The Front Porch Swing

[perchie.girl]

I let Bob go guys.

Good.... I am glad. Raising up a baby for a pet is one thing but taming a wild one.... Plus they carry a zipload of diseases and parasites...

from http://daviswiki.org/opossums

""Opossums very rarely carry rabies because of their unusually low (for mammals) body temperatures. However, they are known to carry diseases like leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, and trichomoniasis.""

deb

 

[Triple Willow]

I let Bob go guys. 

Change your mind about keeping her?

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Well, sitting here in my OPEN HOUSE waiting for a buyer to show up ...
Man, I gotta get this house sold.  Missing too much back in WI.

DH called to tell me he found a soft spot in the hay field.  Yep, he buried the Tahoe out in the field.  Without the big ole' Dodge, the tractor, the ATV's or really any of the get-you-unstuck equipment.  All that stuff is sitting here with me in Wyoming.  He used his floor jack, carried out across the field on the zero turn mower the former owner left for us.  Along with a bunch of lumber - that had to be many trips on that mower to get it all out there and back.  I can see it in my head and LMAO.

Hopefully the neighbors are thinking "yep, he fits in" and not "Oh my gawd, the new neighbors are freaking idiots!" 

What's the stat? They say you'll have at least eleven people view the house before some one makes an offer. Then the old "first offer is your best offer". Realtors' platitudes but that was certainly the case when we sold our last farm. Hope somebody makes your day today!

Sorry about your DH's soft spot. My neighbour is ploughing today. Last year he got the tractor stuck about twenty acres away on the other side of our woods and I could hear him cursing from my kitchen. I went out to see because I thought he must be pinned under it the way he was howling! Even his wife didn't come out to check though, she knew him so well.

 

[perchie.girl]

You guys that deal with broodies and their chicks, I have a question for you. Will two broodies be alright in a pen about 7X13 to hatch out and raise their chicks? Will they fight when their chicks start mingling together? Will they attack or kill each others chicks? If it will work I plan on putting eggs under both of them on the same day.

I think the answer is..... It depends.

If they got along before the odds are they would get along in a Broody space.... And 7 x 13 is a good sized space. What you can do is divide the space with a little wall of Chick proof wire. As long as the chicks are contained the hens will be contained.

deb

 

[Triple Willow]

I had heard that if you have crows you won't have hawks. I know that to not be true since I have both BUT I've seen crows chasing a hawk from the trees at the edge of the pasture. Maybe it is generally safe to say you don't have hawks when crows are around?
I have both also, along with turkey vultures. A little later yesterday I heard the same racket, it was the hawk. I had been watching the turkey vultures floating around and I believe it was one of them after the hawk instead of a crow. They were moving so fast I couldn't get a good look, but a crow would have been making a lot of noise. I have see the crows kick the hawks butts several times around here. I LOVE watching the turkey vultures!

If BOSS is bad for chickens, my girls died a LONG time ago. I get what for from them if I don't get the BOSS out as soon as I open the barn in the morning.
I haven't started that yet. lol I'm sure ascites has several different causes. From what I have read, excess salt and protein are just a couple of the causes in some birds. And just like every creature, I'm sure one bird could eat one certain thing and thrive while the next could eat it and have problems. I doubt BOSS is a problem.

That is too funny! I've washed dogs and cats but I don't think I'd be doing it with the animal on my shoulder in the shower if for no other reason than the only way the coon has to hang on is sharp toe nails. That guy must have pretty tough skin!
I'd have to pass on that too. lol

That guy is lucky he didn't get bit up bad by that raccoon.
For real!

Look like leg hold traps.

Bruce

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

You guys that deal with broodies and their chicks, I have a question for you. Will two broodies be alright in a pen about 7X13 to hatch out and raise their chicks? Will they fight when their chicks start mingling together? Will they attack or kill each others chicks? If it will work I plan on putting eggs under both of them on the same day.

My experience has been good with this. If the chicks are the same age, they co-parent.

 

[Triple Willow]

Crows and Owls fight.  Owls eat crows at night - take them right off the roost.  Crows will harass an owl if they find one during the day.  I watched a murder of crows - had to be about 15 of them - harass an owl that was roosting in a huge oak tree in the middle of a field.  After about 2 hours the owl took off and flew into the woods with the screaming mass of crows following.  Big ole barn owl too, I think it was the one that just about knocked me out of my tree stand while bow hunting.  That would have been fun - 8 feet to the ground and another 12 feet+ to the bottom of the gully.

I have heard several cases of owls dive bombing people at night. lol That would be a little bit scary and dangerous considering those talons and that beak.

 

[Triple Willow]

What's the stat? They say you'll have at least eleven people view the house before some one makes an offer. Then the old "first offer is your best offer". Realtors' platitudes but that was certainly the case when we sold our last farm. Hope somebody makes your day today!

Sorry about your DH's soft spot. My neighbour is ploughing today. Last year he got the tractor stuck about twenty acres away on the other side of our woods and I could hear him cursing from my kitchen. I went out to see because I thought he must be pinned under it the way he was howling! Even his wife didn't come out to check though, she knew him so well.

Dats funny. LOL

 

[MistyMountain]

Well, sitting here in my OPEN HOUSE waiting for a buyer to show up ...

Man, I gotta get this house sold. Missing too much back in WI.

DH called to tell me he found a soft spot in the hay field. Yep, he buried the Tahoe out in the field. Without the big ole' Dodge, the tractor, the ATV's or really any of the get-you-unstuck equipment. All that stuff is sitting here with me in Wyoming. He used his floor jack, carried out across the field on the zero turn mower the former owner left for us. Along with a bunch of lumber - that had to be many trips on that mower to get it all out there and back. I can see it in my head and LMAO.

Hopefully the neighbors are thinking "yep, he fits in" and not "Oh my gawd, the new neighbors are freaking idiots!"

Having been born and raised in WI, as long as you invest in some green and gold fan gear, you will fit right in Folks love the Packers (and although I have been in VA for about 10 years now, I still bleed green and gold!) Now, if you are near Madison, it might serve you well to like color red, fly a WI badgers flag in your yard, or even randomly yell "Go Bucky!" on game days!! Enjoy it up there, it's a whole different world. I do miss some things. Not the cold never ending winter, but some things LOL!

 

[Triple Willow]

My experience has been good with this. If the chicks are the same age, they co-parent.

That's sort of what I am hoping. I at least hope they don't kill each other's chicks. I figured if the hatched out eggs at the same time that would help quite a bit. I would love to have a huge old barn. Then I might have all the room I want or "think I need". lol I've got a couple of feral cats that I suppose need to go before any chicks hatch out. Dang dog got to where he wouldn't stay home so had to do a little containment on him so now I have feral cats. Ahhh!