Official Squatch Watchers

[Redhead Rae]

Oh, and an update on the hawk front. My birds have been hiding inside their mobile coops from the hawks. So my FIL came up with a bright idea, he took our black plastic step-in posts and suspended an 18 ft length of orange snow fencing from the top of the posts and set the chicken feed under the fencing. The birds love it. We’ll see if we can find more posts tomorrow and put up several more runs of fencing across the field, parallel to the run we have now. Enough room to walk between but hard for a hawk to fly in and out of.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

As a non dog owner im just taking this all in.
And hubs wanted a dog, how cute in a never going to happen way.
And questions, i have two
Henny, is eating a dirty sock much worse than a clean one?
Nunny, how long is the proper waiting period for kisses after eating chicken sh*t?

I‘m never ok with face kisses. But Zoé my cattle dog and main poo eater loves to lick my feet and legs. I certainly wait till after several drinks before letting any licking.

Oh, and an update on the hawk front. My birds have been hiding inside their mobile coops from the hawks. So my FIL came up with a bright idea, he took our black plastic step-in posts and suspended an 18 ft length of orange snow fencing from the top of the posts and set the chicken feed under the fencing. The birds love it. We’ll see if we can find more posts tomorrow and put up several more runs of fencing across the field, parallel to the run we have now. Enough room to walk between but hard for a hawk to fly in and out of.

People say fishing line strung in a random pattern overhead stops hawks. They can see it and know not to try and fly through.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good evening everyone. I did do some coop work today. Hopefully I can remember to get a picture tomorrow.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

No, you don't need to be a registered farm. When I finally got moved in here, I reached out to my tax adviser and found that a LOT of the costs for setting up the farm were deductible.

Thanks. I wasn't finding anything on the IRS site in the millions of pages of instructions.

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning folks

Thanks. I wasn't finding anything on the IRS site in the millions of pages of instructions.

find the closest Farm Bureau to you. Costs $25 to join and they have a tax adviser who specializes in schedule F. I've done a lot of really complex taxes over the years but could never get my head around that schedule.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Good morning.

We should be near 50° today. Maybe I can get more organizing done in the shop today.

Good advice Bob. I can't get my head around SIMPLE taxes let alone specialised forms.

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning!
I swear I keep hitting buttons now on here accidentally!
There is stuff to click absolutely everywhere, anyways another cold one out there but it is supposed to warm up nicely.

 

[apryl29]

Hi guys,

Today has been an interesting day. I found out what has been happening to my bantams. My FIL said that he's been finding flayed open carcasses in the field and he thought the larger birds were getting aggressive with them. Unfortunately I hadn't been able to get out there to assess the situation.

We were going to work on the farmhouse again but both DH and FIL are sick. So I took the boys to my mom and went shopping this morning. My MIL suggested that she and I go over to the farmhouse this afternoon to do at least some work. So after lunch, bath, and putting the baby down for a nap and we get in the car to go the 100 yards down the lane to the farmhouse (my MIL doesn't like walking that far, it's raining, and it is easier to ferry stuff back and forth). As we are driving past the chicken paddock, out of the corner of my eye I see what I first thought to be a mess of feathers on the ground with a naked chicken standing in the middle of it. I slam on the breaks and look. It is a hawk. A tiny one. not much bigger than the bantam it was tearing into.

No wonder why I haven't lost any chickens to hawks before. They've all been too big or fast. These banties are tiny and slow.

Is it bad that I feel a little better about the banties being taken out by a hawk than pecked to death by their flock mates? I'm going to see if I can round them up and sell them before they all become hawk food.

I hope you're able to find homes for the bantams & keep them safe from the hawks.

You poor, poor woman.
And im thinking QC were eating lunch or something because that is just sad.





I know! Why not ship it in a box?
Glad it isn't too important.




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Those are some beautiful birds. I love your roos.

Good morning everyone. Sunshine here, but cooler than yesterday , when we hit 60°.

Jealous! I don't remember when we last had sunshine.

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You need one of these!

With my luck I'd end up killing myself in that thing.

I shouldn't laugh but I know how you feel. I'd like to go a day without asking "What are you eating? There isn't any food in the back yard!" Usually followed by "Stop eating chicken $h!t off my boots! You're so gross. No I don't want kisses now!"

I don't think that's possible w/ a dog in the house. My mom's dog always wanted to sit next to you and breathe doggy breath on you.

Truly it boggles the mind.
Hubs wants muzzles for them.
Problems I see.....
Getting muzzles on each dog BEFORE someone 's the floor
Keeping muzzles on them
Getting muzzles back off them so they can eat FOOD and drink

Then there was the clear example of the dog at the vets in for a 3rd surgery to remove a foreign body from the gut. THAT SHE ATE EVEN WITH A MUZZLE ON.


The owner showed me the dogs muzzle. It was a basket muzzle with small holes no bigger than 1/2 inch. WTH! Those are supposed to work!

It is just crazy! I have never had a dog put so many no no things in their mouths and now I have 3 at once!

My theory is they are scooping stuff into the muzzle from the back. If they're lying on the ground and pull their head back things can get into the side by the back of the jaw & when they tip their head down it will fall into the basket & all they have to do is open their mouth. I can't think of a way to fix that issue though.. maybe extending a piece farther back towards their neck?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Today's fun starts with removal from mouth of hubs full pack of cigarettes.....stolen from the kitchen counter. Odd thing is they were right next to a baggie d jerky and a baggie of peanut butter cookies.

I may need to have her call the quit line.

 

[Chickassan]

@apryl29 , Please tell me how you wash and dry your mermaid blanket the actual washing instructions are dumb as a mofo.
And im betting the roos would get on your nerves pretty quick.
They are handsome but unbelievably weird.



Hobo and Dutch can be her support team, they've nearly kicked the habit.

Today's fun starts with removal from mouth of hubs full pack of cigarettes.....stolen from the kitchen counter. Odd thing is they were right next to a baggie d jerky and a baggie of peanut butter cookies.

I may need to have her call the quit line.