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  1. Florida Bullfrog

    The Gun Thread

    I have an adjustable gas block incoming for the Blackout. If this works to let me tune the packpressure for various loads when running the suppressor so as to minimize gas blowback, I’ll get the same gas block for my LR-308 and set it up to run supers.
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I dumped some feed out for my free-range, semi-feral, sow. Some of the flock found it this morning. They only fed around it for about 15 minutes then they faded back into the woods.
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I think its a bit of all of the above. Some of them likely could have done it (thrived with zero food from me) from day 1. Yet the years of natural selection has enhanced the trait. The ability to forage for 100% of their food is dependent on other traits. The most dangerous place on the farm...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Thanks for the kind words about my book! I don’t recollect how much property you have to utilize. What’s the max range the chickens can use? This year I’ve fed my free-range flock the least amount I ever have on this farm. I throw them a little feed as a treat about once every 2-3 weeks here...
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    The Gun Thread

    I used to think off-set sites were tacticool-fake. But this being my first AR pistol, I noticed how easy and convenient it was to cock it 45° and aim with it that way. So I added an off-set red dot and now I see the appeal. I have the advantage of a thermal but also the practicality of a red dot...
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    American Gamefowl

    Wow, he’s venerable. Got any pics?
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    American Gamefowl

    How old is the hatchery aseel?
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    American Gamefowl

    Not taking any lip from other hens… beating them down to the ground and putting her “boot” on their necks… sounds like the all American game hen. What’s your rooster?
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Good luck! I can tell you from my own failures… make your shot count. Bobcats learn quick from missed shots or otherwise being spooked. They can be oblivious until they’re not and they won’t be careless again in the same circumstances if they survive the hunt the first time. I’ve messed up a sit...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I see you’re in Utah. Are you sure you don’t have a panther (what you’d probably call a mountain lion or a cougar)? Not that they’re super vocal either. But when they do it usually carries a long ways and you remember it.
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    They’re usually quiet animals unless a female is in heat or two individuals are fighting. Are you sure its a bobcat and not something else? I’m presuming you’re hearing screaming calls at night. My gut reaction is that you’ve got an animal that screams frequently from the woodline, its probably...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    Heard the bobcat how? Calling? Walking on a roof?
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    American Gamefowl

    Is she the one on top doing the pecking on the one of the bottom being pecked? I’ve not seen hens fight that way. Mine always flog each other like roosters. One never gets the other on the ground unless its the end and death is near. They flutter their wings and kick and peck eye to eye...
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    American Gamefowl

    A rooster will usually interject his body between the fighting hens and posture himself. It may not work immediately when he does it but he’ll keep doing it until they stop. If she doesn’t quit, she isn’t beaten. At least for the duration of the episode. Does she eventually run away for a time...
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    Chicken killing own chicks

    Does this mean you separated her from the eggs, or does it just mean you left her on the eggs and tried to keep her in darkness?
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