The Front Porch Swing

[LindaB220]

Cool.

The one you got ... how is the particle size? Can you choose?

Yes, you can set it at different sizes from what I understand. It's new, just lost the box.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I brought two chicks in to get Bug ready to transition back to the brood. Now I've got three little miserables in my office. PEEEEEEEP PEEEEEEEP PEEEEEEEP!

The two brown ones are teaching Bug to eat.

 

[enola]

Go Bug! Go!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

A short Bug video ... the two training chicks show Bug how to eat. Bug needs to turn around!

One of those little brown chicks is starting to get wing feathers! They grow up so fast ...

 

[Triple Willow]

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.

 

[LindaB220]

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.

 

[chickenboy190]

I let Bob go guys.

 

[bruceha2000]

When I first saw a picture of the fireplace in the living room I asked DH if he thought we could put an insert into it. Don't get me wrong, I love fireplaces, but they are such a big hole in the house for losing heat.

Sad but true. Burning wood in a fireplace is actually a net loss. Inserts with fans are not and a good one is about as efficient as a good wood stove.

I was just sitting here in the sunshine enjoying the day and letting my CX free range and I heard this loud "bird" commotion behind me that was way too close for comfort. I turned around and there was a Cooper's Hawk headed right for me and the CX flying low. BUT the racket I heard was another bigger bird right on his tail intercepting him! So cool! Not sure but it was either a Turkey Vulture or a Crow. I believe it was a Crow. They sent him packin! Thank you big bird. LOL

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 never got into feeding sunflower seeds. Not sure but I doubt a little would hurt. A lot of people do feed them with no problem. I bet two birds could eat the exact same thing and one might get ascites and the other not.

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.

Here you go ChickenBoy190... HA!

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!

Here's you another one. lol

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

@ChickenBoy... was that a snare you caught that coon with? I believe you must be a really good trapper.

Look like leg hold traps.

Bruce

 

[wyoDreamer]

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!"

 

[wyoDreamer]

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.