Official Squatch Watchers

[Chickassan]

Trapping as we speak, it isn't like there are a billion he got a fluke fruit fly. Any normal person would flip it out and carry on. Not princess though, has to make a huge RUDE deal out of something tiny. I swear he's a waaaay bigger girl than I ever had time to be.

Make a fruit fly trap. Highly effective and super gross.
Empty water bottle with some vinegar in. (A blend of red wine and ACV seems to work like magic) Then put a paper funnel in the top and tape in on. The idea is they fly in then can't find there way back out.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Sadly, the poor beleagered chicks have been rejected again. I don’t know if it was the chicks or the mama that did the rejecting, but I just went outside and I found 4 of the 6 chicks huddled in the corner. One was trailing along behind the hen and one was standing in the middle of the pen looking thoroughly dejected and miserable. I gave the dejected looking one a drink of water and it perked up. It occurred to me that I hadn’t introduced these babies to the rabbit bottle. I gave the dejected baby a drink and grabbed the other 5 chicks to get them a drink as well. They went crazy for the water and started fighting over the waterer. At this point, the hen came over and started pecking at the babies, particularly the cheeked oops chick and the Chocolate Orp baby. She wasn’t being ANYWHERE as mean to them as the Dark Cornish hen was, but I wasn’t leaving them with her. The Dom/Buff has been off the nest ALL day and she showed no interest in the babies. If she is on the nest tomorrow, I might try introducing the babies to her tomorrow, but I’m thinking these babies may already be beyond accepting another hen. They were certainly really happy to be back in their brooder.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Omg, i have quail hatching again! I just emptied out one of the bathroom brooders . So here we go again. I have loads of eggs in my bedroom just waiting to go in. But, how many can a person keep? Last swap i didn't sell any. Might have to stop hatching them. Sigh.

 

[staceyj]

I would want to know the truth,, at least I could stop looking... although it could be a dumped dog

Oh me too @Molpet !
If I see a dead dog or kitty I pull over. Move them to the side of the road. Call the number on the tag. Or post on Craigslist lost and found in kind words a good description and always say that it didn’t look as if the animal suffered.
Which I guess is a lie, since getting hit by a car would definitely be something to be suffered....

 

[staceyj]

Hi beautiful Squatchy Peeps!!

I'm back from N`awleans, what a magical place!!! My poor liver needs a rest, yikes!

I ate a bunch of weird sh1t, drank my face off, gained 5 pounds, listened to a LOT of great music, was unintentionally rude t a bunch of deaf folk, and almost got kicked out of a metal bar called the Dungeon (which used to be an S&M fetish club) for doing backflips off the restraints in a big iron cage. A great time was had by all!

Now I have to get back in the grove of things, love on my doggies and chookies (I missed them terribly) and catch up on the 300 or so posts here.....

Love ya's! And...GREAT TO BE BACK!

So much for specifically telling you to MAKE GOOD DECISIONS!!!!!!!

Wait.
Maybe I told Ruby to make good decisions.

 

[staceyj]

Make a fruit fly trap. Highly effective and super gross.
Empty water bottle with some vinegar in. (A blend of red wine and ACV seems to work like magic) Then put a paper funnel in the top and tape in on. The idea is they fly in then can't find their way back out.

Like the rotting corpse fly traps. Oh pee-ew they stink so bad but work so good.

 

[staceyj]

Trapping as we speak, it isn't like there are a billion he got a fluke fruit fly. Any normal person would flip it out and carry on. Not princess though, has to make a huge RUDE deal out of something tiny. I swear he's a waaaay bigger girl than I ever had time to be.

Omg. Can picture it so clearly.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Make a fruit fly trap. Highly effective and super gross.
Empty water bottle with some vinegar in. (A blend of red wine and ACV seems to work like magic) Then put a paper funnel in the top and tape in on. The idea is they fly in then can't find their way back out.

Hubby went right into the kitchen and made a trap after i told him about this! Those bugs drive me crazy, always buzzing around!

 

[staceyj]

@Chickassan , what kind of chicken is tucks? She’s very pretty.

Also. ... men. Sheesh.

Hey, I hate to ask this everybody, but did the squatchers make it through one whole day with zero deaths (except for the dog)?

I’ve been busy today and have only gotten to sit down a couple of times. And DH has been off and watches all “His shows” on tv that I have zero interest in, then when he sees me typing or reading he pauses the tv.
Dramatically.
And says “No, go ahead. I’ll wait.”

 

[staceyj]

Cappy. You’re on!
Did all of your featherbabies survive the day?