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    Just have to vent...

    I absolutely hear you. Unfortunately the pup is easier to fix than the boyfriend. An undisciplined puppy is an irritation but an undisciplined adult GSD is a danger. You have to be practical and completely let go of fair. Are you willing to take the time and make the sacrifices to properly raise...
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    Can someone explain "Chicken Math" to me?

    Well, I've always considered myself math challenged but it seems I'm actually GOOD at chicken math. I bought two feed store chicks for laying hens expecting to build a small A frame. One of them was a roo so he didn't count.The negative roo was too rough on his hen so I bought 2 sale barn...
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    The Who, What, Where Poll!

    1. 1/2 acre 2. 6 birds: BO roo, male Guinea; hens are: one each RR, EE, Bantam Brahma, Porcelain D'Uccle 3.Small town 4.Each large bird has a 2 1/2'x4' cage on the back porch. The banties share a similar one. The roo and guinea each have a 4x8' run.
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    Guess The Breed!!! Dog Edition!!!!

    Quote: Are you sure that isn't an American Hairless Rat Terrier?
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    Tell me something GOOD that happened to you today.

    Saw my first pair of robins and finished my granddaughter's first rag doll. It turned out better than I expected.
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    I hope I made the right decision...

    Not to start family trouble ( ok ==I'm starting family trouble). If your brother is a vet, can he not supply the dog's meds at his own expense? You did the right thing. My Great Dane mix had a stroke and then fully recovered with only natural care and lived another year. Definitely get a second...
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    2 flocks, both duds, can't decide what to do!!

    My first thought is worms. I use apple flavored horse Ivermectin twice a year. My almost three year old hens average 4 or 5 eggs each per week all winter. Have you ruled out humans? Even if there was a serious parasite problem, you should be getting some eggs from so many birds.
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    Are Chickens Smart?

    Smart is kind of relative. They do remember and strongly follow conditioned patterns. They know the difference between a familiar person/cat/ dog and a stranger. They can learn their names. They can learn to seek out their caretaker to solve a problem--btw, my son's tarantula can do that last one.
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    New Year's Eve plans?

    Quote: Gah! You ended that sentence in TWO prepositions! I am calling the grammar police. Then I'm calling your English teachers, from every year of school. I read some instructions, at work that ended one sentence in three. "Turn switch up to on." HUMBUG! /wrist You might want to...
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    What was it like, when you were a kid?

    I grew up in a rough neighborhood on the north edge of St.Louis. We had a party line telephone but decent tv. Both my parents worked, so we weren't allowed to go outside when they were gone. During the week, we read an average of a book every other day. On the weekend, we could walk to the...
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    No Nonsense, chickens are livestock, advise. Tell me like it is.

    Maybe it is the food. They get Orscheln store brand pellets,oats and whatever they find in the yard. What do you feed?
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    No Nonsense, chickens are livestock, advise. Tell me like it is.

    dsqard wrote "Chickens only smell if you don't clean the pen." Have to disagree. I'm very attached to my birds-actually love some of them (ouch!).They do, however, stink.The poop stinks and there is a vague odor that doesn't go away even after bathing. My smelliest is a SOFT little Bantam Brahma...
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    Tarantula thread!

    Quote: Yeah..i heard that about Daddy Long -Legs... ticked me off too... cause that was the ONE spider that i actually liked, and thought was kinda cute... Now i gotta kill them.. *sigh* So u mean dady longlegs r poisinous??!?!?!? (i have insectifobia!) I second the comment about daddy...
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    Went to an ACA "dog show" Fraud alert!

    I've loved dogs since I was 2 and have devoted way too much time reading about them and taking care of them. My three seniors are all rescued mutts. I want my next dog (not soon) to be a purebred Rat Terrier. So, I see the billboard about the dog show and, in spite of my better judgment, decided...
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    Tis the Season... for Break Ins :'( UPDATE!! BUSTED!!!!!!!

    Quote: It doesn't hurt to be careful, but that sounds like kids playing "knock and run."
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