OKay, going to post Zorro, just Because! 
oh, and one of their win:
oh, and one of their win:
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OKay, going to post Zorro, just Because!
You sure that things a chicken ? (remember i'm an ex-city slicker!!!)
My uncle used .220 and .243 varmint guns to great success as they have super long range and a flat trajectory. If you want a deal, get a used 30-30 from a pawn shop for 100$ or less. They are technically deer rifles, but usually carbines and less kick than 'serious' rifles. You need to be within about a football field distance with those.
I was kidding someone a while back that had never seen them before and they asked me what it was-- having no idea it was a chicken, much less a bird! I told them it was a new kind of poodle.
Loved the round boxes. Can you post a larger picture of them? They do look like a simple build.
Ok Daren did you get your hair cut so you could be recognized or did Loralee recognize you with your long locks?
Got another busy day planned. I need to build build build. But also need to go to town to see my Mom. I didn't go yesterday and tried to care for things around here some. The day went fast and I didn't accomplish much though.
I do wish my Mom could talk on the phone. It would be so much easier than driving all the time. Not that she would be truthful about how lousy she feels. She just doesn't complain.
I loaded a ton more eggs in the bators yesterday. I have the hatcher pretty darned full right now. Most of those eggs were duck and bantam polish eggs.
I skipped church this morning and really should have gone. It jsut felt really good to sleep in for a while.
Ok Daren did you get your hair cut so you could be recognized or did Loralee recognize you with your long locks?
Got another busy day planned. I need to build build build. But also need to go to town to see my Mom. I didn't go yesterday and tried to care for things around here some. The day went fast and I didn't accomplish much though.
I do wish my Mom could talk on the phone. It would be so much easier than driving all the time. Not that she would be truthful about how lousy she feels. She just doesn't complain.
I loaded a ton more eggs in the bators yesterday. I have the hatcher pretty darned full right now. Most of those eggs were duck and bantam polish eggs.
I skipped church this morning and really should have gone. It jsut felt really good to sleep in for a while.
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Hawkeye!!!!
I am so glad you made the flash cards!! Makes a big difference. On the next show, you need to remove the food and water until the judging is done. THEN, put your feed and water in. Makes the birds really come up to the front of the pen. I don't think yours have a lot of problem with that, but in other breeds it can be a problem. Also, work with them on setting up by them selves. Tap the cage, and if they perk up and show themselves, then give them a treat. Fruit, or a small piece of gainsburger for dogs.
I have started using some products that I found at TSC. One is poultry conditioner, and the other is called Flock Fuel. I am using both in my feed mix I make for my show birds. And, I am also mixing some aureomycin crumbles in the mix I make. Just, well because, and I like the better feed conversion with the mix. The conditioner is a small pellet, and fuel is liquid, and crumbles. I mix all of that together in a ice cream bucket, along with either some egg crumbles, or chick starter, and I have my feed mix.
When are you going to be in this area?
Are you going to the show in Hutch? Its April 14th.
Do you have a fax, I can fax you a copy of the entry form.
Ok everybody else, Hope all injurys heal fast, man what an ouch!!!
Ivy, give me a call.
Glad all dogs are doing well
My husband shot a coyote yesterday morning, at 200+ yards. He used a 22 Mag. Nice gun, and not all that expensive.
Love the ducks in the pool!! Mine have a pond.
Better go, If I missed anyone, didn't mean too. The above on the feed is for everyone, but I did direct it to Hawyeye, cause she is showing.
I have started using some products that I found at TSC. One is poultry conditioner, and the other is called Flock Fuel. I am using both in my feed mix I make for my show birds. And, I am also mixing some aureomycin crumbles in the mix I make. Just, well because, and I like the better feed conversion with the mix. The conditioner is a small pellet, and fuel is liquid, and crumbles. I mix all of that together in a ice cream bucket, along with either some egg crumbles, or chick starter, and I have my feed mix.
When are you going to be in this area?
Are you going to the show in Hutch? Its April 14th.
Do you have a fax, I can fax you a copy of the entry form.
Ok everybody else, Hope all injurys heal fast, man what an ouch!!!
Ivy, give me a call.
Glad all dogs are doing well
My husband shot a coyote yesterday morning, at 200+ yards. He used a 22 Mag. Nice gun, and not all that expensive.
Love the ducks in the pool!! Mine have a pond.
Better go, If I missed anyone, didn't mean too. The above on the feed is for everyone, but I did direct it to Hawyeye, cause she is showing.
Tweety, I forgot to say. I certainly wouldn't bury that swimming pool. For one thing you will need to empty it quite often with ducks. Also with it sitting on the ground they will be putting mud in it. I bought one of those premade pools I was going to put in the ground for my ducks a couple years ago. I never did cause I didn't have a clue how I would drain it. The duck pond I have for the Mandarins and woodies has a filter system and I still need to pump it and clean it every now and then. But I made it so the pump sits at a low spot so it can be done easily.
