LOL! You made me smile really big! I am so glad you enjoyed the tour in the stiffling heat. Your children are a joy!!! I love seeing the kids show an interest in the birds.@Prairie Fleur , I am saddened by how that horse was neglected, but I am very happy to know YOU are the one who will be loving it back to health and trust of humans.
@Deerfield Acres , I have mixed luck with Round-up and poison ivy. In fact, the poison ivy that I used Round-up on last summer by the silo coop is back in full force. I'm going to have to pull out the big guns with it and use vine killer. Sometimes, on a smallish, new poison ivy plant, Round-up works for me. However, on established plants I often have to go buy some poison ivy vine killer that you put directly onto the woody stem after clipping the vine down a few inches from the ground. That vine killer is the ONLY thing I have found to take out established poison ivy and mulberry seedlings. I am hoping your poison ivy just goes away with the Round-Up! I am itching just thinking about it.
The trick to round up killing poison ivy is to use it in the right strength. I mix mine for the strongest perennials listed on the instructions. I also use farm roundup which is 40% instead of 18%, or even much worse one of those ready to use mixes. I had very established poison ivy when i moved here. Like tarzan sized vines that spread across the ground. I sprayed once and they were gone. These in the ditch outside my fence are new this year. It's been at least 6 years since I killed out the others. I just don't want these new ones to spread even though it's the counties property per say.
Three of my kids and I had a great visit with @chicken danz this afternoon to see her setup and buy some chicks to replace the ones we lost last week. What an education! There were many bird breeds (chickens included) that we had just never seen before. My 12-year-old immediately saw peahens when we pulled up. He had never seen a "female peacock" before. Her pet Midget White turkey (aptly named "Turkey") immediately stole our hearts. He followed Danz and us around like a puppy, strutting and puffing. Her Lavender Orpington Rooster was the most impressive-sized chicken I think I've ever seen. A pretty boy, too!
My oldest daughter was enamored with the Partridge Brahmas. She picked a little Partridge Brahma pullet. My oldest son picked a pullet from her Golden Laced Blue Brahma project. I think that is what the breed is. She can correct if I'm wrong. My little girl picked a Jubilee Orpington. I also got two Barred Plymouth Rock pullets; one for me, and one for my youngest son, who is off to church camp this week and couldn't go to Danz's with us. The kids are pleased as punch with their picks, and even more importantly, Danz taught them so much, and they learned so much from just seeing the different breeds. You should have heard them telling my husband all about their adventure today. "Danz had a pet Turkey!" and "Dad, she was like an expert chick catcher. She caught five using just one hand!" Chicken Danz is a legend in our house now.
I will post some pictures tomorrow. I'm going out to make sure everyone made it to the roost.
I hope the barred rock pullet that was over heated recovered fully. Thanks again for coming. If you come back again maybe the chicken building will be done and some of this junky stuff around here will be gone.
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