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[roosterhavoc]

In the spring time alot of water from rain and snowmelt converge into the Mississippi River from Canada all the way to here in Louisiana. The river gets really high probability 20-30' higher than the land because of the levees that are along side the river I've posted pics showing ships higher than the roadway. Anyway there's spillways that can be opened to divert river water into the atchafalaya basin, the honey island swamp and another spillway I can't remember the name. Anyway that coupled with a deluge of rain days prior in North Louisiana and here was just too much for the bayous, Rivers and tributaries and it all has to go somewhere so it overtopped the waterways and flooded all the lower lining areas which is basically everywhere around here. My property alone is 18" below sea level which is considered high for here so water can't drain anywhere it has to either evaporate or get sucked up by the ground BUT being literally a quarter mile from 40something thousand acreas of marshland the ground is already soaked and can't suck up much. Literally one puddle of water will stay in my yard till it grows alge. And with it raining everyday and being so humid water doesn't evaporate quick at all

All that said though I wouldn't want to live anywhere else

*Bonnet Carre spillway. Remembered

That's all well and good but you don't even get any snow! Gotta have snow. Candy canes taste best when it's 15 degrees. No chicken sh*t to worry about stepping in ( although you may sprain an ankle on a frozen turd). The cold is good for the soul, not so much for the hands.

 

[sdm111]

That's all well and good but you don't even get any snow! Gotta have snow. Candy canes taste best when it's 15 degrees. No chicken sh*t to worry about stepping in ( although you may sprain an ankle on a frozen turd). The cold is good for the soul, not so much for the hands.

lol. I went to stay with my sister years ago. It was all good till one day a few yrs into it. There was an ice storm coming. Yeah ok an ice storm right, pssssh well let me tell ya I went outside in the morning and there was ice on everything it looked like I was inside a Kaleidoscope. I knew right then Kentucky wasn't for me. OH OH and the as so called "black ice" yeah F that stuff almost killed myself. Did happen to bring back a lady friend though got married a few yrs later

 

[sdm111]

We get some every now and then. Although not feet

 

[Ravynscroft]

It isnt? Next your tell me Pluto is no longer a planet.

I thought Pluto was a dog?

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[Ravynscroft]

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Blue in front is absolutely gorgeous...

 

[sdm111]

Thanks SDM, I've enjoyed all my time with game-chickens which started at about the age of 7 and now had them over 65 years at 72. It was pure magical for so many years, my love for them is just as strong today as it was back then. I was the only one in my family that has cared for them, but my dad always saw that I had some. Strange thing was, I had as good access to good blood back then as I have today (lol).
I Lived close to Bubba And Elmer Griffin(Griffin Claret Fame).
The very best gamefowl i ever owned (Hands Down) were the white leg, straight comb Griffin Clarets. I got them years later after Griffins passed on from an old guy no body knew or ever heard of and he never told me where they came from.
I've done a lot of things and wish I had done more and used my brains when I started to become ill (i have Parkinson's, an inoperative neck, and lower back. I can barely walk due to the lower back, I won't go into all the other problems.
I worked 37 yrs w/Alabama ABC Board, Wholesale Liquor Div. retired 5 yrs early w/disabilities. I've been retired about 12 yrs.
But one thing I will say is to you younger & older guys be very careful in the decisions you make as they will be with you for the entire trip. After saying all that I would just assume to keep things like they are than to try going thru it again (no telling what kind of a mess i would get myself into, given a second chance).
Treat your fellow GameFowl Man with Extra Respect, kindness and forgiving, as there are only a few of us out here & about and cause we want it to increase from goodness within.

great post I think that's the most likes I've seen to one post and I imagine it'll go up. It's not often you get to listen to someone with so much love and experience for the fowls we trying to keep around.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I'm out feeding the birds. My son comes out of the house with his bow and wants to shoot. I say ok let me get mine. By the time I got my bow and back to the door I see him shoot clean over the straw bales. Lol. that little bow is a little too hard to draw it's between 18-22lbs. Rated for 5-8 yr old. He's 5.
Anyway cool to see him doing it completely by himself.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Okay all that water feeding in makes sense... for the water levels suddenly raising. The dam system here has created a lot of false security in my area... the valley used to be a lot of swamp land... last time they tried opening our various areas for extra water it went badly, a lot of people got flooded cause the water over whelmed the system or rather the system is built wrong here... apparently the pipe placement lends itself to causing flooding versus releasing it here. I live on the cliff hill side of my area for a reason, creeks everywhere but if the levees go or get topped it is most likely to flow into the flood plain areas. Sometimes it gets deep out front when the water starts flowing over the creek and out of the drainage system... no getting car out, but has never reached the house, and I can hike out by heading further up hill cliff side.

 

[SOHC-FTW]

Broke down and got me my matthews back havoc...