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This is a blue mug stag I think. He’s from my snake line. He was one of seven eggs I got out of the belly of a big snake I caught in a nest. I killed the snake cut it open got the eggs washed them off and incubated them and all seven hatched. This is the only one I’ve seen with their toe mark...

A few stags I had to pen. Wish they could have free ranged longer but, they can’t

It’s been sunny here. With a thunderstorm every couple of hours. I’ve been on a clean up project in the yard. I’ve got to get three pens out of the pasture and try to straighten them up enough to use. There’s 16 pens that were damaged. I’d like to get a dozen of those back useable. Removing big...

That would be about right. I recently took a resident pair out of the equation but I know another will move into their territory

I took a pretty good hit. I’m still assessing the damage. I had ten pens that the top was blown off. An oak tree about as big as a man can reach around, blew down but it fell between a series of pens and my goat shed. It took down a fence but, overall I’m pretty good. No real water issues. I was...

I just watched a hen be blown to the ground out of a 40’ high roost. It’s getting a little gnarly outside. The eye should pass in an hour or two. I’m trying to fight the good fight, I’ve got most of my brood fowl In secure pens. I have maybe a dozen brood hens loose that I turned out to freshen...

Thanks It comes with the territory here. I don’t worry much about weather, biggest problem is wind blowing pens over and roosters killing each other or worse pen fighting

Shreveport is well inland from its predicted landfall. It’ll be lucky to still be a hurricane when it gets there but the winds can still do lots of damage at 75mph

Ive taken covers off of some but it’s surprising how much they will blow over without covers on them

Not much you can do for pens in that kind of wind. I’ve got my wire pens anchored but some will likely blow over anyway. I’ll have to do the best I can with what I’ve got

When I was a kid Betsy put 7’ of water in our house.Lost everything. Then Katrina got me again but I salvaged some stuff. I’m a little higher now. But there’s more tornados here

I’m far enough inland that I won’t see any storm surge. It will have degraded a good bit by the time it gets here. Probably less than 90 mph winds. Lots of rain but I’m on a hill and it drains pretty good. All I can do is be close by and try to avert any disasters with roosters. May have...

They are predicting the eye to pass right over me here

I’m tying everything down now. Laura is expected to hit here in the morning.

Last thing I had that threw a spangled was givens hatch it was immediately culled when I saw it coming out. I was never one for spangled chickens I don’t breed much for color. It’s just a paint job. I want conformation and performance above feather color. That being said I think she ain’t too...

These Roundheads have been solid red for many generations and this pops up. hate to quote myself but I talked to the guy that these Roundheads come from before I got them and in the last 50 years we have got a total of 3 pullets and 1 stag that came spangled between us

That’s pretty much my take on it too. I don’t think it does much, with the exception of fly control. On the other hand, I don’t see much of a down side either

Does anybody else here use DE? Curious. It’s good for some parasites and lots of claimed benefits for all animals

She’s fine. It’s just a paint job. I like her for being different but in the end she will produce like her normal colored siblings.

These Roundheads have been solid red for many generations and this pops up.