Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

Call me crazy but I cross my fingers for more Cockerels in a hatch... I find it harder to get a good male than a good female... Most of the females I hatched are decent birds and could go in any breeding pen but Cockerels are a little different.

 

[BantyChooks]

Call me crazy but I cross my fingers for more Cockerels in a hatch... I find it harder to get a good male than a good female... Most of the females I hatched are decent birds and could go in any breeding pen but Cockerels are a little different.

Funny, I have nice cockerels out my ears right now.

ETA: said with utmost sarcasm, of course. I have no nice cockerels.

 

[holm25]

Ralphie, at my advanced age I have come to subscribe to the philosophy " a happy wife insures a happy life".
Shortly after hatch at my place they are out brooding in a building designated specifically for chickens. What may the residents of your political district think of a man who keeps chickens in his basement ?
Is it possible that you and Holms are related ? It seems that you are both beginning to display some tendencies which might be attributed to Hillbillies ?

I'm not a hillbilly I am a city boy who thinks he's a farm boy! I may spend most of my free time on the farm but I still live in town!

 

[duluthralphie]

Speaking of Hillbillies..

I would like to express further dissatisfaction with Hillbilly Used Cat sales and their lead salesman.

First the one of the cats I bought broke into 4 pieces.

Handling of the cats required two pairs of leather gloves.

Then one of the pieces disappeared at a young age.

After that I found GC hates OC and ran it out of the barn forcing poor OC to sleep in a tent. OC only dares to enter the barn when following me. I was told these were both Barn cats!

Now I have lost another piece of GC. It appears the young son of GC has run off. I have not seen him in a week.

GC appears to be ready to break into pieces again.

I appear to have tree rodents still alive and kicking, some red and some grey. I was promised the barn cats I bought would end the rodent problem.

This Used Cat Salesman is completely unreliable and dishonest in his selling, and the cats are sub-par.

Something must be done or Hillbilly cats will lose all credibility...

 

[holm25]

Funny, I have nice cockerels out my ears right now.

I think it's mainly just the Buckeyes. They are hit or miss it seems like. Either you have a good bird or a really bad bird...

 

[duluthralphie]

Call me crazy but I cross my fingers for more Cockerels in a hatch... I find it harder to get a good male than a good female... Most of the females I hatched are decent birds and could go in any breeding pen but Cockerels are a little different.

I find the same and want males in the early hatch as they take longer to look good.

 

[duluthralphie]

Funny, I have nice cockerels out my ears right now.

One has to wonder if a VWN'er really knows what a quality cockerel is.

 

[holm25]

Speaking of Hillbillies..

I would like to express further dissatisfaction with Hillbilly Used Cat sales and their lead salesman.

First the one of the cats I bought broke into 4 pieces.

Handling of the cats required two pairs of leather gloves.

Then one of the pieces disappeared at a young age.

After that I found GC hates OC and ran it out of the barn forcing poor OC to sleep in a tent. OC only dares to enter the barn when following me. I was told these were both Barn cats!

Now I have lost another piece of GC. It appears the young son of GC has run off. I have not seen him in a week.

GC appears to be ready to break into pieces again.

I appear to have tree rodents still alive and kicking, some red and some grey. I was promised the barn cats I bought would end the rodent problem.

This Used Cat Salesman is completely unreliable and dishonest in his selling, and the cats are sub-par.

Something must be done or Hillbilly cats will lose all credibility...

This cat salesman should be punished for false advertising his cats! Our cats are slacking! I have had to kill two rodents in the feed area the last two days! Granted no cats can get back there!

 

[BantyChooks]

One has to wonder if a VWN'er really knows what a quality cockerel is.

This VWNer would love to demonstrate by coming to your breeding pens and selecting the quality cockerels. For herself.

 

[duluthralphie]

This cat salesman should be punished for false advertising his cats! Our cats are slacking! I have had to kill two rodents in the feed area the last two days! Granted no cats can get back there!

Maybe you need a cat door into the area.

One thing I do not have in my feed, barn or coops are rodents. I feed the indoor free range chicks from my Oct hatch on the floor and no mouse is brave enough to enter the barn for even a taste.

I see the cats patrolling all my buildings look for rodents I assume. Once in a while I see them with them, but that is mainly when they are coming from the woods or neighbors.

Knowing the quality of the cats I got from that used cat saleman, my cats could be importing rodents though.