Lots of illness going round. My Mum came down with the flu Thanksgiving Day. I got the call to come help with dinner! Thankfully, she had already put the bird in the oven. It was truly a team effort getting dinner on the table--me, DD, son's GF & my dad. Dad--God love him--just kept doing dishes as we cooked.
My girls have had 2 turkey carcasses. We do "Worksgiving" at the office. My boss cooks the turkey. As we were cleaning up, he says, "I suppose you want the carcass for the girls?" He's a good guy--grew up on a dairy farm. So they got anything that we were throwing away. Again, people were amazed that I fed them turkey. I said turkey & chicken are 2 of their favorite foods.
Love those eggs,
bucka!!
Miss Kitty (a neighbor cat) comes to hunt the rats every night. I don't know if she gets anything but I've been leaving the play yard gate open for her. I'm going to leave a little feed out there to see if I can lure the rats her way. I'm taking all food & water in at night. Hoping to starve the little *&(%$#@ rats! Snapped my hand in a trap the other night. Thankfully I had gloves on so only a small bruise.
diana507--Good Luck with your girl! I agree with SCG on returning her to the flock. Lots of treats and distractions! They're like 2 year olds
And put her on the roost under the cover of darkness. That has always worked well for me.
I scored a wheelbarrow full of pumpkins!! On my way to work, there was a shop that had filled their window boxes with all sizes. I had been meaning to stop & ask them what they were going to do with them after Halloween. They put up their Christmas decorations and put a Free tag on all the pumpkins. Woohoo!!
Anyone have a recommendation for a
good, bright headlamp? I was asking my dad about one. He said "Whadda ya want...a miner's helmet?" I said, YES!!
