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    How long until your overwhelmed or tired of poultry

    I started with 15 chickens (13 hens & 2 roosters -one was oops!), for fly control for my horses. Worked GREAT!! That was 2010. I now have 100 chickens and turkeys! I love 'em. Only animal I've ever had that paid for itself. I get new chicks every year, as there is turnover. Some hens fail...
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    I have lost 10 chickens in 4 years

    I've lost 20 birds this year. No predators, just dead. Most were over 3 years, 2 were over 8 years. I think only 3 were young hens. It happens. Sometimes chickens just die, or fail to thrive. In the previous 3 years, I lost 4 birds total, so maybe this year was just THE year. I love my...
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    Texas

    Dang! The Houston area is getting hammered lately. True to type, most of this rain that comes up my way splits around us so that New Waverly and Coldspring get rain and we get a sprinkle. Kinda nice, mostly since there's a LOT of mowing to be done. I just got 3 new boarders, too. Their...
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    Texas

    I know, it does, but we've been here 3 years and none have flown the fence until now. It's just aggravating. Stupid chickens. How am I supposed to keep them safe if they do stupid stuff? <g> On the plus side. I finally saw the goats go out into the big pasture with the horses. I wonder if I...
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    Texas

    Ugh. My chicken run is surrounded by a 6 foot fence, an attempt to keep them in their own space. I have pop doors leading out to 2 separate 1 acre pastures and another to the 10 acre horse pasture. I just closed the 2 doors that went to the one that the goats are in, mostly to keep these...
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    Texas

    So, the forecast has rain for the next 10 days, but only next Tuesday and Wednesday are over 50%, so if that holds, we'll only get two days of rain. Our little riding mower is still at the shop, so I did a pass around the house area with the tractor and bush hog. It's not neat, but it's at...
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    Texas

    We got quite the light show, but no rain to speak of. The ground is slightly wet, but nothing in the rain gauge.
  8. NickyPick

    Texas

    I used this stuff - not on plants, but I had a horse that had a horrible summer fungus. He was half bald and nothing the vet did worked. Then we started spraying this stuff on him and it completely went away. Smelled horrible, though.
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    Texas

    About a month ago, I drove down to Victoria and got my first goats. Meet Pepper (black) and Coriander (creamish). They're Kiko goats, January doelings, and hopefully the start of my herd/tribe. Today, I made a trip up to Athens and picked up this little Kiko wether, named Thyme. I think...
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    Texas

    Wow. It finally got dry enough, so Dad fired up the riding mower to start mowing. He got all of 30 feet before one of the front tires went flat and rolled off. ::sigh::
  11. NickyPick

    Texas

    So cool. Beaver Creek was the subdivision I was in!!! I was there between 1989-1991. There was an awesome vet on 3058. I am totally blanking on the name, but I remember I really liked her. Also, I remember that there was once a Dairy Queen, but when I was there, it was a local restaurant...
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    Texas

    Cool. I remember those years fondly. Rented a tiny mobile home on 5 acres in a subdivision off of FM 3058, so I could have my horses with me. There was a small pond on the property and a neighbor that liked to hang out on his porch nude when the wife went to town. (probably got his giggles...
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    Texas

    Dang! I lived in Snook during college and I did most of my grocery shopping in Caldwell instead of College Station. We only got 2.5 inches yesterday, but north of us got hammered. So, a big chunk of the FM road we use to get to town washed away at the Winters Bayou crossing. Today was also...
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    Texas

    Wow! Where are you that you have glacier issues?? I'm E.Texas. We have clay and sand.
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    Texas

    Yeah, similar for us. The last two forecasted storms split around us, so I thought we were in the clear for the day, but right around 5 pm, it opened up. Got 2.5 inches in less than an hour, then drizzle for 2 more hours. I'm so sick of rain, but also SO glad I picked this property on the...
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