It was a great day indeed! DH and I got to spend 3 1/2 hours on a beach in Homer, AK visiting with none other than ‘Al’! (@Alaskan) We thoroughly enjoyed our time with you, Al! I was surprised when I looked at my clock and saw how long we’d been there. Thanks again for taking time out of your...
Ah. They never tried to get him on hospice either. I mentioned it, but it never got past that. I am glad you have some help coming in so that you can care for you as well. After watching my mom, I know how important that is.
At this age, you will soon see your cockerels endlessly harassing and trying to mate with the pullets who are not at sexual maturity yet. The pullets will not be able to eat, drink, dust bathe or anything else without cockerels going after them. It will get ugly. This is the voice of experience...
In my (40-something years) of raising chickens, I have had some aggressive roosters and some not aggressive roosters. While I don’t believe any method of raising them will 100% guarantee a rooster that won’t go after you, I have had the best luck when I have not tried to make pets of them. I let...
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Happy 4th of July!!!
It’s hot here. We were in a heat advisory yesterday. Of course that’s the day that my mom’s AC went out. I did not know this until she came over at 7:30 in the evening. (I had the two local grandkids all day, so didn’t have a chance to call her.) She told me...
NOPE!!! Nope, nope, nope! Those boys would have been on their own! “Sorry, boys. You can’t come in until those things dry up and fall off your feet!” Leeches are one of the two creepy crawlies I can’t handle. Spiders are the other ones.