Nope no pee at all it didn't even fully retract into its shell. The moment it had touchdown into the tall grass it was off to the races. I will admit I had to show it to my wife as she was backing out because I was slow at opening the gate and looking mentally challenged otherwise to her without a valid excuse.
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Last spring I had 7 baby soft shell turtles in my swimming pool. Guess they took a wrong turn when they hatched. LOL. Good luck with all that.My chocolate lab found either another just now or the same one(Texas Tortoise). We called the dog off it and left it to be on its way. My wife is in the process of breaking down the pool deck that is rotting because the prior property owner had such poor decision making/construction skills. The "pool" is going to be deconstructed and I finally figured out how I am going to line it to make it water tight.
I looked at liners, concrete options, sealants ect and was wondering how I was going to pull this off due to expense.
Well then I looked at how the professionals do it and settled on using Bentonite Clay google says it is about $100/ton and by my reckoning I'll need 2.5lbs per sq ft of pond area. So now I am rethinking the design and going either bigger or deeper I haven't decided yet until I get out there with a water level and map out the lay of the land. Then designing it can get sketched out proper.
As an added bonus all that pool aluminum can be used to roof yet another coop I hope
You realize that you'll need to do a thread on this bentonite clay pond idea. Right? I'm so gonna lurk that thread. Just in the beginning though.....My chocolate lab found either another just now or the same one(Texas Tortoise). We called the dog off it and left it to be on its way. My wife is in the process of breaking down the pool deck that is rotting because the prior property owner had such poor decision making/construction skills. The "pool" is going to be deconstructed and I finally figured out how I am going to line it to make it water tight.
I looked at liners, concrete options, sealants ect and was wondering how I was going to pull this off due to expense.
Well then I looked at how the professionals do it and settled on using Bentonite Clay google says it is about $100/ton and by my reckoning I'll need 2.5lbs per sq ft of pond area. So now I am rethinking the design and going either bigger or deeper I haven't decided yet until I get out there with a water level and map out the lay of the land. Then designing it can get sketched out proper.
As an added bonus all that pool aluminum can be used to roof yet another coop I hope
Yep living near the resacas I would be concerned about the indigo snakes until my chicks were 6 weeks old. They, to my understanding eat anything they can. Beautiful snakes just for the record.
No thread needed all that work has been done time and time again. Here is my source for the idea: https://www.texasbentonite.com/application-guide.html I just know my ground shifts and cracks here depending upon if it is a drought or overly wet. I am sure a clay liner is the best and most cost efficient way to go as wet clay won't care.
How many chicks? If more than 6, provide a wind break, keep them dry and they will huddle to keep warm.
There will initially be 9 but 3 or 4 of them are going to a new home shortly after they arrive. I don't mind keeping them in for as long as necessary but I want the 7 hens I already have to get used to their presence. The brooder I am using has a solid plastic bottom that is about 5 or 6 inches tall and then wire on top. It was a critter keeper I used for my hedgehog until I got him a bigger habitat. That would block the wind and I could cover the heated end so it stays warm and they can move away from it for eating and play.
