Thank you for all of the suggestions, and for letting me vent! I mentioned cedar and we're going with the truck and trailer tonight to get...something fence related. I guess I'll know what in a few hours. He didn't say no to cedar. I have to say, I don't want to paint the fence every year...
I agree on the "DH needs to grow up" part. We have done a lot of work on the house and property, and most of it at his discretion, because it was something he wanted (ie, concrete floor in the garage, paved driveway, etc). I won't say these aren't improvements, but they haven't made much...
We'd be installing it ourselves, have already done the back part of the property in heavy guage cattle panels, but want something nicer near the house. We live on a busy highway and have two dogs and a baby on the way. We have gotten very lucky on several occasions when the dogs have run...
We're looking at installing some fencing to keep the dogs safe. Part of it, near the house, will probably be picket style. My husband, who doesn't want the fence at all, keeps insisting that if we're going to do it, it should be vinyl, which is of course way more expensive. I would be fine...
I would be less upset about the fact that these tomatoes came from Canada, as we are relatively close to Canada, than the fact that they were not grown in dirt, but in a hothouse. And they taste like it. I guess I can't say that the farm stand was being dishonest, because if they really wanted...
I am disappointed, outraged, shocked and baffled by this; I have been waiting all summer for my own tomatoes to ripen so I can have a delicious, fresh BLT sandwich. Turns out, though, that I overfertilized and my own plants won't be producing much (huge bummer). So I figured I'd just swing by...
Thank you everyone, for your replies. I will get some medicated feed asap. The brooder is pretty big at this point, with a heat lamp at only one end, and on these really hot days I've been turning it off completely during the day. It's possible that it's still been too much for the meaties...
I'm really fed up and frustrated this year. My cornish x chicks from Welp keep dying suddenly. They're two weeks old, don't look ill, no pasty butt, lethargy, etc, but almost every day I find at least one dead. This morning I found three. They don't seem to be growing particularly fast...
I have about had it with non-electric devices for trimming my llamas. I have used hand shears and various scissors, etc. If I was to invest in a good electric clipper that can handle the thick, burr-filled fleece of three llamas, what brand/model should it be? Any thoughts, suggestions, etc?
She is definitely a hen, I'm still getting an egg a day, and she's the only chicken around. It's very bizarre. I haven't heard her do it in a few days now, so maybe her urges come and go. My chick order just arrived, so we'll see what happens in a few weeks when she has some new friends to...
I am, sadly, down to one single chicken (her last friend disappeared a few days ago), and she has started to crow! I thought I was going crazy the other day when I heard crowing. I thought maybe someone had dumped a rooster but I didn't see one. Then I heard the crowing again yesterday and...
If you don't want to hatch eggs over the winter, then you wouldn't need to worry about separating them until spring. They'll probably chill out on the hens by fall/winter anyway. I've always kept all of mine together and haven't had serious problems with fighting. They had plenty of space...
Thank you for your replies. I did end up moving mom and babies temporarily into an indoor pen. When I got home from work yesterday she had moved them off the nest (leaving one egg, which I donated to one of the other four geese who are sitting) and they were all out in the open and the babies...
My geese have been faithfully sitting on nests full of eggs. I was about ready to give up on any of them hatching, but this morning I saw some broken egg shells and then little fuzzy heads sticking out from under one of the moms. So now what? Do I leave the babies with Mom? Will she teach...
I will say that I have eaten a couple of chickens and a turkey that just up and died. In all cases I knew it had been within a short period of time, and the chickens were broilers, the turkey a BBW, both of which are known to die of heart attacks fairly frequently due to the extremely rapid...
My scale for dog size is as follows; 0-25 lbs=tiny, 26-50=small, 51-100=medium, 101-150=large, 151+ is extra large.
I have only ever had medium dogs, a golden, a doberman, and two malamute or husky mixes. I would like to step up to large or extra large in the future, the bigger the better!