Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

These guys just finished up their molt and look pretty good.... Except for that tail on that Buckeye.... It has already been thinned out by Guineas....

This little lady is holding we tail a little too high but look at the depth of tail! The other hen is even better but still has pin feathers in her tail... We have a lot of work to do on their heads but we got a good start with these birds I think.

 

[MagpieDucks]

Do you serenade those birds in the photos with violin music ?
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Ha! Not quite.

 

[duluthralphie]

So many things to correct this morning.....

1) BC did not win the first post award today MnChickMom did. As keeper of the rules, I have to remind you we have a 4am starting time on Morning posts. Otherwise some people cheat and post then go to bed. BTW the cheaters seem to be from foreign countries like Canada or Missouri all the time.

2)We have nosseums so small with teeth so large in Togo they remove up to a pound of flesh with each bite.

3) Black flies are those "black colored" flies that are smaller than a house fly and eat around a 1/2 pound of flesh when they bite. Which they do repeatedly while I am fishing. Rule of thumb, the better the fishing the more the black flies bite.

4) Thank you EJB! I am glad to see you are concerned about the shoveling I have to do. I have decided though to forgo shoveling this storm. Even though I have so much snow it would close school for a month in Memphis Tn or Springfield Mo. In some places I have accumulations of nearly a quarter of an inch from yesterday.

5) Holm, Please treat my crappies with more care, I expect them to lie in a clean box and not just thrown on the ice like garbage......The size looks good though!

6) under the new fishing rules there is no such thing as too small of a northern. I believe the 10 have to be under 22 inches, (could be less not sure) and then only one or two over 27 or 28 something like that. They did put an exception in for spearing I think you get one or two in that slot as long as you have so many under it. All I know is I am going to have a hard time measuring the northern before I spear him. I suppose I could practice catch and release with the speared ones.

7) the DNR says by removing the northerns the other fish Mainly sunnies and crappies will be larger and more numerous. I tend to disagree as most the lakes I fish have far too many small sunnies and no big ones.

A lot of corrections required today, try to do better folks! I cannot continue to be your fact finder forever......You would think with the errors posted today we were turning into a third world country like the VWN or Missouri.

 

[MNChickMom]

Thank you Ralphie for your corrections.

Now, for my troubles today.....Let's just say this "Person" I know accidentally put eggs into the hatcher on Day 17 instead of Day 18. She realized it after she sterilized the hatcher and put all 11 eggs in their respective trays in anticipation of a hatch expected on Thursday. Then the said "Person" happens to look back at the records that were safely secured in a waterproof clipboard and it dawns on her that a few weeks ago she had to set eggs on a Friday instead of the Thursday that she normally does. So this person quickly removes the sponges and drops the humidity back down to 45% for another day. What can this person expect for a hatch?


P.S. This person is under a lot of stress getting ready for the Poultry 101 class she is offering on Saturday to 20 4H families....so go easy on her.

 

[duluthralphie]

It will not make a difference or noticeable one. I have done similar things and they always work out, except I never move them back. I just leave them be.

I wish I could attend the class, I might learn something. I have to be in Blue Earth at 11am for the funeral of one of my best friends/ retired trooper. Then I have to be back in Foley at 6pm.

 

[ejb3810]

MnChickMom, it is of little benefit to attempt to correct such a small error or mistake. Men seem to instinctively know that the best course of action is " Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".
Ralphie, those crappies in the photo which Holms posted did look to be of nice size. I would not tell him such as it may go to his head if actual or reward his photo shopping if not.

 

[BantyChooks]

So many things to correct this morning.....

1) BC did not win the first post award today MnChickMom did. As keeper of the rules, I have to remind you we have a 4am starting time on Morning posts. Otherwise some people cheat and post then go to bed. BTW the cheaters seem to be from foreign countries like Canada or Missouri all the time.

2)We have nosseums so small with teeth so large in Togo they remove up to a pound of flesh with each bite.

3) Black flies are those "black colored" flies that are smaller than a house fly and eat around a 1/2 pound of flesh when they bite. Which they do repeatedly while I am fishing. Rule of thumb, the better the fishing the more the black flies bite.View attachment 1244518

4) Thank you EJB! I am glad to see you are concerned about the shoveling I have to do. I have decided though to forgo shoveling this storm. Even though I have so much snow it would close school for a month in Memphis Tn or Springfield Mo. In some places I have accumulations of nearly a quarter of an inch from yesterday.

5) Holm, Please treat my crappies with more care, I expect them to lie in a clean box and not just thrown on the ice like garbage......The size looks good though!

6) under the new fishing rules there is no such thing as too small of a northern. I believe the 10 have to be under 22 inches, (could be less not sure) and then only one or two over 27 or 28 something like that. They did put an exception in for spearing I think you get one or two in that slot as long as you have so many under it. All I know is I am going to have a hard time measuring the northern before I spear him. I suppose I could practice catch and release with the speared ones.

7) the DNR says by removing the northerns the other fish Mainly sunnies and crappies will be larger and more numerous. I tend to disagree as most the lakes I fish have far too many small sunnies and no big ones.

A lot of corrections required today, try to do better folks! I cannot continue to be your fact finder forever......You would think with the errors posted today we were turning into a third world country like the VWN or Missouri.View attachment 1244515

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I am still not convinced you are correct in your black fly ID skills.

Sunnies are the only thing I've ever been much good at catching. I seem to hook one of those little buggers every few minutes.

 

[duluthralphie]

I am still not convinced you are correct in your black fly ID skills.

Sunnies are the only thing I've ever been much good at catching. I seem to hook one of those little buggers every few minutes.

My 3 year old grandkids are good with Sunnies too! Grats on your fishing prowess

 

[BantyChooks]

My 3 year old grandkids are good with Sunnies too! Grats on your fishing prowess

Oh, you are too funny.

 

[BantyChooks]

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I wish I could attend the class, I might learn something. I have to be in Blue Earth at 11am for the funeral of one of my best friends/ retired trooper. Then I have to be back in Foley at 6pm.

Oh no.