Michigan

[1muttsfan]

GUESS WHAT!!

Ok, I have a problem. I need help. I have a disease. A sickness. I wonder if there is a medication for what I have.

I am getting faverolles on Wednesday! YIPPEE!! Like I said I am disturbed. LOL. I think I will get two SS also if Randy has any. He's just hatched out the faverolles, and I hope when I get there he'll have a few SS too. I know. I am disturbed. 

NOW, all I need is a few Mottled orps and I will have my Jubilees in a few generations!

Must be catching, I just ordered Mille fleur and porcelein de'uccle eggs for no good reason I can think of.

I had the great good fortune to go riding in Portugal. The guy (who didn't speak English) sized us up and put my relatively inexperienced and somewhat anxious companion on a sweet gelding. Then they pulled a Lusitano stallion out for me, with a warning to keep him away from the geldings. On an english saddle. What a ride!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Silly girls!!

 

[NovaAman]

Drainage. Thats it. I'd be afraid it would not drain well enough, and the bottom would always be wet. If you've ever left a pile of leaves and dirt on a driveway for a while, while working it, when you get thru it, there is a lot of water that hasn't drained away... Maybe someone else has a different experience, but I just wouldn't want to try it. My own personal opinion. I could be wrong.

 

[NovaAman]

Silly girls!!

WOW! Gives a whole new perspective to the term "butthead."

 

[taprock]

Silly girls!!

 

[chicken grandma]

Very sweet Hillbilly Hen!

 

[Bianca67]

HH, love those hens of yours!

 

[Ferrret]

Most pest animals' pelts are not worth keeping except during their season. But I didn't need anything to send it in to be tanned. My brother started in high school with trapping and taxidermy. He makes very expensive fur blankets to sell. Last year I hand quilted a beaver pelt blanket for him - huge pain!! but worth the money!
I had never shot anything until I ended up with my hubby. He was military so knows his guns and we have loads of them now. I'm not a big hunter, not enough time, I sit in the blind and think of the thousand things at home waiting for me. I don't however, have any hesitation to kill a predator although fox are so cute I always feel a little bad.

I imagined most pelts aren't all that great, mostly because they come from pest animals. I figured if I got around to learning how to do simple tanning a less than great hide would be a better starting point, so if it gets ruined it won't be that much of a loss.
All of it really comes down to if I ever take up hunting. BF will mention teaching me how to shoot properly, then drag his feet about it and never get around to it. He's not much of a hunter either, so I'd have to find someone to go with. Dad may take up hunting on my grandparent's farm again, so I could probably go with him. If nothing else, BF should at least show me how to shoot so I can deal with pests we've trapped rather than waiting for him to get home and do it.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

WOW! Gives a whole new perspective to the term "butthead"

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Very sweet Hillbilly Hen!

Thanks c. grandma

HH, love those hens of yours!

Me too. They are two of my German New Hampshires and they are so sweet. The rooster is too

Now that this working for me it is time for bed. G'night all.

Oh, EMAW, I hope your little one is feeling better soon.