Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Sally Sunshine]

Where DOES she find this stuff!?

ehhhh thats nuttin, this week I have moved on to "When “she” becomes “he” – spontaneous sex reversal in chickens"
and New "Chicken From Hell" Dinosaur Discovered and Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience and Mike "The Headless Wonder Chicken"

yea sometimes I read too much dumb stuff

 

[ozexpat]

ehhhh thats nuttin, this week I have moved on to "When “she” becomes “he” – spontaneous sex reversal in chickens"
and New "Chicken From Hell" Dinosaur Discovered and Schmaltz Finds a New, Younger Audience and Mike "The Headless Wonder Chicken"

yea sometimes I read too much dumb stuff

good to have you back mrs sunshine

 

[kwhites634]

I mean if they step on my property then they are in range..LOL ..oh and she is sending another sign that says "Castle Law enforced here"
and for those of you not from Texas...Castle Law is awesome! I can't wait to move to Texas...well except for the weather...but still everything considered Texas seems to be the place!

How 'bout the one I recently saw on a hunting show: "Trespassers will be shot...Survivors will be shot AGAIN!"

 

[kwhites634]

That soil sticks to a shovel like nobody's business. The first few feet were not too bad though, it was just the right moisture level... not too dry (concrete!) and not too wet (sticky!). He's getting there.. 2/3rd of the pit is at 4 foot deep now, which is what we need. We've got the permit in hand.. So a week, two at most I think before the whole thing is done.

In my coop this soil compacts down to be like concrete. I can sweep the top with a broom!

Just when it rains... ugh, mess, mess, mess. It's nice fertile stuff though, shame most plants have trouble growing in it because of the 'terracotta pot' effect. It limits the root systems badly. I had to make raised beds for my garden...

I grew up just outside D.C., in MD, where we had rock-hard clay like that. Burnt up a roto-tiller digging footers for a new porch. We raked & composted all the leaves from our oak trees, then broadcast them over the ground when they were rotted, then tilled them under. Did that for two years. Wound up with one of the nicest lawns in the area, and those rotted leaves loosened up that clay some, too.

 

[kwhites634]

I have had some success with taking high doses of Vitamin B complex. Reduced it by 80 to 90%.

By high doses I mean about 3x the recommended daily dose

If you have grazing animals getting eaten by them then put out a sulfur salt block. It changes the smell of their blood and the mosquitoes don't like it.

Dryer sheets work wonders at repelling mosquitos when worn in hatbands, pinned to shirts, etc.

 

[chickmomma03]

Quote: I had to bend a bunch of wire too (mine is set up completely different than yours though). A good pair of work gloves and a good pair of needle nose pliers did the trick for me. I carried out several sets of pliers, but found the needle nose to be most effective and quickest! I was able to get a better grab on the wire and have more control/tightness with the tapered tip.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I had to bend a bunch of wire too (mine is set up completely different than yours though). A good pair of work gloves and a good pair of needle nose pliers did the trick for me. I carried out several sets of pliers, but found the needle nose to be most effective and quickest! I was able to get a better grab on the wire and have more control/tightness with the tapered tip.

oh its stinks, that rabbit J pliers and clips is so fast and awesome worth its weight in gold!

 

[ocap]

oh its stinks, that rabbit J pliers and clips is so fast and awesome worth its weight in gold!

Welcome back Sally!

I prefer the "Loxit" clip/ring, here is a site where both are available:

http://www.randallburkey.com/gamebird-supplies/cage-building.html

 

[kwhites634]

Still playing catchup, but finally into the current year!

 

[kwhites634]

Bernie left owing me money - he raided the petty cash without permission to go home in an emergency the day his wife left him.

He was paying it back slowly.

I had also set up a bank acc for him with 2000 pesos minimum deposit.

He did however try and get his cut from the 4 piglets sold before he left from Lillian (Bernie lost petty cash privs) but she refused.

With the bonuses accrued, he still owed 30 bucks and has made no attept to arrange to pay it back

I'm still 10 months behind, but I'm thinking you haven't heard the last of Mr. Bernie. I'm thinking he'll probably resurface, wanting to come back. I'm just hoping it backfires on him..."screw me once, shame on you; screw me twice, shame on ME"....he's already got you twice.