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Originally Posted by bruceh 

just catching up. just so everyone knows i pee right outside the coop. our main predator is possum they are never near the coop. so maybe that male urine has some truth.

the bottom line is i just wanted to let everyone to know i pee outside . i think it is man man thing. back to nature.

 

it is good to be feeling better. 

Better out than in I always say.  Henry has a pee tree he uses. 

I leave baggies with a piece of dish towel and a dollop of ammonia all over the garage and behind the stove and back in the back of cabinets.  I pour it in the garbage cans too.  That is the only thing I have found that keeps them out.  Ammonia makes them think something huge just peed there.  Lasts about 6 weeks till you need to redo it.

Of course we didnt have mice until we had kids and at one point they (the kids) would get their jamies on, their teeth all brushed, and then sit silently on the kitchen floor and wait for a mouse to check out the snap traps.  As soon as one got caught it was an uproar of cheers and excitement. lol. 

i knew I shoulda got a video of that. 2 and 3 years old sitting silently for sometimes a half hour. 

Anyway, my kids are like Shrek kids.  Nothing fazes them, they are game with all kinds of stuff we do.  Nina is right there helping clean a chicken butt.  Keeping herself awake to see Henry get stitches in his face after midnight in the ER.  Carrying around a splinter for a week (that she got stuck in her head and finally came out a month later). Henry eyes as big as saucers when I told him to sit on the stoop cause when daddy chops the Gooses head off it will take of running and flapping all over the place and blood will be everywhere. (The funniest part of that evening was the look on Hubby's face when I said that. lol.)

Before the snap traps I tried the glue tom cat traps.  Yeah, if you get one on the glue and throw it away the bugger will chew through the garbage and the glue trap and get free....So DH would take tiny little Henry and they would go out side with a baggie and a hammer.  So for me the snap traps were actually a little more humane.  I got one of those really big snap traps once.  DH looked at it and said "that could kill the cat!" so we never have used it.

End result is a 6 year old instructing me to call him when I see a fox so he can shoot it with the bb gun, since he is a better shot than I am. lol. and a 7 year old who trims her chickens wings herself..

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Originally Posted by Miss Lydia 

                        Around here you'd think we didn't have an inside bathroom, my husband prefers the great out doors for his urinal. [hope I can say that word without getting in trouble] 

When the men in the area were coming over to work on the fencing, they were using the fence line where they were working, but since no more fencing work has been done for a while, my DH steps out behind the shop. He also does not drink beer anymore, so the amount of fluids coming out has decreased. Hmmmmm... I wonder if I tell him that all the toilets are broken, if he will use outside more?  Nope, I don't think it would because that's become his smoking throne, since I am so allergic to cigarette smoke. He keeps saying he is gonna quit WHEN HE IS READY, but the man can not drive the truck without a lit cigarette in his hand. He also has to light up, to take 3 puffs in the amount of time it takes to go from the truck to inside a building! TRUE !!

Wow beautiful birds!

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Originally Posted by Celie 

Nope, I don't think it would because that's become his smoking throne, since I am so allergic to cigarette smoke.

As a wise teacher told us when we were in high school, "kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray". The result for the majority of our class was that teenage hormones outvoted the desire to smoke.

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Originally Posted by Celie 

Does anyone know where I can find some male kids to come and pee around the property perimeter to keep the varmints Away? I will serve lots of beverages??

REnt a kid has them.  Also you could call the Boy Scout troup leader and see if they can get some community service badges for doing that. Good luck! 

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Originally Posted by Mountain Momma 

Yep.  I vouch for it.  Mine have been on it since Friday afternoon.  They fought and guarded like they never have over food before.  I swear their colors seemed to became more vibrant while they were eating it the first time! The lower totems didnt really get to gorge until Saturday but already they are eating less food and tonight while I was locking them up I noticed some of them have cleavage!

That was not a joke.  A few Plym Rocks actually have cleavage after eating Bruce's special mix.  So now the newness has worn off a little and they are back to being ladies and gentleman at the feed bowls but I finally realized why a trough feeder is a good idea.

 

Thanks to whoever posted about keeping free rangers in the coop a week to reteach them where to lay.  I always wondered about that.

Thanks Bruce!

OMG Im an idiot it was Bruce's recipe not Als.  So Sorry I want to correct that right away. How soon does Alzheimers set in?  I think I have it!  Al and the tragedy have been on my mind. 

Sorry Bruce, your recipe is the cleavage recipe!

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Originally Posted by Mr MKK FARMS 

Wow beautiful birds!

which ones?

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Originally Posted by City farm 

Yeah me too.. It's great entertainment...
Same with our pack of dogs...

Lol yea it is great entertainment. My dogs are so out numbered and surrounded they just run out and do their business and run back in lol big babies

ok while we are on the subject. i have 2 that i named. the rooster is good boy and my cross beak is named scissor beak. the rest have no names except get out of the way . the meat birds all have a universal name, a one size fits all ,  their called dinner.