➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Molpet]

Sooo there’s no places that are like 20-30 mins? Haha

a neighbor

 

[ShrekDawg]

a neighbor

 

[RUNuts]

There is more than one kind of Chinook and the kind that Banty and I get are not fish and do not smell fishy.

That sounds fishy. Next thing you'll tell me is it's a helicopter.


You'd make a great straight man.

chinook
[SHəˈno͝ok, CHə-]
NOUN

1. a warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.
2. a large North Pacific salmon that is an important commercial food fish.

 

[R2elk]

1. a warm dry wind which blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.

The author of that definition did not use due diligence. It does not have to be the end of winter for a Chinook to happen. I had one blow through a few days ago and raised the temperature more than 40°F in a couple of hours.

 

[Tesumph]

Why?

For the reasons Nutty pointed out. It’s hard work for little money and a lot of opposition. I’m not sure what you think you want is actually what you want.

But maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean by “the country.” You mean useful land for agriculture work? Homesteading for self sustainability? That’s less of a “move” and more of an entire lifestyle shift.
Unless you just meant a little chunk of acreage on the outskirts of a city that’s just big enough to collect the animals you want. In that case.. whatever.
Either way, first you need money.

 

[CSAchook]

Hoshi the gecko had his first waxworm tonight He was a big fan.

Tad is also excited because we bought 50 waxworms and that is way more than Hoshi should eat alone. Tad to the rescue!

 

[NanaKat]

Made a mediocre grade on my diseases test. A little ticked off.
I studied my butt off, didn’t seem to do much.
Classmates were bragging that they skimmed their notes 30 minutes before class started. Good for you, I guess.

Now I’m looking at an all nighter while studying for a parasitology test tomorrow. Anyone got any ticks they want me to identify? Lol.

Another vet meeting tomorrow night, a 20 page biochem assignment due Thursday, an animal nutrition paper due over the weekend... I want to cry. And sleep. Cry myself to sleep.
I don’t know how anyone could possibly work as a full time student and maintain good grades (I’m of the opinion that you can’t).
Ready for this week to be over.

Yes, this is self inflicted, Nutty. Let me complain dammit! If I can’t quit then I’ll at least fantasize about it.

Dog, how goes the resume?

Elkman, did that fawn from several days ago ever make it out of your fence?

How’d you sleep last night, Nana? I bet those calves were plenty vocal.
How many head do you have? At the ranch we have to use horses to split the mommas up. Talented cutting horses are a beauty to watch.

You will do better on your next test.
The calves and moms were less vocal by the end of day two. This morning even fewer were bawling.
But 7 weaning calves crossed thru the barb wire over a water terrace into a pasture with young fall calf pairs. We had to move the rest of the calves up to the heifer pasture, move the moms to the weaning pasture and work the weaning calves out. Good thing we finally have cooler temperatures...made the work much easier.

We planted black-eyed susans in the front yard. The neighbors have all complimented us. We get letters from the HOA about putting a border on our flower bed. We call the border the street. Ugh.View attachment 1922646

Bet they were pretty. Love Black-eyed Susans.
My perennial Ageratum is blooming now.

The squirrels are eating my BOSS sunflower heads before they are harvested for the chickens. Chews them right off and makes a mess on the wooden fence. I think I will plant them in the dog yard next time.

MIL would tie brown paper sack on her giant sunflower heads to allow the seeds today and drop in the sack. This also protected her seed from birds and squirrels.

That makes sense!! So will the first time mothers eventually learn this too?

And she didn’t make that version! It’s a parody based on this song.

Yeah, our tomatoes and peppers aren’t producing very well either but then again I never staked the tomatoes so that’s probably why. A lot of them have either rotted or been eaten by chipmunks before I could get them.

But even the peppers aren’t producing very well.

Our cucumbers and green beans are thriving though and the eggplant is doing pretty well. Hasn't produced very many but the plant is huge and healthy and the ones it has produced have been quite large. The cucumbers and green beans are producing way more than we could ever eat!!

First time moms were young heifers here and learn the routines just like the other cows. They are more protective with their first calves. It is like a first time moms is hyper vigilant with her first child and more relaxed with her successive babies.

Yes actually, I DO feel better.
I ended up taking your advice and almost slept into my test. HAH.
I burst in the classroom 1 minute late. I must’ve looked flustered because the assistant teacher patted me on the back and said I’d be fine hahaha.

Thanks mom.
The test was a breeze, I way overstudied.

Good for you!

Yes, my in-laws run about ~800 head on their ranch.
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Brangus are great mothers! Love the baldies too.
We only have 440 acres so run about about 250 head at any given time.
One of our pastures last year. All the reds are gone now.

We used to have Brangus and Limosin but have been slowly making the transition to Angus. We use registered bulls on second time moms and older. We have a great low birthweight commercial Angus bull for our first time heifers.
We use 4 bulls with divided pastures for spring and fall calving and have 4 young bulls growing to replace.
We run 110 momma cows with calves. Most are FB Angus. We have 80 calves aged 6 months and younger.
There are 20 older steers on pasture finishing out for market.
We have 19 keeper heifers, some ready to go to a bull when twenty months old. We like our moms to be about thirty months old when they first calve...easier on both them and us. I'm getting a little old to be pulling calves. Actually had one prolapse on me a few years back when I pulled her calf. Yuck!
Of the 23 calves we are now weaning, 19 will go to market.
We have three fall cows left to calve this year.
Then calving begins again in the spring.
Can you tell I'm the record keeper.

 

[Tesumph]

Hoshi the gecko had his first waxworm tonight He was a big fan.

Tad is also excited because we bought 50 waxworms and that is way too many for Hoshi to eat alone. Tad to the rescue!

Oh gosh. We just bought waxworms to hopefully put some fat on IV before she goes lights out for winter. She’s started showing signs of brumating but she’s still not the weight that I want her to be.

Anyway, I offered them to Finn thinking she would refuse since she won’t touch mealworms with a 10ft pole.
She ate about 20 of them before I had to cut her off. I’m half expecting her to throw them up, but.. nope. She’s currently hunting around her tank for more.

 

[CSAchook]

Oh gosh. We just bought waxworms to hopefully put some fat on IV before she goes lights out for winter. She’s started showing signs of brumating but she’s still not the weight that I want her to be.

Anyway, I offered them to Finn thinking she would refuse since she won’t touch mealworms with a 10ft pole.
She ate about 20 of them before I had to cut her off. I’m half expecting her to throw them up, but.. nope. She’s currently hunting around her tank for more.

Oh man. I had heard butterworms and waxworms are like crack for geckos. If you let them, they will get addicted and refuse all other food. You might need to have a talk with Finn about the dangers of worm dependency

 

[ShrekDawg]

For the reasons Nutty pointed out. It’s hard work for little money and a lot of opposition. I’m not sure what you think you want is actually what you want.

But maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean by “the country.” You mean useful land for agriculture work? Homesteading for self sustainability? That’s less of a “move” and more of an entire lifestyle shift.
Unless you just meant a little chunk of acreage on the outskirts of a city that’s just big enough to collect the animals you want. In that case.. whatever.
Either way, first you need money.

I think you guys are all way overthinking this. I just said I liked the country.