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[michaeldaugherty]

NanaKat sound's like you have a lot of wild life ther you dont see the finch around hear any more they mow the side of the road's an keep all the weed;s cut back in the bar ditch.
We had wild sunflowers growing in the ditch's over your head wen i was a kid the Dove's an every thing loved thim..

 

[NanaKat]

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Yes, we've had a lot of different critters around. The sunflowers we grow are a mix of wild sunflowers like what would be on a roadway. Some of these are already 10 feet tall. Last year we had some we had to tie to a fence to keep them from falling over...had to be cut down with a saw at the end of the season. We enjoyed watching the birds thru the den window way into fall last year. This years crop of seeds may be gone by the end of August at the rate they are feeding.

 

[jcatblum]

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Does that worm have a horn on him? Think we put one like that in our butterfly garden. My DD would go out & pick it all kinds of herbs & leaves but it would only eat the leaves off my tomotoes!!!! Then he ate a hole threw the net of her butterfly garden! Bad bad worm!

Yes it has a horn at the butt end, he was to long to fit all the way in the frame w/ the macro filter.

Were you able to successfully pupate him? He makes a striking moth.

I remember searching online for a pic of how the catapilier would turn out. It was very pretty. But DD was tired of cleaning up the worms HUGE droppings. Once he ate the hole through the net she said he wasn't normal. No worms caused that much trouble. So she let him go. I learned if you ever see one in your garden destroy it! He would eat leaves from tomatoes all day.

I lost a bird today too. Not from the heat though, well maybe from the heat. The bird climbed up in a tree stump. It was 3 or 4 stumps that grew real tight together. Somehow the bird go in between the stumps & couldn't get out. Free ranging is dangerous even when the predators are all asleep!

Also had someone offer to give DD some rouge chickens. The birds were sleeping on the porch so they didn't want them anymore. There are 7 total, barnyard mix. Guess we will see if I have a hard time teaching them where there new home is. Hopefully the free birds don't teach my birds bad habits.

 

[michaeldaugherty]

Macy was very proud of it she love's to go fishing ..Ther wer peep fishing with all kind's of fancy stuf but you cant beat a real life worm she said..
Her dom color feather broke it has out lastd her red one an green one..An has ben in for a long time ...She has lookd for more but hadnt found one
that long.. I told her we will have to go vis P.B herd she had the real live fowl now on her place..

 

[michaeldaugherty]

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Yes, we've had a lot of different critters around. The sunflowers we grow are a mix of wild sunflowers like what would be on a roadway. Some of these are already 10 feet tall. Last year we had some we had to tie to a fence to keep them from falling over...had to be cut down with a saw at the end of the season. We enjoyed watching the birds thru the den window way into fall last year. This years crop of seeds may be gone by the end of August at the rate they are feeding.

The hawk's have killd out all the field lark's an robin's around hear.,,WE love wild life ..Are little pound never had a nuff rain this yr for the tadpole's Some time's they would hatch out an ther would be so manny the water was black..The kid's would catch thim an put thim in the fish tank an bowl's an playd an playd with thim..I bot a baby red ear off of OkCarla yrs back for Macy she must have ben about 4 she lovd that thing an i talkd her in to takeing it to the big pound an leting it go..
We put out feeder's for the bird's they dont feed at thim much this time of yr but they sure like the bird bath's ...

 

[michaeldaugherty]

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When it cool's off you will have to come down an try it,, It would be so neat if alot of us BYCers got together for a fishing trip.
I would like to have a deck on are back ,, So wen you get done with your's come on down an start on mine..
Sorry for your los ...I ges you could freeze thim an YOUr SON Daniel Boon could use thim this winter for bait...

 

[Amy Farah Fowler]

Hi All..
Still looking for show chicken prospects, preferably in the Perry/Stillwater area. Just need to be competative at our county fair. If it wasn't so stinking hot I'd travel farther, but until this heat lets up a bit I'm going to keep looking close to home. Any leads or suggestions would be appreciated.
I'd also love to hear from others who show chickens. What breeds do you show?

 

[mjgigax]

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I dont no about two on the same nest....But are flower bed's are full of frog's never seen so manny ..An rabbit's ther a thing of the past around hear so manny coyote's an Bobcat's Hawk's an Owl's....I did hear a guy say wen he cut his hay ther wer lot's of blister bug's under it an he had never seen so manny...He was going to have it sprayd..
Any rain down your way Okie-do..

Gophers are now digging in my flower beds all around the house and the vegetable garden - only damp, cool earth in the yard.

 

[Sooner]

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So sorrry Kass! I hope we all make it through this nasty heat.

 

[Sooner]

Wayne, you are one handy guy! Love the milk stand!!

babyrnlc Glad she was still floating & calm, mine wasn't & it didn't end well.

Nana I would of believed it without a picture! Please take care out in the heat.

Jarvis sure missing you guys! I plan to come take that tour in the fall when this heat goes away. Hope your sister is still getting better!

Michael, Macy is a girl after my own heart! Glad you guys are still catching them, I won't even go try.

Monty sorry you lost the chicks. I had to move mine also, the one's being raised by the mother seem to be doing fine but the caged ones aren't.