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[Ksane]

Forgot to post the picture of my Asil boy. I will have to caponize him and his brother because they're supposed to be aggressive with other males when they're adults. He's sure a sweetie now though. His brother is gray and red and way pretty.

 

[cathiesue]

@Mattok1 I love Hank the Cowdog too. John Erikson actually reads them and when he sings it it hilarious! I have t-shirt that says Ranch Security with a drawing of Hank!

Possum solution. Not very nice but we let this one go on some acreage that we have access to. It was evil. Kept baring its teeth at me. I don't keep guns or even a pellet gun at out house. For reasons which I will not discuss in a public forum. My mom has all the farm friendly firearms at her house so the next time I have an evil predator I'll take care of it at her house. Oh, @shelbydog that poster was hilarious!

I'm please to say that in late march/early april I will have Swedish Flower Hen eggs to hatch. If you're interested pm me to get on the list. No, sadly, i'm not npip yet but hope to become so before then. Hatching eggs are for pickup only. I will drive up to an hour to meet someone if needed.

I was startled to see a bright orb in the sky today. I have to say it was very nice and I hope that it appears on a more regular basis in the near future.

 

[Mattok1]

@Mattok1
 I love Hank the Cowdog too. John Erikson actually reads them and when he sings it it hilarious! I have t-shirt that says Ranch Security with a drawing of Hank

Yes! I grew up listening to Hank on all kinds of trips or just to and from church. I especially remember driving to my grandparents' farm in MO for Christmas while it was snowing like crazy and listening to The Case of the Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve and trying to stay awake and catch a glimpse of the light that marked the farm.
Silly but any time I think of Hank I think of that

 

[artsyrobin]

Quote: Who is going to enforce the federal statute when your state official follows state law? Eagles and falcons are off limits as in both sate and federal statute.
Shooting at a hawk on the ground with your bird in its talons is safer than shooting at one in a tree or in the air since a shell velocity is not lost. Unless the hawk or owl is tagged with a tracking device, I doubt that anyone will come looking for it.
i sure like your logic! Been in alot of discussions lately on FB on the issue and you make alot more sense!!



@TRUE5 this little frizzle has one thing on her mind, sit on the shoulder- she's not happy unless she is out of the cage and perched like a parrot- she is twice the size of Gizmo, i know she is a frizzle, is she cochin? or any idea? And Sonny is outside now in a quarantine pen, and seems to be doing fine on those feet

 

[bardies]

Quote: Saw a biathalon event where they ski a course and then shoot. That was cool, as you are mixing the speed and stamina along with the steadiness and accuracy of the shooting portion.

 

[greenbeetle]

What does everyone use as nesting material in their nest boxes....straw, hay...wood chips?

 

[Poco Pollo]

What does everyone use as nesting material in their nest boxes....straw, hay...wood chips?

I use pine wood chips, the small, fine kind. I use hay outside when it's really wet to cover mud puddles, but I don't generally use it in nest boxes.

 

[greenbeetle]

I had to make another Boy Yard unexpectedly today, the 2 Gold Laced Cochin boys have been in a 10x10 pen with one of my Faverolles/Orloff boys but yesterday 1 Cochin boy started picking at his brother. This particular Fav/Orloff boy in with them is really good with younger boys so I put him in my favorite 50x50 yard with 3 juvie boys and the 2 boys I got from Kass. I love that yard because the tree covers the entire yard and in the summer the branches hang down almost to the ground and it's real cool under there. It's like a cave with streaks of sun shining through, it's so pretty. Anyway, for now since they're all getting along they'll stay together.
If anyone wants this Blue Laced Red Wyandotte (4 1/2 mo old) or this Gold Laced Cochin boy (8-9 mo) let me know. The 2nd BLR Wyandotte has the wrong comb but the one in the picture has a proper cushion comb. Both are really pretty, the Wyandotte is at that awkward stage but he'll fill out nice. If no one wants them I'll caponize them when I get some practice in. The young Asil in this group is wonderful! He's like a puppy and I really like him a lot. Your boys are behaving very nicely with these other boys, Kass. I think the trick is putting them all together in a big enough yard without girls. Please-let me know if anyone would like the Wyandotte or Cochin boy.

Both the Wyandotte and Cochin roosters are beautiful.

 

[mjgigax]

@true I'm so glad your letting me have the little boy back. Sometime this morning between glancing out the window at 6 am and doing chores at 9 am my extension cord to my brooder got loosened. Lost 16 chicks, mainly isbars but also a cream legbar pair I had tagged to keep, one black copper, and one barnevelder.

at least I didn't lose any chicks marked for other people. Makes me sick. I usually check brooders first but didn't today.

So sorry, I have had something similar happen. I was horrified about all the chicks I lost.

 

[NanaKat]

What does everyone use as nesting material in their nest boxes....straw, hay...wood chips?

It depends on the bird. In the layer room, straw in the ten hole nest boxes. I can treat with sulphur dust for bugs and it filters down thru the straw. Wood ash also.
In the Bantam pens, some prefer wood shavings, some hay. I had to experiment to find what each hen wanted. If she threw it out of the box, I tried something else. One hen preferred pine needles and one like sand.