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[silverhair67]

Morning OF. May all your possums rot in H e ll o ! Found the predator that took out two of my beautiful yearling hens last night. He just had to get two of Charlie's daughters. One the night before last, and another in full daylight yesterday. Nasty booger. I hope he enjoyed my hens as much as I did, because I sure enjoyed popping him in the brainz!

not a good day to be a possum in your area

 

[CSolis]

not a good day to be a possum in your area

Not at all, so don't try playing possum or you might find a new decoration on your forehead. First photo is Charlotte a Cockoo x BSL hen. She was well developed and bigger bodied that her mom Henrietta. Also a full sister to Prince. She's the big gal in the group.

And I grabbed some of Henrietta's eggs to hatch as Charlie was going to a bigger farm to 'work' and hatched them. Got Corona and Cerveza out of those eggs. A full sibling to Charlotte and Prince.

Cerveza is looking up. Corona is behind her. Henrietta and Corona are all that's left, and they are in with Bruce the Magnificent, a grandson of Charlie. RIP my lovelies.

 

[silverhair67]

Not at all, so don't try playing possum or you might find a new decoration on your forehead. First photo is Charlotte a Cockoo x BSL hen. She was well developed and bigger bodied that her mom Henrietta. Also a full sister to Prince. She's the big gal in the group.View attachment 2890639
And I grabbed some of Henrietta's eggs to hatch as Charlie was going to a bigger farm to 'work' and hatched them. Got Corona and Cerveza out of those eggs. A full sibling to Charlotte and Prince.
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Cerveza is looking up. Corona is behind her. Henrietta and Corona are all that's left, and they are in with Bruce the Magnificent, a grandson of Charlie. RIP my lovelies.

sorry for the loss

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF.

 

[CapricornFarm]

not a good day to be a possum in your area

My dog kills off the possums for me

 

[microchick]

Ugggghhh Good morning all.

Lordie but I hate time changes.

Got up this morning, and made coffee using DHMO. Now drinking a mug + 1 top off of coffee laced with sweet n low and DHMO. It is delicious! I now understand why everyone is so upset by the prevalence of this substance in our daily lives. It is highly addictive. By the end of the day I will have consumed over 80 ounces of the chemical and crave more event even though it will have me up to the bathroom at least twice.

It's an atrocity I tell you and something must be done! Why even my chickens are hooked on the stuff!



@bruceha2000 nope, never tried goat's milk. There are goat dairies all over the countryside. I should stop with a gallon milk jug and see if I can buy some as Pet Food. That's how you have to do it here in Missouri to get around the health dept. rules.

@lovesfarms I am totally bewildered by my diet. I ate chili twice yesterday with only the unpleasant side effects from the beans that we all experience. The fiber in beans has always been acceptable to my digestive system. Granted I don't make our chili as spicy as some do. I have no desire to wear asbestos underwear. But we like to just taste a bit of the burn. If anything was to set my intestines off it would have been that chili, especially eating it twice in one day.

But it gets even more interesting in that I ate vanilla ice cream last night expecting to have the same stomach upset that I had with the chocolate. Nope. Nada. Since the low fat chocolate ice cream that I ate was a different brand from the vanilla, I can only suspect that there is an additive in there that my stomach does not like.

I'll probably today roast a chicken leg quarter for dinner and bake some squash. The thought of eating peas makes me gag and they say stay away from corn so that leaves green beans which I normally love but right now just tolerate.

Frozen mango frozen tropical fruit frozen blue berries I can eat by the bowlful and the fudge brownies that I made last weekend were so delicious I had to tell myself NO NO NO when I was tempted to make another batch of them.

The only red meat I eat is Hamburger and I try to hold that to once a week. Once again, no problems. I have to admit that I think about your diet every time I eat. You are a woman of strong will and fortitude and I salute you! But I understand. You get to the point where you will do anything to keep from having pain and the nastiness that your bowels can bestow upon you when they are in a snit. I sure hope your test for inflammation goes well for you next week. I see my DO on Wednesday.

As Yul Brenner said in The King And I, it is a bewilderment. I have no doubt that it is going to take tiny cameras on long tubes going at me from all angles to figure out what is going on with me.

In the mean time, 66 today and sunny. I need to start cleaning out the coop. I know, I know, Sunday is a day of rest. I'll just have to owe me a day off.

@CSolis. Good on you for offing that (bleeping) dirty possum. Nasty things each and every one of them. The two hens you lost were lovely. I'm so sorry.

 

[silverhair67]

Just put my bully BR in a seperate coop, she's the elder hen, also want to take a look at her bottom,

 

[microchick]

Mine try @CapricornFarm. Last possum Buck tried to kill had babies hanging on her that went flying everywhere. They were making this weird 'CLICK' sound calling for her only she was in the hound's mouth getting the crap shook out of her. I was sure she was dead and it was hard to walk away from the babies, but I did knowing they were too small to survive without her. Surprise, went back later expecting to find a dead possum and she was gone along with the babies.

I was stunned. I saw how deeply Buck had ahold of her and was certain she was done for. But I guess we have some tough arsed possums around here that have kevlar skin cause she was able to escape with her babies...to as my husband put it, raid our hen house another day.

 

[silverhair67]

Mine try @CapricornFarm. Last possum Buck tried to kill had babies hanging on her that went flying everywhere. They were making this weird 'CLICK' sound calling for her only she was in the hound's mouth getting the crap shook out of her. I was sure she was dead and it was hard to walk away from the babies, but I did knowing they were too small to survive without her. Surprise, went back later expecting to find a dead possum and she was gone along with the babies.

I was stunned. I saw how deeply Buck had ahold of her and was certain she was done for. But I guess we have some tough arsed possums around here that have kevlar skin cause she was able to escape with her babies...to as my husband put it, raid our hen house another day.

Good watch dog,

 

[Hayden Goseek]

was stunned. I saw how deeply Buck had ahold of her and was certain she was done for. But I guess we have some tough arsed possums around here that have kevlar skin cause she was able to escape with her babies...to as my husband put it, raid our hen house another day.

They ARE tough. I "heard" that a couple sub-sonic .22LR in the chest are effective. ( And it just sounds like someone dropped a 2x4.) Even then you have to wait a while.