Hawkeye, that Zorro is a cutie for sure, congrats again on your show! That was hilarious about you telling that person he was a poodle, I bet you were cracking up. Those are some really nice transport boxes. They shouldn't be hard for you to build at all with your talents.
tweety, yeah you don't want to bury that pool in the ground, you have to empty those really often, the ducks make an awful mess in them. You can buy that pond liner & just dig a hole in the ground, that's the easiest way since then you can conform the liner to your hole. Just be sure to have the liner bigger than the hole by quite a bit so you can cover it with rocks & dirt to hold it down. I have a free-form pond for my fish & water plants & my son & hubby dug it for me. You have to get it at least 3 feet deep to get below frost level & then keep the water moving if you don't want it to freeze over. I haven't had my pump in mine for a couple years because I kept losing water & kind of gave up on it, but I have a waterfall too & that's probably where my problem is. My GP pups love getting in there to wade around, so I don't know how it's going to look this year. I haven't even gone out there to see how many rocks they have knocked into the pond yet. But that's why I don't want ducks unless I could pen them up now because they would be in that pond.
JosieChick, good luck on getting rid of that coyote, I hate those things. We have a bunch around here & soon I hope my pups can be out chasing them off. They have eaten almost all of the neighbor's chickens over time. I don't let them get to mine because mine are shut up tight at night. I hope to not have to worry about that soon with my GP pups doing their work.
Danz, what are you going to do with all of those chicks, wow! You have a regular hatchery there. I would love to come up & see all of your birds, especially your mandarin ducks.
We have a momma cat having kittens today & my pups are extremely interested in that. They're still too much puppies though, so they were wanting to play with the babies & I had to chase them off from her. The silly cat is having them right in the middle of my flowerbed by the front porch & out in the sun. I would love to move her under one of my bushes, but she is still having them, so I can't right now. It seems like she started having them where she lay & then just has stayed there.
I went out to check on my little momma rabbit to be this morning & I thought I would give her something to do since she is so nervous. I took a bundle of hay & put it in her cage & she immediately started gathering it all up in her mouth, it was so funny, if you could have seen this tiny little rabbit trying to get all of that hay in her mouth. Then she took it all & jumped into her nesting box & started arranging it in there. I sure hope she gets the idea & has the babies in there where she's supposed to instead of on the wire. Sometimes the new mommas will have them on the wire & they die before anyone finds them, it happens a lot. I would hate that to go out & find dead babies.
tweety, yeah you don't want to bury that pool in the ground, you have to empty those really often, the ducks make an awful mess in them. You can buy that pond liner & just dig a hole in the ground, that's the easiest way since then you can conform the liner to your hole. Just be sure to have the liner bigger than the hole by quite a bit so you can cover it with rocks & dirt to hold it down. I have a free-form pond for my fish & water plants & my son & hubby dug it for me. You have to get it at least 3 feet deep to get below frost level & then keep the water moving if you don't want it to freeze over. I haven't had my pump in mine for a couple years because I kept losing water & kind of gave up on it, but I have a waterfall too & that's probably where my problem is. My GP pups love getting in there to wade around, so I don't know how it's going to look this year. I haven't even gone out there to see how many rocks they have knocked into the pond yet. But that's why I don't want ducks unless I could pen them up now because they would be in that pond.
JosieChick, good luck on getting rid of that coyote, I hate those things. We have a bunch around here & soon I hope my pups can be out chasing them off. They have eaten almost all of the neighbor's chickens over time. I don't let them get to mine because mine are shut up tight at night. I hope to not have to worry about that soon with my GP pups doing their work.
Danz, what are you going to do with all of those chicks, wow! You have a regular hatchery there. I would love to come up & see all of your birds, especially your mandarin ducks.
We have a momma cat having kittens today & my pups are extremely interested in that. They're still too much puppies though, so they were wanting to play with the babies & I had to chase them off from her. The silly cat is having them right in the middle of my flowerbed by the front porch & out in the sun. I would love to move her under one of my bushes, but she is still having them, so I can't right now. It seems like she started having them where she lay & then just has stayed there.
I went out to check on my little momma rabbit to be this morning & I thought I would give her something to do since she is so nervous. I took a bundle of hay & put it in her cage & she immediately started gathering it all up in her mouth, it was so funny, if you could have seen this tiny little rabbit trying to get all of that hay in her mouth. Then she took it all & jumped into her nesting box & started arranging it in there. I sure hope she gets the idea & has the babies in there where she's supposed to instead of on the wire. Sometimes the new mommas will have them on the wire & they die before anyone finds them, it happens a lot. I would hate that to go out & find dead babies.
Thanks for the tips on the pool. I saw a post in a really old thread where the person had the pool above ground and surrounded it by rocks: This might be easier than digging a hole anyways. After discussing this with DH, we might be able to add a drain to the pool if we do it this way - and at some point replace the plastic pool with either a metal one or use the space with a liner. My concern with the liner would be that the ducks sharp claws would rip it. Does that ever happen?
(not my photo - grabbed it from this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/320654/duck-pond-pool-pictures)
(not my photo - grabbed it from this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/320654/duck-pond-pool-pictures)
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