Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

I need to make a vet appointment to have Sadie Spayed.

Wait a minute...I think I have cleaned poop out of my Envoy and now given that job to DH.

Wahh---hahahah -haha (Vincent Price Evil laugh)

 

[Minniechickmama]

It is a BLUSTERY DAY!!! Happy WINDSday everyone! (I know it is Monday, believe me!)

Lala- funny you should ask about if I used a weed barrier... well, I have saved a bunch of feed bags (paper) and put it under most of that area and between the peonies. It will break down over time and has soy ink, so not toxic, not that we are eating out of that garden. The compost still produces weeds and I know there is quack grass roots that still managed to survive, and I am pretty sure this pile is two years old. I think we should build a hoop over the whole thing and put a black cover on it and cook the crap out of it and that should even kill the weed seeds. If we had a better tractor for turning, perhaps we could turn more often too, which is supposed to help. But whatever, I suspect my DH thinks he knows more about making compost than I do, I got to let him think he has one up on me somewhere, boost his ego
Once I have all the perennial stuff going, I will then use another layer of paper with wood chips over that and then any weeds that do come up with be easier to pull out.
I don't allow the chickens to free range any more. 1.) I have three Standard Poodles who love the taste of chicken, 2.) I breed half the year and have to keep the females and males separated the rest for the most part to avoid the hens all having cherry red backs all summer, 3.) I have fox and yotes and neighbor's dogs around enough that I was losing birds to them at too high of a rate. So, they are all penned or pastured depending on the time of year and how old they are. We never seemed to have a problem with them getting into gardens before since they were a ways away from it when they did wander, and I have never really had so many hens and chicks plants. I have a nice variety of them and most of those multiplied like crazy this year. I have one big one that I have had for 3 years now and I am propagating it from leaves, which is really cool. I did the same with a jade plant this Summer that I got from my neighbor. I am hoping I can declutter the house enough this year to have a room with a couple of plant stands to add to the big grow stand we already have. My husband thinks I am absolutely delusional when I talk about such things because he thinks I have too many things I am trying to do. I just remind him that at least I am not out spending all my times shopping and buying shoes to fill our house with. He does see the positive side of that.

 

[Minniechickmama]

BTW, You are all so lucky today, I was hoping to avoid going outside too much in this weather, but I will be forced to take a break from here to bring the dogs to the vets.

And simultaneously watch 300 bucks leave my account.

I took two cats to get spayed and shots last week. Tell me about it!

 

[duluthralphie]

I need to make a vet appointment to have Sadie Spayed.

Wait a minute...I think I have cleaned poop out of my Envoy and now given that job to DH.

Wahh---hahahah -haha (Vincent Price Evil laugh)

poor DH. However, I think when checking the jobs description and list, poop in basement falls to the teenagers in the house.


I wish I could get pups from Pearl, she turns 8 on June 10th, I only have 2 years to get a registered pup from her or I lose this bloodline. ( if I want the pup registered) That is not a big deal to me, I guess.

I wish I could find a full size poodle to breed her to and have a labadoodle. from what I see of them they are good dogs, I am not sure how well they retrieve in water though. as they do not have the lab coat for swimming..

If you cannot tell I am bored to death because of this weather!!!!!

So bored I am having a rare afternoon cup of coffee now.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Labra-doodle would take away another redneck point. That and the Peruvian coffee is going to weedle you right out of redneck status I do believe.

(I also need to quit posting pictures of my yard apparently)

But seriously. If I had $1200 I would get a labradoodle. They looks so neat. Seriously. Everyone I've encountered...I've really liked. Is that wrong of me?

 

[Minniechickmama]

poor DH. However, I think when checking the jobs description and list, poop in basement falls to the teenagers in the house.


I wish I could get pups from Pearl, she turns 8 on June 10th, I only have 2 years to get a registered pup from her or I lose this bloodline. ( if I want the pup registered) That is not a big deal to me, I guess.

I wish I could find a full size poodle to breed her to and have a labadoodle. from what I see of them they are good dogs, I am not sure how well they retrieve in water though. as they do not have the lab coat for swimming..

If you cannot tell I am bored to death because of this weather!!!!!

So bored I am having a rare afternoon cup of coffee now.

Contrary to what people in the pool of great interweb geniuses may say, crossing a Lab with a Poodle only gets you a mutt. You may get traits from either parent, and usually not the ones you are looking for. There is no guarantee that they will not shed, and they are not hypo allergenic. Where anyone came up with that is just crazy.
BUT if you are looking for just having some nice dogs, and you have a smart Lab and Standard Poodle, then you might get some decent dogs in the end regardless of pure or not. If you want them to be hunters, then you go with a line of Poodles bred for hunting. Mine, sadly, are not and are scared to death of loud noises, but they were bred for pets, not hunters.
And as a bit of trivia, Poodles were bred to be water retrievers when they were developed in Germany. The silly hair cuts you see them with, are for keeping their joints warmer when they are in the water.

