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N F C said:
Today I'm going to bake the 2 sweet potato pies. And at least one loaf of bread (I have enough dough for 3)...DH will eat most of that by himself. :D

What are you up to today?
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Work until 2 then I need to go to the post office and find out what their policy is for live animals. I’ve never picked anything up like that before and with Covid I just want to be sure that I’m prepared
 
JaeG said:
Those babies are adorable, and they are going to grow into beautiful birds. 🥰

Sadly one of our bantam hens was attacked and killed by a stoat on Saturday. :hit The chickens stayed locked up on Sunday (which they were most put out about) and I've walked our dog around and around their area to put the stoat off coming back again. We've put the cattle around the chickens to eat down all the tall clumps of grass too. So far we've seen no sign of it again and we got a trap from the Regional Council which is set with rabbit meat which is apparently their favourite. The lady there said she wasn't surprised as this time of year the young ones get kicked out of the den to fend for themselves. And she said there will be Kiwi in the area and there are definitely some on the farm across the road! It's awesome to think they are around, but sadly up to 90% of young Kiwi are killed off by stoats. Horrid creatures.

It doesn't help that our dork of a young cockerel (the big boy) keeps trying to get the girls to nest as far away from the coop as he can get, in the longest patches of grass. 🙄

Hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving.

Hope those ducklings don't take too long for you @igorsMistress .
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Hi Jae 🙂 sorry you lost a hen and hope the predator is caught or stays away!!


igorsMistress said:
Good morning all :frow
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Good morning IM 🙂 have a great Tuesday!
 
igorsMistress said:
Work until 2 then I need to go to the post office and find out what their policy is for live animals. I’ve never picked anything up like that before and with Covid I just want to be sure that I’m prepared
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I've only had live chicks shipped through the mail once, but I talked to the PO and gave them my phone# so they'd call me as soon as they came in to the local office. That way I was able to pick them up early in the morning and the chicks didn't have to ride around in the truck all day while the mail lady delivered her route.

Maybe something like that would work?
 

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