Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Legacy Farms]

Lol. "Lord Overdo," eh? Don't knock it too much. In fact, take pics. When the build is complete you can post it in the section where folks show off their awesome coops. And buy more chickens!

Good Lord this man! My step dad was a contractor. I learned so much from him. My DH was a farm boy turned career Marine. He never built anything until he met me. It's a battle because he wants to do it one way while I hear my step dad saying 'you need to do it this way' Lord help me I haven't killed him yet. After 30 years he is FINALLY starting to listen to me. I just started telling him "keep it simple dumbass!" His uncle used to tell him that. Seems to work.

 

[Legacy Farms]

And buy more chickens!

Don't encourage me! I already have 30 chickens and 16 ducklings!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Don't encourage me! I already have 30 chickens and 16 ducklings!

okay, I be good ....this time.

 

[Legacy Farms]

okay, I be good ....this time.

The feed store is having chicks delivered Friday am...guess who will be there at 8am when they open?! Nose pressed to the window...Yup I have a problem.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Update on the incubator-
I heard back from the seller. They said it apparently got "lost" in shipping. Yeah, color me skeptical but they are offering a refund so I'll take it and start shopping for another incubator. Or chicks. Or an incubator...or..

I'm wondering if I should order some Freedom Rangers and keep a few hens to cross with my Aussie roo for a meatier bird. With the disruptions to the food supply chain only getting worse, I need to figure out something, and quick.

 

[featherhead007]

I talk to my chickens. I expect them to understand English.

I speak in German to my birds.

 

[NWHeather]

They are so gorgeous. I’m guessing Zephan was the first one and the “accidental GSD”? did they label him a GSD mix?

That’s unfortunate the girl’s too soft. is she from a working breeder?

I also can’t believe you have so many stray Malinois up there! how could people get rid of such gorgeous dogs!? I would love it if I stumbled upon a stray Malinois.

Not very common here. Rescues are full of pit mixes and lab mixes. I love Labs but so many of these rescue dogs are practically identical.

I’d love a Mal or other shepherd or herding dog but I feel like a Mal would be a bit too much work for me. At least right now. But then again I literally LOVE training and working with dogs so maybe not.

But they’re like always on, right? And not always a fan of other dogs from what I’ve heard? MYbe it depends though. Your softer ones would probably be okay? But no guarantee I’d get a softer one.

I’ve always wanted to do agility!! Would love to do nose work too.


I love watching good bite work. still don’t really know the difference between most though. There’s so many. like schutzhund & IPO, mondioring, and personal protection too and probably others and they all look so similar to me

Thank you!
Zephan was actually #2 of the Mals I got. I first had Alexa, who was also GSD/Mal.
I had lost my male GSD to cancer beginning of 2013, and was looking for another GSD male at the GSD rescue I got him from. They didn't have any available, but they had a "blonde GSD" female that they said was mellow (yeah right). When I went to meet her, I said, "uh, she's got Malinois in her.." they said "are you sure??" Um, yeah. LOL
She was the start to my love for Malinos. I had her for three years, and she had some serious behavior issues, some that could not be fixed (likely due to poor genetics, and I ended up having to put her down.
I got Z when I still had Alexa. I hadn't realized the stress she put on the others (I also had a female GSD/Lab) until after Alexa was gone. It was heartbreaking to realize.

Neci's breeder gives the impression she's a "working breeder", but I later discovered she had been booted from the only FR club in the state, she later started a FR club, which she later got booted from as well.
I was tunnel visioned with the health testing and her portrayal of being active in FR, I didn't realize her BS until later. Live and learn though right?

Mal's are a popular breed now, there are more and more byb's out there.
Rescues are overflowing with Mal's. If you are ever serious, the two rescues I mainly support are Woof Project Rescue (west coast, BC Canada to southern CA) and Malinois Ranch Rescue (TN). MRR can help arrange transport, if you want to adopt from them.
A lot of byb's are watering down the breed, so you'd be surprised at how many are not as high drive as the breed is supposed to be.
A good rescue will fit you with the right temperament. (So will a good breeder).

With Mal's being popular, many get them because they're "cool" and they want a "badass protection dog", but they don't realize the many hours of training that goes into them because of their drive, and they end up ditching them.

The off switch is mostly a training thing. Some dogs are always "on", but many can be taught to chill. Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of it. LOL

Agility is a lot of fun, and a couple of mine LOVE it! I will never trial though, I cannot run, and I am horrible about remembering patterns LOL (18 years of multi-tasking has ruined my short term memory Haha) I got into agility because the trainer for barn hunt got hurt and was out for a while. I had to do something to keep my heathens busy. LOL

Bitework/protection sports are a lot of fun, but you have to have the right temperament in your dog. It's also super important to have a good trainer and decoy/helper.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I speak in German to my birds.

Of course you do.
Come here my little flufferschnitzle....

 

[NWHeather]

Thank you. I unexpectedly lost him on 10 July 2019. He was fine when I put him up for the night. Something turned his gut sour during the night. We did everything we could to save him except surgery. I won't put a horse through it, they are never the same. 24 hours of oiling, medicating and no change. I had to make the heart-wrenching decision to let him go at 23. The vet thinks he had a blockage. Never expect to lose him that young. Figured my mare would go first she has serious lameness issues.

I am so sorry

 

[featherhead007]

Vitzengruben mina nebling!