Recent content by arienwolf

"Tomorrow, the Pasco County Board of Commissioners will be discussing backyard poultry at their meeting. It appears from the docket, that this will be brought up in the late afternoon (after 3:30pm). This meeting is being held at the West Pasco Government Center Board Room, 1st Floor 8731...

A big Thank You to the OTs that buckled in and came along On this ride, helping Us newbies to slow down. With a guiding hand and lots, a lot, of patience. Thank you for sharing the years of hard earned wisdom. The simple words and thoughts. The no-non sense attitude. The value in what you all...

Only if I can be a anonymous contributor. lol Can just see it now hahahahaha. On a more serious note, I think One of my chickens ate a smallish looking toad today. Saw them chasing each other around didnt get to it in time to check. Now Im worried it might have been a Cane toad. Any harm to...

Quote: I don't know about the projection of human emotions onto dogs, IMO, I think some people just think they're cute and because they can get away with dressing them up and bringing them into stores in their hang bags they conveniently forget they are, after all, dogs that need someone to...

Oh wow, I missed a few days and you all pile 200 posts on me? Just want to add my own post to the pile!! I feel left out! Cute Puppy. Keep your family safe against the Big Cat. Call a trapper if it's Illegal to shoot it... or employ the OTS Advise SSS. Poor chicken...Smart Hawk. Was that a...

I have been breeding birds for a very long time. Not chickens actual different types of birds. My grandmah had been grooming me for it for a long time as they were "pets" and the chickens were not. lol. Her reasoning for needing help with the numerous birds and huge cages. I actually do have a...

I'd love for a more condensed version of this thread with this warning posted every couple of pages, scared me enough to not want to put my .02cents ANYWHERE Maybe the OTs can place the most common questions (that drive you crazy) and a Dry no none sense Answer to it. And You keep going. (Like...

Everytime I feed my animals I smell and visually inspect their food also. I USED to taste whatever I was making them. I stopped when I was making BML for my sugar glider. The ingredients are innocent enough, baby rice formula, honey, egg, a couple of jars of chicken in gravy (baby food) Calcium...

I'm trying. I do have sandy soil as I live in Florida. So even though I have added compost, top soil and manure, my soil is still very loose. So composting has become one of my top things to do throughout the yr. The area for my chickens is also bare. When I go out to do the weeds in my garden...

You mean the company your DH works for hasn't done what other scumbagish companies do? You know, lay off the, say, 13$ an hour employee, for the hard-up in the dumps "got three kids to feed and no job", will work hard for minimum wage regular hardworking american?

I don't feel the least bit "picked" on. I know a lot of people are going through the same things. I am glad I have been able to grow and consider these hard times in depth. I have learned a lot this past yr. Most of which is, It IS great to eat home grown veggies. And make my own orange juice...

I can honestly say, that I too, have been thinking about these things more and more each day. After being layed off at my 2nd company because it was stomped down from the family company it was, bought out by a big corporation. There were lay offs in sections, every couple of months. (first was...

Too funny, still love this one makes me laugh everytime I see it.

Is there anyone in the Pasco County area here?