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[DwayneNLiz]

my husband wanted a Friesian. I think they are super pretty. They have a hybrid that's half Friesian that he likes too.

I'm into ponies. but i'm not a big girl, so a nice 13-14H pony/small horse is just right for me.

I like stocky small horses big ponies
i have a 14.2 morgan, but my favorite so far was my fjord

 

[DwayneNLiz]

@BantyChooks

 

[kajira]

@BantyChooks

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This lives on one of our sheds.... First time I ran into it, I nearly peed myself!

But, since it doesn't try to eat me... it's still alive.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

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This lives on one of our sheds.... First time I ran into it, I nearly peed myself!

But, since it doesn't try to eat me... it's still alive.

lol, i dont mind spiders but i have seen a couple barn swallows in spider webs, i dont want to see those spiders

 

[campingshaws]

@BantyChooks

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This lives on one of our sheds.... First time I ran into it, I nearly peed myself! But, since it doesn't try to eat me... it's still alive.

I have one too!!

 

[Akrnaf2]

@BantyChooks

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This lives on one of our sheds.... First time I ran into it, I nearly peed myself! But, since it doesn't try to eat me... it's still alive.

It belongs to the the genus Argiope https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_(spider)

 

[kajira]

I have one too!!

nice of it to pose for you!

 

[campingshaws]

I have one too!!

nice of it to pose for you!

She's really patient. I had a whole video of her eating that thing. Its leg was waving for help. :/

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: She's really patient.

I had a whole video of her eating that thing. Its leg was waving for help.

Y'all ever seen an Assassin Bug? They look prehistoric!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Well, it's a good thing that Mira had such a full crop when she was injured and it took 2 days for her to use it up. Yesterday, I noticed that she was devouring the eggs I gave her but her crop just wasn't getting any fuller. It turns out that even though she appears to have a voracious appetite, I don't think she can get it to go down her throat. She was just flinging the food everywhere. Her tongue was even getting stuck out the side of her beak. I'm thinking that when I stitched up the back of her neck, maybe the skin was pulled a bit too tight and she's having a hard time getting food down. That's my guess anyway. I'm assuming that as she heals, it'll loosen up. I've been blending up scrambled eggs with vitamin water and using an eye dropper to feed it to her a few times a day. So far is working out ok. She's still constantly trying to eat. I guess I'll know once she starts getting it down on her own. As far as the wound down the back of her head, I'm happy to report that it looks completely closed up now. It's still very lumpy and ugly but it's healing wonderfully The top of her head is still like a big scab but a few patches have cleared up to look like nice bare skin. She just needs to start regrowing feathers lol.

Her best friend Cocoa looks like she's almost doubled in size already. She's been cleaning up whatever eggs Mira flings around and can't stand to be seperated from her. They do absolutely EVERYTHING together. Cocoa gets really upset if I take Mira out to feed her or work with her and comes rushing back to her side the second I put her back. They're going to be a force to be responded with when they're moved back out to the coop!

Speaking of ducklings though, are there any tips or tricks that anyone knows to sex them? I'm REALLY hoping that Cocoa is a girl so I won't have to worry about a drake hurting my hens when breeding season rolls around.