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[ShadowsFIAL]

Do not tempt me with gorgeous shepherds I can't afford right now!!! LOL!!!

lol If you were serious about wanting one I might make a price exception. you do wonderful work with your dogs.

 

[orumpoultry]

My current project is enough for me. ( We were at a red light or I wouldn't have my phone out. ) He's still rehabilitating. His recall training is getting better. He needs work. He's finally accepting me as dominant. Learning no, leave it, down. He hasn't figured out how to sit yet.... That's one concept that he can't figure out.

Karma is patrolling with me when I do evening chores off leash now. He's really turning into an amazing dog! Gorgeous to boot!

 

[orumpoultry]

My current project is enough for me. ( We were at a red light or I wouldn't have my phone out. ) He's still rehabilitating. His recall training is getting better. He needs work. He's finally accepting me as dominant. Learning no, leave it, down. He hasn't figured out how to sit yet.... That's one concept that he can't figure out.

Karma is patrolling with me when I do evening chores off leash now. He's really turning into an amazing dog! Gorgeous to boot!

 

[ShadowsFIAL]

My current project is enough for me. ( We were at a red light or I wouldn't have my phone out. ) He's still rehabilitating. His recall training is getting better. He needs work. He's finally accepting me as dominant. Learning no, leave it, down. He hasn't figured out how to sit yet.... That's one concept that he can't figure out.

Karma is patrolling with me when I do evening chores off leash now. He's really turning into an amazing dog! Gorgeous to boot!

Wewt!~ Congrats. He is a handsome boy. =)

 

[orumpoultry]

I wish I had time for another puppy project. Those pups are gorgeous, just like their parents.

 

[ShadowsFIAL]

Thank you. x3 That was why I had to keep one. Sweet little Mark. He is a good grandpuppy. My vet who got one is going to take hers to search and rescue training. at 14 weeks he already knows sit, down, sit from down, spin, left, shake, and search. I have only heard good things from the people that took a puppy. I wish I had a house so I could keep two of them, but alas I am renting in a duplex.

 

[4th of July]

Hello from Cleveland! Needing some guidance from all the chicken experts here. My flock of 12 have started to roost in an oak tree (about 6 ft high) in the middle of the run. They refuse to go into their respective coops at night. They are using the nest boxes to lay during the day. Any suggestions?

 

[needlessjunk]

A woman in Canada that raises Blk Aussie swans shared a lot of information with me. She says botulism is a serious threat to swans. They eat their food in water therefore some left behind can spoil. They only use large kiddie pools changing water often. She's posted a bunch of pictures on backyardchickens. Her swans look healthy, happy and well cared for. I'll mostly use the large 100 gallon kiddie pools but would like something with a bottom drain. Also want a huge trough for them to use once in a while but again it needs a bottom drain. Unfortunately swans on large bodies of water are often killed by predators. Especially the females making nests on land. I know 2 people looking for females. My pair will have a large yard for day use and a large predator proof habitat to stay in nights. They are now in a 8 by 28 foot totally enclosed aviary 9 feet high. Do you worm your ducks? Thanks.

I just wormed my flock last week the chickens and ducks. We were having strange symptoms and I figured it wouldn't hurt. Everyone is doing better so I plan on working again next fall. I may do the chickens in the spring again as well. I haven't found anyone who will do a fecal sample on the flock and that what I really want done so I know if worms are a problem.

 

[hensfortherapy]

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I wanted to show off how big the furbabies are. =) They grow so fast! Only two girls left to go out of the litter of eight, and sadly only because I held them for someone that did not show up and they lost their chance with other people. We decided to keep one of the boys. I couldn't help it. So from right to left: Iris, Mark, and Rose.​

They are so cute.

 

[RoosterCogburn7]

Hello from Cleveland! Needing some guidance from all the chicken experts here. My flock of 12 have started to roost in an oak tree (about 6 ft high) in the middle of the run. They refuse to go into their respective coops at night. They are using the nest boxes to lay during the day. Any suggestions?

Clip their wings. Then coop them up for a couple of weeks until they know what home is. Now, that my integrated egg laying pen (for eating not breeding) has stopped fighting, been cooped up for a couple of weeks, it is wing clipping time, and then they will free range as a group. When you clip their wings, only doing on one side, and only clip the parts you can see through in sunlight, or you will injure the birds. A pair of scissors works well. If you clip left, in month, do it again. If you clip right, in a month do it again. If you clip both wings, it balances them back out so the problem happens again. It is a bit like why back in the day, they would chain a heavy ball and chain to a prisoner's leg. If they tried to run, they would only go in circles. If you conceal carry with a pistol on your ankle for the first time, the sensation is similar.