chunk of change for something that I'll only use on occasion once I get a few bbs orps, ameraucanas and Silkies.

The 1588 works great!