 

[duluthralphie]

It is a BLUSTERY DAY!!! Happy WINDSday everyone! (I know it is Monday, believe me!)

Lala- funny you should ask about if I used a weed barrier... well, I have saved a bunch of feed bags (paper) and put it under most of that area and between the peonies. It will break down over time and has soy ink, so not toxic, not that we are eating out of that garden. The compost still produces weeds and I know there is quack grass roots that still managed to survive, and I am pretty sure this pile is two years old. I think we should build a hoop over the whole thing and put a black cover on it and cook the crap out of it and that should even kill the weed seeds. If we had a better tractor for turning, perhaps we could turn more often too, which is supposed to help. But whatever, I suspect my DH thinks he knows more about making compost than I do, I got to let him think he has one up on me somewhere, boost his ego

Sounds like a need for Ralphie's services here!

Once I have all the perennial stuff going, I will then use another layer of paper with wood chips over that and then any weeds that do come up with be easier to pull out.
I don't allow the chickens to free range any more. 1.) I have three Standard Poodles who love the taste of chicken, 2.) I breed half the year and have to keep the females and males separated the rest for the most part to avoid the hens all having cherry red backs all summer, 3.) I have fox and yotes and neighbor's dogs around enough that I was losing birds to them at too high of a rate. So, they are all penned or pastured depending on the time of year and how old they are. We never seemed to have a problem with them getting into gardens before since they were a ways away from it when they did wander, and I have never really had so many hens and chicks plants. I have a nice variety of them and most of those multiplied like crazy this year. I have one big one that I have had for 3 years now and I am propagating it from leaves, which is really cool. I did the same with a jade plant this Summer that I got from my neighbor. I am hoping I can declutter the house enough this year to have a room with a couple of plant stands to add to the big grow stand we already have. My husband thinks I am absolutely delusional when I talk about such things because he thinks I have too many things I am trying to do. I just remind him that at least I am not out spending all my times shopping and buying shoes to fill our house with. He does see the positive side of that.

I never thought of using the bags for that! They area pain in the butt. now I will have a purpose for them.

What do you consider "acceptable losses" when free ranging? I have losses and they seem high, but am willing to pay the price, at this point. My DW and I were talking about it last night. We would like 30 hens in the layer coop, we have 15 now with just 4 replacements coming up. We half jokingly said we will have to keep 60 chicks to winter 30 hens next year.

I do not consider my legbars or the Sussex as layers. They are my breeders and to be perfectly honest, the legbars are crappy layers. regardless of what they say on the creamette threads. They are just eye candy and they do a great job at that! However, one of my upcoming poults is an EE creamette cross. I am hoping for good laying and blue eggs out of her.

 

[duluthralphie]

Contrary to what people in the pool of great interweb geniuses may say, crossing a Lab with a Poodle only gets you a mutt. You may get traits from either parent, and usually not the ones you are looking for. There is no guarantee that they will not shed, and they are not hypo allergenic. Where anyone came up with that is just crazy.
BUT if you are looking for just having some nice dogs, and you have a smart Lab and Standard Poodle, then you might get some decent dogs in the end regardless of pure or not. If you want them to be hunters, then you go with a line of Poodles bred for hunting. Mine, sadly, are not and are scared to death of loud noises, but they were bred for pets, not hunters.
And as a bit of trivia, Poodles were bred to be water retrievers when they were developed in Germany. The silly hair cuts you see them with, are for keeping their joints warmer when they are in the water.

I did not know they were bred as a water dog, I knew they were a hunting dog that was wimpified with that hairdo.

My labs are great hunters, Reagan comes from a good hunting line that had decent points on it. I breed Reagan to an excellent hunter that was dual registered block head lab with UK and USA registration. Pearl was the result, a spoiled rotten dog that loves to hunt and will even listen now and then around the yard.

I have tried breeding her a few times with no luck. She was hit by a car when she was a pup and had to have surgery on her. I am wondering if the vet tied her tubes without telling me, as she comes in heat but never sticks. When she is in heat we have a hard time telling as she keeps herself so clean.

If I bred her to a Lab I could get 600 a pup depending on color, (pearl can have all three colors, depending on her mate) she has the right genes for that. BUT if I breed her to a registered lab as BC says I can get 1200 a pup for a mutt! so strange!

 

[KlopKlop]

My insurance agent had a standard poodle that he hunts pheasants with. He says she is the best hunting dog ever besides the fact that she is a magnet for burs and tag a longs. He keeps her shaved during hunting season to make it easier to keep her clean.

I had no idea they were hunting dogs before I worked with him.

 

[duluthralphie]

I should put up a reward for a male poodle to breed my dog on here, it seems with the people here someone knows someone who knows or knows of everything we need..

We must be a wide ranging group, I knew they were hunting dogs, just never knew or heard of anyone actually using them for that in last 200 years.