Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

Oh gosh how fun working with Judy on the turkey house. I think we need pictures of your progress. I can envision the turkey boys fighting with blackie and all the goings on.

Pictures should include Blackie and penguin and his posse.

 

[ejb3810]

Ralphie, if something moved the live trap that far it was attempting to get at the weasel for dinner? I doubt that it was the kitten you caught but maybe. In any case you may also have another predator around that is larger than a weasel and not fearful of them. Do you believe that the weasel was going through it's change of color and was not completely white yet.
You quite likely have disposed of or eaten the weasel, but if not a Taxidermist would likely compensate you for it.

Holm, as they say up here in the Northland " you can't eat da rack". Thus a young tender deer is a better option, and I am sure that is the logic you were using. As to the missed first shot, it is not good. Ammunition is expensive. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to attend Ralphie's marksmanship training academy?
Congrats on a successful hunt in any case, and you will be among a small percentage of hunters who will harvest a deer in Minnesota this season.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

DH loves casinos and I can't stand to lose $5. He'll enter the poker tournaments for $20 and come in 3rd or 4th place but get to play all night. He loves Texas hold 'em. One night he told me went fishing on winnibigosh which had big ice heaves at the time and he didn't come home. I had friends out looking for him. Here he was at the casino winning at poker. He came home with $2000 which took him all night. But scared the crap out of me because he couldn't call or didn't think to. I promptly snagged my worrying about his butt commission and bought some new cross country ski boots. Lol.

 

[Bogtown Chick]

X2 Holm. What ejb said.

 

[scandiafowl]

DH loves casinos and I can't stand to lose $5. He'll enter the poker tournaments for $20 and come in 3rd or 4th place but get to play all night. He loves Texas hold 'em. One night he told me went fishing on winnibigosh which had big ice heaves at the time and he didn't come home. I had friends out looking for him. Here he was at the casino winning at poker. He came home with $2000 which took him all night. But scared the crap out of me because he couldn't call or didn't think to. I promptly snagged my worrying about his butt commission and bought some new cross country ski boots. Lol.

I suspect if they banned smoking in casinos I might make a return visit.

 

[duluthralphie]

Ralphie, if something moved the live trap that far it was attempting to get at the weasel for dinner? I doubt that it was the kitten you caught but maybe. In any case you may also have another predator around that is larger than a weasel and not fearful of them. Do you believe that the weasel was going through it's change of color and was not completely white yet.
You quite likely have disposed of or eaten the weasel, but if not a Taxidermist would likely compensate you for it.

Holm, as they say up here in the Northland " you can't eat da rack". Thus a young tender deer is a better option, and I am sure that is the logic you were using. As to the missed first shot, it is not good. Ammunition is expensive. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to attend Ralphie's marksmanship training academy?
Congrats on a successful hunt in any case, and you will be among a small percentage of hunters who will harvest a deer in Minnesota this season.

I am thinking it was a coyote, bobcat or a coon to move the trap as far as it did. I doubt a coon would take on a weasel, so therefore I am at bobcat or coyote. Both are in the area. The trap was placed about a 1000 feet from my building area. So I know it was not that cute little kitten.

I think Holm should apply for a scholarship to the marksmanship academy, then his out of pocket cost would only be a little over a grand. It is big savings for him.

 

[lalaland]

So as you can see the cabinish charm of my coop is lost and it now looks like you are walking into a commercial cooler. LOL. But I hope the opposite happens in here this winter. and heat is refracted and saved a bit from the sunshine during the day and warm chicken bodies.
Quite easy to install. By no means perfect. But I think I'll get the idea of how well it works from what I've got done here. It will also be easier to clean than wood walls.
And then here is every one enjoying the straw bales in the winter run. No takers on the swing yet. Right now they've scratched out enough straw that the floor is about a foot deep in litter. Rascals. They're suppose to wait and do that when it's boring winter.

Bogtown, I've always loved your coop. I'm also liking the pail planter hanging by the door! Will be interesting to see how the bubblewrap foil insulates the coop.
And your hens look very happy in the hay. Once I found how much hens like hay, and if you get some good stuff with lots of seed heads (that probably wouldn't be "good" hay for most uses), it really keeps them busy in the winter. Never went back to those pine shavings, although they smell nice.

Had a timer installed in the coop today. Definitely worth it to have the lights go on and off and in a dust protected box.

Our EE layed her first egg yesterday! A pretty blue!

congrats on that first egg! nothing more exciting and hooray for the color. You never know....

I don't have much variety in egg color right now. Partly because I only get 1 - 3 eggs a day. I have a wellie laying (dark brown), a BA (tan) and petunia, who lays a round white egg. Miss those blues and olive greens.

I am hoping that guy calls me this week to pick up his seven hens, I bet because they are pullets they will be laying through winter.

 

[duluthralphie]

Bogtown, I've always loved your coop. I'm also liking the pail planter hanging by the door! Will be interesting to see how the bubblewrap foil insulates the coop.
And your hens look very happy in the hay. Once I found how much hens like hay, and if you get some good stuff with lots of seed heads (that probably wouldn't be "good" hay for most uses), it really keeps them busy in the winter. Never went back to those pine shavings, although they smell nice.

congrats on that first egg! nothing more exciting and hooray for the color. You never know....

I don't have much variety in egg color right now. Partly because I only get 1 - 3 eggs a day. I have a wellie laying (dark brown), a BA (tan) and petunia, who lays a round white egg. Miss those blues and olive greens.

I am hoping that guy calls me this week to pick up his seven hens, I bet because they are pullets they will be laying through winter.

Once your Creamer does his job and you hatch some chicks you should have color in your eggs again.

 

[KlopKlop]

Treasure Island is that one in Iowa right on 35  near Mason city?

TI is near red wing. You are thinking of diamond joes in iowa

 

[lalaland]

Once your Creamer does his job and you hatch some chicks you should have color in your eggs again.

yup! I have a going on 7 year old ee who was laying this summer, if she goes back to laying, she and the other 4 ee's will give me blue eggs. I hatched chicks from an ee mom and an unidentified rooster, but the eggs from those chicks were not blue or green. So a creamer daddy and an ee mom should give me blue eggs, but who knows? I don't know why I can't name him. He is absolutely gorgeous, and so far very sweet (don't think the hormones have kicked in yet)

so nice out today, I'm really disappointed that I have to head to my partners to help clean and get ready for turkey day today. We made the stuffing last night. I hate chopping onions!

Hope everyone gets to enjoy outside today!