Surviving Minnesota!

[Bogtown Chick]

I bought $20 of doggie toys at L & M when Sadie Mae (aka Satan Sadie) was younger. I should have taken that Andrew Jackson and flushed it down the toilet the same day. Within 2 hours $20 of toys were teeny tiny bits of rubber, resin, stuffing, unbraided threads, & plastic morphed by dog canines and molars into something different then the original mold.

Tennis balls last about 2-5 days depending if its the weekend and if DS is really smacking it hard with a golf club or baseball bat. Tennis balls do have weak seams sometimes. which then leads to Tennis ball fuzz being vulnerable....and soon it's 1/2 a ball. or a ball with a gaping hole and much less bounce and propelling abilities. and ultimately itty bitty teeny bits of rubber and high shocking colored bits of fuzz in my luxurious dandelion, clover, crab grass lawn. I think though Satans Sadie has learned that if she chews up all her tennis balls that their is a lengthy enough of time between ball purchases she will not have any.

Beef bones and Tennis balls. That's all we can do for that dog.

 

[holm25]

If anyone is interested Meyer Hatchery has a sale on Leghorn pullets right now. If you order 15 or more from the next batches they will do free shipping!

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[duluthralphie]

I bought $20 of doggie toys at L & M when Sadie Mae (aka Satan Sadie) was younger. I should have taken that Andrew Jackson and flushed it down the toilet the same day. Within 2 hours $20 of toys were teeny tiny bits of rubber, resin, stuffing, unbraided threads, & plastic morphed by dog canines and molars into something different then the original mold.

Tennis balls last about 2-5 days depending if its the weekend and if DS is really smacking it hard with a golf club or baseball bat. Tennis balls do have weak seams sometimes. which then leads to Tennis ball fuzz being vulnerable....and soon it's 1/2 a ball. or a ball with a gaping hole and much less bounce and propelling abilities. and ultimately itty bitty teeny bits of rubber and high shocking colored bits of fuzz in my luxurious dandelion, clover, crab grass lawn. I think though Satans Sadie has learned that if she chews up all her tennis balls that their is a lengthy enough of time between ball purchases she will not have any.

Beef bones and Tennis balls. That's all we can do for that dog.

Pearl is like that a toy is a challenge for her to see how fast she can destroy it, Reagan will keep her toys for years and play nicely with them.

 

[lvie]

I'm bored. Plenty to be done. Just doin bored instead. Lottsa chics at Runnings. SLW, CW, Americana's, many more. I walked away. Good woman! I want my two from Illinois.

 

[jerryse]

Ahhhha Jerryse - that is so nice. I call you an Eyore and you send buckets of sunshine this way. Hmmmm - you are the better person

I try to tell my DW that but she just laughs at me . Then she does get to see me tired and hungry = cranky .

 

[FishingMT]

When you guys say DH or DW. What does the mean? Can you tell I'm new?

 

[jerryse]

When you guys say DH or DW. What does the mean? Can you tell I'm new?

Dear whatever , husband , wife , son , daughter .

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Dear Husband or Dear Wife

Here ya go: Everything you need to decipher Backyard Chickens Lingo:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-index-of-abbreviations-acronyms

 

[FishingMT]

Thank you guys! The very first time I seen a thread with DH I seriously felt bad for the lady because I thought it meant Dead Husband hahaha!

Dear Husband is much better!

 

[FishingMT]

I would like plants they won't eat & I am setting them up a garden, just for them. All duck & geese treats, but it will be closed of most of the time & I will let them in to splurge once a week or so. I am in hardy zones 4-6b. What about in your run? Are you able to keep grass cover or is it not worth laying sod if they are just going to demolish it lol. I am building a huge run, I can't figure out what to cover the ground with. Right now it is that really light dusty dirt, I know will turn into a muddied mess, so I need to figure out an alternative. They will have a small pond in their run & a large pond outside of it when they free range (only when I'm home) I was thinking fine pea gravel around the pond area, I don't know what to do with the rest of the run. I've read about doing it all pea gravel, but fear about bumble foot... was.thinking sand, but with 6 ducks & 3 geese, I don't think I'll be able to keep it clean! Any suggestions? If I lay sod in their run, will they demolish it quicker than it can keep up? Do you have any experience with pea gravel? What ground cover is easiest for the run?