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So are we having an Uggo swap/BBQ here tomorrow or what?

Wow did I feel silly this morning!

I was sitting at the computer reading messages and drinking coffee when I heard a noise. BF was out getting the mail and when he came in I told him the turkeys were making a different noise a minute ago. As I was telling him this we heard it again. He laughed and said that's not the turkeys it's the geese in the barn!! LOL

Today is decision day. Time to figure out which ducks are going to BF's uncle tomorrow and which chickens I'm putting up for free because they are old. I can't wait to have more room around here! 

So about a week ago, I caught my son holding Bob the Blue Beta in the bathroom. Yes, he was holding the fish! I told him not to do it again because the fish need to be in the water to survive... yadda yadda yadda. Then 3 days ago, I went to the bathroom and looked for Bob... Not in his bowl! I had heard my son using the bathroom 10 minutes earlier!

"Son, where is Bob?"

"Maybe he went swimming somewhere!"

"What did you do with Bob? Did you put him down the toilet?"

"No, he just went swimming."

I found Bob next to his bowl and I thought he was dead... then I went to pick him up and he jumped!!!

I picked him up and put him back in his bowl.

The fish is STILL ALIVE!!! He had to have been out of his bowl for quite a while!

Well, I am talking about the fish that dove into the toilet while I was cleaning his bowl.

I think Bob has watched Finding Nemo one too many times!

Mr. F is out an about. he's mostly just sitting around though. His head is up, and if I get close to him, he high tails it away from me. I take that as a good thing. I am going to catch him off the roost tonight, drench him again. Also see if I can't get him to eat some scambled eggs... I had to buy yucky eggs. Neighbor didn't have any to spare this week. We have a shared customer who buys from us both, and she wipes us both out. It is my understanding that I have to toss the eggs after treating with ivermectin... the one for horses that is. Is this true? I have read that some people don't, and some people don't even toss eggs when treating with other things for worms...  I decided to worm the whole darn flock since I couldn't figure out what was wrong with Belle, what could have killed her aside from the fall. Well anyway, I had to buy from the store today. LOL. Can I feed him back the eggs that are from my hens? Or do you think that would irritate him more? UGH! Poor guy is going to go into the hospital wing tonight... Skatter has taken her baby to the big coop, so it is open if she doesn't return to it, and he can go in there. 

See RaZ, you can tell them people who don't think chickens are pets, that they most certainly are. Why else would I go to such trouble over a dang bird. OH, thats right, cuz he fought off a Juvie coon to protect the flock. He's the man!

Nova, the vet at Mich. State Univ said if you want to get rid of your eggs after you worm with Ivermectin then send the eggs to him because he has no problem eating them.