The Front Porch Swing

[enola]

I didn't know any body else even heard of Jim Croce! I am the kind of fisher that knows what to do with a fish when I catch one, but I don't care if I don't catch one. On the bank of a pond or river is a good place to be!

Going to bed now...work tomorrow.....

 

[OHhappychicks]

While I don't wish to deal with a fox wanting to eat my birds, part of me would love to have a fox fur. I'd probably use it to train my dogs to keep them out since they've never encountered them before (though my dogs are pretty good about dealing with predators anyway).

Have you checked your local shelters/sanctuaries for puppies? There are always loads of young dogs available and they aren't very pricey. Training a young pup to protect the property/flock is something you'd have to do anyway and this way, you save another animal from being euthanized. I checked on PetFinder and it looks like there are loads of great pups that would likely be great flock-protectors if trained correctly. One looked really promising and he's located in Batavia, OH.



That's not a very good photo, haha!

Thanks! I will check it out! It Looks cute. My bosses son has Great Pyrenees puppies, 12 weeks old, but he lives out of state. I'm not sure where, but they are reasonable, but I really would like to see them to pick the one I want. We are still discussing it. I really would like to have the GP/Maremma mix that my friend has, but it is going to be awhile before that happens.

 

[bruceha2000]

LOL..... I have that situation too!!!!!

Geez, Lindz, is there NO respecting a girl's privacy at your place?

I didn't know any body else even heard of Jim Croce!

Well, some of us are old

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

Next up on the music player of your choice:
Yes, I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moon shadow
Moon shadow, moon shadow

 

[topdycke]

Geez, Lindz, is there NO respecting a girl's privacy at your place? Well, some of us are old [COLOR=474747]If I could save time in a bottle[/COLOR] [COLOR=474747]The first thing that I'd like to do[/COLOR]
[COLOR=474747]Is to save every day[/COLOR]
[COLOR=474747]'Til eternity passes away[/COLOR]
[COLOR=474747]Just to spend them with you[/COLOR] [COLOR=474747]Next up on the music player of your choice:[/COLOR] Yes, I'm bein' followed by a moon shadow Moon shadow, moon shadow Leapin' and hoppin' on a moon shadow Moon shadow, moon shadow Tea for the Tillerman was a great album!

 

[Blooie]

Oh joy of joys! Expecting an inch of snow tonight into tomorrow. Better close up the coop for the night.

 

[enola]

Ahhhhhhhhh Cat Stevens


How about Cats in the Cradle. ????

 

[OHhappychicks]

Hon-eeeeys, I'm hoooo-oome!

Welcome home!

So thankful for you and what the Lord has done for your sister and family!! GOD IS SO GOOD!! I will continue to pray for her full and speedy recovery!!
If you could remember to pray for my DDIL, Stephanie, who has CF. She is not doing to well. Lots of pain from infection in one of her lungs. She had it collapse a couple of weeks ago. Took a while to get it inflated. Her doctors can't do anything more for her here, because her lung could collapse again. She can't get into Cleveland clinic until the middle of June. Then 3 days of doctors apptments. Then hopefully she will get on the transplant list. They have to have $100,000 in the bank before she can get the transplant. Friends are going to have a benefit for her at the end of the month. Her brother passed away in 06 of CF. They had lungs for him, but when they opened them, the lungs were damaged. He passed a couple of days later. I just say all of this so you will know how to pray. She has such strength! But she knows and trusts the one who holds her!! Praise God!!!

 

[OHhappychicks]

Oh joy of joys! Expecting an inch of snow tonight into tomorrow. Better close up the coop for the night.

WHAT!!!

In what state do you live? It makes me cringe to think of cold and snow after the winter we had!!!

Stay warm!!

 

[OHhappychicks]

Long trough sitting under a flap of tarp off the side of the coop....you could do the same with the side of your cattle paneling. Just zip tie a small tarp to one wall, then attach the tarp to push in stakes to make a small lanai under which your feed trough and waterer can reside. Just attach it high and slant it to low so that it can drain the rain off. The first pic will show tarp "wings" off the side of my coop and this long trough sits under one of these. It is around 6 ft long and feeds many birds at once from both sides of the trough. Takes all of 10 min. to build this sort of trough from scrap lumber. Since you probably feed dry feed and don't want to have them scratching and shoveling in it, you can place a piece of fencing right over the top of the trough to prevent this...this is what I used for that when I fed dry and never had anymore feed waste.

Love your set up!!

 

[lindz8504]

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Nope.... too much going on around here!