She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[scflock]

Oh I bet it is. Theres a creek behind our house too, and I know where the deep spots are..

 

[WalnutHill]

What happened to posting pics of delicious sausages?

 

[sideWing]

If I say anything else the swear filter will cut me off. I'm getting mad just thinking about them. One killed my favorite hen 3 years ago. I wish I had buried it so I could dig it up and shoot it again.

Where's BR? I should have

ed him for feeling bad about shooting one


Oh yeah, I saw your last post on the Eatemup thread. There's an Ameraucana chart available on the Ameraucana site, too

Next year I might have OE's and I'll have to get me one of them. Thanks

Wow, I never took you for such a vicious person!





Oh, wait... yes I did, I just forgot for a minute. Nevermind...

When we had our snowmobiles we'd run the trails in the woods. Quite often, we'd run across a deer carcass lost by a "hunter". The smell of a forest ripened deer carcass when cracked open by several hundred pounds of snow machine is unforgettable. It gets in your helmet and stays there...

I found a pic of it Walnut.

 

[scflock]

Now that smells much better

N

Really got some air under that one

 

[RubyNala97]

Someone on the peafowl board is asking ME how to assist! It's amazing how much you guys helped me!! Now I can pass it on to someone else! Thank you!!

 

[dan26552]

 

[AmyLynn2374]

"Am I the only one that sees the irony?"

Can you hear my little sing song voice when I say it?

Just for that, I'm not candling at lockdown

@AmyLynn2374 , in college I had 7 pet rats. One was pretty awesome. Zoe would climb up and sit on my shoulder as I walked around the room, would also try to nestle in my shirt and even would use the extra large hamster ball to walk around the apartment on her own sometimes. When I moved I had to re-home all of them.

A few years ago we bought two for my kids to get them acclimated to having pets. That backfired considerably when one of the first moves the rat did was bite my son's finger. After that the kids really didn't want much to do with them. When one died we bought a replacement to keep the other company. Not even two months later the older one died. So now we have two newer rats and both are not very friendly. Perhaps it has to do with them being male but no matter. I wish they were all like Zoe.

So far our coop has weathered well. No signs of predators or digging around the apron. If something happens though I will have to decide how to dispatch them.

Yesterday I was carrying what I called a 'furry football' around the yard for a moment. Sue tried to mount a hen while I was in the pen giving them treats. I scooped him up and carried my new purse for a bit. At least half of the girls saw him. If he struggled I tucked his head under until he stopped. I don't think I won a best friend there but he needs to know he's not in charge. He also tried to charge my daughter, who was outside the pen. She's not old enough to work with the chickens yet but perhaps later when Sue mellows out and she matures.

I've had both male and female. In my college years I had my girl, who was a lot smaller than my son's boy....lol Both had pretty much the same temperment. Loving and gentle. The only time I've ever had one nip is when fingers are pushed in cage bars which is a big rat no no. Remi would get a bit "snappy" with his yogurt treats if you let him get away with it, but other than that he was pretty mello.

 

[scflock]

Someone on the peafowl board is asking ME how to assist! It's amazing how much you guys helped me!! Now I can pass it on to someone else! Thank you!!

And if they ever need to know how to dispatch a possum, too

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

A woman on the Polish thread gave me the best advice ever for handling Damien. It never made him nice, but it kept him from charging and flogging.
Any time the rooster challenges you, just charge him. Don't kick at him, just back him up. Keep going after him and get him off his territory. Doing that to stop him from mounting a hen will also assert your dominance. Don't let him mate in your presence. Separate him from the other girls. Back him into a corner if you can. All of this is just me repeating what someone else, seminolewind, told me, but it works

I usually make him back off. When I walk towards him most of the time he will walk away from me. I picked him up for mating and being a bit of a bully to the girls. He wanted all the treats. I'm still not sure if I'm supposed to look him in the eye or ignore him to get the point across that he's not important.

I've had both male and female. In my college years I had my girl, who was a lot smaller than my son's boy....lol Both had pretty much the same temperment. Loving and gentle. The only time I've ever had one nip is when fingers are pushed in cage bars which is a big rat no no. Remi would get a bit "snappy" with his yogurt treats if you let him get away with it, but other than that he was pretty mello.

The two boys now will nip at nearly any finger that reaches into the cage, even if it's holding a bowl of food. Zoe was my favorite female. On the other hand I had a girl named Marcelle. Her middle name was "the dirty b$^&#".

So I guess it goes either way.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

I usually make him back off. When I walk towards him most of the time he will walk away from me. I picked him up for mating and being a bit of a bully to the girls. He wanted all the treats. I'm still not sure if I'm supposed to look him in the eye or ignore him to get the point across that he's not important.

The two boys now will nip at nearly any finger that reaches into the cage, even if it's holding a bowl of food. Zoe was my favorite female. On the other hand I had a girl named Marcelle. Her middle name was "the dirty b$^&#".

So I guess it goes either way.

lol