Official Squatch Watchers

[Chickassan]

Good morning! Terrible nights sleep, skunk nightmares all night long.
Febreeze really might have jiggled something in my noggin.
Anyways, everybody is up and out Dutch is on the nest and no sign of my new pet...yet.

 

[apryl29]

So, sounds like our only option may be better than the original plan. Get a 3 br 2 ba (with a den/bedroom or suitable area for me to work) unit for us and a single wide unit for the in-laws that will go behind our house connected by a deck.

That sounds like a better plan overall. It'll also ensure that you have your privacy, but are close enough to them in case they need you.

Ok, I need a drink! Locked up, Negan was pecking Tucks on the comb Marlene was helping. I broke it up before much got done. Then all the pullets and Lulu ran to the backside of the coop like some kind of little gang, i'm dumb so I follow and there was a little skunk! Ran inside got some worms to get the gang back around front...ok nobody got sprayed and I got them inside and locked up.
Went to gather up bowls and that little bastage was right next to my back steps! It walked towards me!
I retreated a good twenty feet and waited on it go away...i'm starting to dislike skunks very much.

I would have died. So is Negan the little comb pecker or do you think that was just showing off for the visitor?

Ok squatchers, iv'e heard from @CSAchook. Miss Chooky is ok, she just hasn't been feeling well and lost a fur baby around the holidays so she's been feeling a little blue.
She will be back nestled in our squatchy busom as soon as she's feeling better. I missed Chooky, I was tickled pink to hear from her.

That's sad, but glad that she checked in and is at least physically ok.

I talked to the bunny vet today and he said I needed to wait til his taters drop. Usually about 5-6 months so I may end up having to separate them before that. For now I think they will be fine. They like to snuggle.

Wow! I hope they're right, but if you end up w/ some buns before then you can just put them on craigslist. No one needs to know they're parents are brother and sister.

Skunks will eat your chickens when they get bigger.

I didn't know that. One more reason to dislike their stinky butts.

Good! I originally had my coop raised off the ground because of the slope behind my house and allowing birds underneath for shade and shelter. Now I’m glad I did for pest control reasons. I’ve seen too many things about people having. Rats, possums, skunks, coons, mice, etc. living under their coop.

That's where my enormous rat was hiding, under the coop. I have hardware wire going around it, but it just dug under it. I need to work on that next year. I used to have it open in the one run so the girls could go under there, but blocked it in last summer so the chicks couldn't get under there and get stuck.

So I guess I need to fabricate a skunk trap, yay!
I'm looking at them and how they're made, i'm convinced I can make one cheaper than buying one.
It is just a skinny, tube trap with a really low ceiling so they can't raise that tail.
I dread going in the disaster shed for tools though, hubs has it looking like a tornado hit out there.

Good luck. If you get skunked I recommend renting a hotel room so your husband doesn't divorce you.

I think Home Depot carries them Chicky.

Here they aren't super pricey.










Don't pet the striped kitty. You'll be fabreezed to death.
I have been dying to say that.

I know you can catch an alligator with marshmallows!

I'll have to remember that in case I ever need to catch an alligator.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I'll have to remember that in case I ever need to catch an alligator.

I think they are few and far between in Ohio.

 

[apryl29]

These maps always look inappropriate

 

[apryl29]

I think they are few and far between in Ohio.

I sure hope so. I still remember when they caught piranha in Lake Erie. WHYYYYY would you release it in a lake?

 

[Chickassan]

@apryl29 , Nope Negan is one of many comb peckers he's just dumb enough to do it in front of me and be super obvious. He can't take all the credit though.
Honestly it might be worth getting skunked for a hotel vacation...

 

[Redhead Rae]

These maps always look inappropriate

Is that what all that white stuff.... Never mind.

 

[apryl29]

Years ago my brother had an iguana that was a good 3 feet long, including the tail. It managed to get out of the house, at night. We spent hours looking for the damn thing. Never found it. I imagine it made it's way south & is still alive somewhere.
My uncle told me this story and I didn't believe him b/c he told it right after my gma had died and I thought he was just trying to distract everyone from everything, but my aunt seemed to corroborate it.
He lived up in Montville & went jogging one day... and as he was running he saw what looked like a tree across the road. As thick as his thigh. He slowed down as he approached bc he was going to try to move it so no one hit it, then he realized that the tree was actually an enormous snake. He didn't have his phone or anything w/ him so he didn't get a picture. It was too late to turn around so he just ran as fast as he could past it. He finished his run and when it came back through it was gone. It seems unbelievable, but then who knows what's living in the wild. There could easily be a large snake in the area, just eating small deer, stray & wild animals, hibernating in caves and burrows.

 

[apryl29]

@apryl29 , Nope Negan is one of many comb peckers he's just dumb enough to do it in front of me and be super obvious. He can't take all the credit though.
Honestly it might be worth getting skunked for a hotel vacation...

Pfsht.. Just pack a bag and text hubs and tell him you got skunked & you're staying at a hotel for a few days & to stay away b/c it's bad. He won't know.. just be prepared to have him say he can still smell it when you go home.

Is that what all that white stuff.... Never mind.

Yeah. absolutely covered in.. white stuff.

 

[ronott1]

I sure hope so. I still remember when they caught piranha in Lake Erie. WHYYYYY would you release it in a lake?

That one was a prank story by a website that prints stuff like that: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lake-jeery/

There is a different fish from south america that has been found in other lakes--They are released by aquarium owners but are not dangerous like piranha

It seems weird but sometimes members get mad at me when I point stuff like this out.

I am not demeaning anyone with this-- just trying to get the correct information out.