Okies in the BYC The Original

[fletcherpoultryauction]

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Wait a minute!!!!!!!!!!!

I was sure I had read that you was from Indiana. If so, that is not a Yankee.

You indeed read correctly!

Ive been called a darn yankee so often by a neighbor I dont know what I am anymore!

You do realize that most folks in the South think that if you are from a location north of 37 degrees latitude you are a YANKEE. With that in mind, you would be a Yankee.

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

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To make anything racoon-proof, it has to be 'fully enclosed'. If a coon can reach into a pen and pull a chick or duck to the wire, they can kill it.

yeah...i learned that the hard way! what gets me is he seemed to kill for fun, didn't do anything but mangle poor smudge-

its too hot for my likes, so am in the AC workin...

Robin, have you considered purchasing a live trap? You could eliminate the unwanted pests without killing them. A short 20 minutes drive away and they could leave them at someone else's house to contend with their habits. (Hopefully you can find a state park entrance to leave them.)

 

[YakLady]

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Please tell us about your Yak - I have raised goats, sheep and llamas, but have never considered a Yak. Other than being incredibly cool looking, why are they raised? Fiber? Meat? to pull a cart?

Yes to all of the above... fiber, meat, trekking, just cuz they look cool. LOL! When I moved up here to Michigan four years ago, I did so to be with the man who I had been long-distance dating for a while. He was living in a huge condo on a golf course at the time. I'm not a country club type of wife, and we ended up finding this piece of land that we now live on. It's a small parcel-only about ten acres. Everyone up here does the horse thing, but that's not my cup of tea. Having grown up with cattle, that's what I wanted. After some research, I discovered that yaks are a bovine creature that consume one third of what traditional beef cattle do. They also shed their wooly underlayer in the Spring. If one wants to take the time to brush it out (not me), it can be sold for about $4 an ounce. I have a lot of info on my webpage about yaks. If you have time, check it out. We raise ours for meat, but our breeders are wonderful 'pets'. They're very spirited, and very unique in personality. We absolutely love them!

 

[Ok_Junebug]

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Please tell us about your Yak - I have raised goats, sheep and llamas, but have never considered a Yak. Other than being incredibly cool looking, why are they raised? Fiber? Meat? to pull a cart?

Yes to all of the above... fiber, meat, trekking, just cuz they look cool. LOL! When I moved up here to Michigan four years ago, I did so to be with the man who I had been long-distance dating for a while. He was living in a huge condo on a golf course at the time. I'm not a country club type of wife, and we ended up finding this piece of land that we now live on. It's a small parcel-only about ten acres. Everyone up here does the horse thing, but that's not my cup of tea. Having grown up with cattle, that's what I wanted. After some research, I discovered that yaks are a bovine creature that consume one third of what traditional beef cattle do. They also shed their wooly underlayer in the Spring. If one wants to take the time to brush it out (not me), it can be sold for about $4 an ounce. I have a lot of info on my webpage about yaks. If you have time, check it out. We raise ours for meat, but our breeders are wonderful 'pets'. They're very spirited, and very unique in personality. We absolutely love them!

Ha ha, I thought "Yak Lady" meant you like to talk a lot. You know, like yakkety, yak..

 

[fletcherpoultryauction]

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Please tell us about your Yak - I have raised goats, sheep and llamas, but have never considered a Yak. Other than being incredibly cool looking, why are they raised? Fiber? Meat? to pull a cart?

Yes to all of the above... fiber, meat, trekking, just cuz they look cool. LOL! When I moved up here to Michigan four years ago, I did so to be with the man who I had been long-distance dating for a while. He was living in a huge condo on a golf course at the time. I'm not a country club type of wife, and we ended up finding this piece of land that we now live on. It's a small parcel-only about ten acres. Everyone up here does the horse thing, but that's not my cup of tea. Having grown up with cattle, that's what I wanted. After some research, I discovered that yaks are a bovine creature that consume one third of what traditional beef cattle do. They also shed their wooly underlayer in the Spring. If one wants to take the time to brush it out (not me), it can be sold for about $4 an ounce. I have a lot of info on my webpage about yaks. If you have time, check it out. We raise ours for meat, but our breeders are wonderful 'pets'. They're very spirited, and very unique in personality. We absolutely love them!

A problem with a yak, they are not heat tolerant. Today it is close to 90 degrees. Anyone for charcoaled yak burgers?

 

[QueenPeaches]

Hi-Jacker Might be able to talk, but a speller he isn't....

I love you Honey and Hurry Home!

Had the pleasure of having a Chinese lunch with my DH. No I stayed away from the Oysters...

Getting the concession stand and stuff ready for tonight's tool auction.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Sure is a scorcher out there... Lord what will I do when it really gets hot?

 

[CityClucks]

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Howzit Ronnie? I hope all is well with you - I noticed you hadn't posted for a long time...glad you're back! You missed another great get-together at POOPS. How are your chickens?

 

[smfamf]

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Not a Bird Watcher!

Sorry I had to go there!

 

[Buster52]

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Wait a minute!!!!!!!!!!!

I was sure I had read that you was from Indiana. If so, that is not a Yankee.

Well, it's north of that Mason-Dixon, ain't it?

 

[CityClucks]

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I didn't get a chance to talk to you much at POOPS, Renia, but I always think of you as a "Mother Hen to All" because of your signature line...