Michigan

[Mom 2em All]

definitely a snapper.
They stay real shallow until they are bigger and rarely ever come out of the water. Once big, they will only come out to lay eggs...

now that said...you only found ONE..they lay many more eggs than that.
Ave. 25 to 80 eggs per year.
http://www.google.com/search?q=snap...MOcaI6QGRtryFAw&ved=0CGIQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=628

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

BF said you can go if you finish your chores?? How old are you that you need permisson to go??

I was just teasing. He is excited to go to. he wants to come home with some pretty chickens.

BYFM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Told ya to skip that wedding and come to Chickenstock!!!!

yayayayayayay...Im glad you are coming!!!

Now...
be careful hanging out by Therons and RIRJens table....resistance is SOOOOOOOOOOO hard to come by...chickenmath takes over....

Oh, no!! I am bringing the BF to hold me back... I am just afraid I will have to hold him back... In which case there is no hope for either of us!!

Came back and it's got one of the pieces in its mouth and while the chicken piece seems too big for it, is doing a pretty good job of shredding it with its feet (and not, for a second, letting it out of its mouth even when it has to come up to breathe).

Ugh, I just hope that my missing ducks are sitting on nests and not in the stomach of its mother.

Thanks for the ID.

My turtle does a pretty good job of shreading his food too... makes for a messy tank

 

[EeyoreD]

definitely a snapper.
They stay real shallow until they are bigger and rarely ever come out of the water. Once big, they will only come out to lay eggs...

now that said...you only found ONE..they lay many more eggs than that.
Ave. 25 to 80 eggs per year.
http://www.google.com/search?q=snap...MOcaI6QGRtryFAw&ved=0CGIQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=628

Ugh, I know. I'm looking to see if there's any way to get rid of them without actually killing anything else I have around. Searching for pest control and snapping turtles doesn't seem to have the same number of hits as searching for pest control and rats/coons/etc. That stuff I can deal with, I have NO idea how to get rid of snappers.

 

[1muttsfan]

It is actually illegal to take turtles out of the wild. Although quite honestly I wouldn't miss a snapper or two of any size.

 

[Olive Hill]

There are so many jokes I want to make about Eeyore's snapper pests.... but I will refrain.

 

[Mom 2em All]

EEyore-

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/turtle-traps/

 

[Olive Hill]

honestly I wouldn't miss a snapper or two of any size.

Stop it! You guys STOP IT!

My tongue is bleeding.

 

[Olive Hill]

But WAIT! Whatever should she do if she finds a box turtle?

 

[Opa]

Hrm, this does not bode well then. While his nose isn't hooked it is pretty pointy.

I'm missing 2 ducks. Well I was missing 2 ducks Saturday night after dark but then one turned up all day Sunday but they're both nowhere to be seen now. I have no idea if they've just decided to set on their hidden nest or if something got them. The presence of a snapping turtle baby makes me doubt a hidden nest (though the scovies are extremely secretive about everything it seems.)

Anyone want a snapping turtle baby? Are they good eating? After how long?

They are excellent fare but not until they are about 20 years old


Today's mail brought two bantam eggs that through the art of pysanky they were transformed by Glambka in works of art. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[SillyChicken]

Olive's being bad!