North Carolina

[JadedPhoenix]

Always enjoy the grandbabies doing the egg hunt.
We do use those plastic ones so there are NO
surprise finds later in the summer. We always count
the eggs before we hide them but it always seems
one or so end up missing.......especially since the
kids like to rehide them afterwards to find them
again...........always love those holidays for the kids

Here is what I did for my son after he learned to read. I had him do a scavenger hunt for the eggs. Write out some clues and give them to him and off he went. So even if you don't keep a list of where you put each egg (which I almost always did) you had a good idea of where to look for the missing eggs. We never had to worry about surprises later on that way. Plus it was different than the other hunts around so it made my son (and nephew during the years he participated too) feel special.

 

[CricketR4]

What time does WCA start and can you bring birds for auction?

If this works....here is the website for the WCA

http://www.calamityjaneswesternstore.com/auction_house_27.html

 

[TarheelBirdy]

It is pointed right at the intruder, gives them something to remember. It works for squirrels and cats and dogs, but it doesn't seem to work on muscovies. They just stand there and say " hmmm, water" .

My concern, mostly, is our 75-lb pot belly pig. I'm thinking it will deter her once, and then she will think it's a great way to cool off while she chows down. No way to know unless you try, right?

 

[Letherian]

Was a cold one last night off of 62 between Alamance and Julian! However that didn't stop the pack of coyotos from hitting neighbors chickens. Do the NiteGuards work?

 

[ramirezframing]

I had one in the coop last year, I only found this out because I went to get eggs and I didn't bother turning on the light. I came up with a coil of snake which, thankfully, had a mouthfull of egg. I don't know who was more startled, me or this gorgeous green garter snake. It was a big garter snake too, about 6ft long! I put it out in the woods and I guess it was the snake that was more startled, because I stopped having my eggs go mysteriously missing. I guess I know how that snake got that big.

I move the snakes for their own safety and anything else that might be within a 5 foot radius of the snake. The husband takes a machete to any and all snakes, not much left in the area when he's done chopping for a good 3 to 5 minutes! Each year I tend to find a few, mostly rat snakes. But we have found a few copperheads.

 

[KBG204]

I think I am going to try to talk my hubbie into going to WCA for my birthday

Only 2 n half hours away from me!

 

[Coop Scoop Boogie]

I go to work and by the time I get home you
all have talked up a storm.....let's see if I can
remember everything.

Happy Birthday nursebecky and KBG......I had a feeling
I was forgetting at least one.

So sorry Hollow.......for your son and everyone

we try to relocate the snakes as well.....only because
they have a tendency to kill my pigeons.......if they
kept to just mice and eggs they wouldn't be moved.

planning on going to WCA and bringing an extra

 

[jdeoliveira74]

Do it......sooner than later.

I am trying If i could it would be tomorrow got some land you wanna sell

I don't think your heat lamp should be able to melt plastic.

as long as its not to close

Okay, thank you! I'm just very new to this and am worried about every. single. thing. Haha.

 

[ramirezframing]

Happy Birthday nursebecky and KBG

 

[KBG204]

Thank You