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[chickadoodles]

MY SPORTSMAN ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!!

Congrats! Wisher this is a link to someone that has Gold Campines. I don't know where they got their stock from. I did ask them this morning but waiting for an answer.They have chicks and hatching eggs for sale. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cedar-Ridge-Farm/144703132353014

 

[chickadoodles]

Congratulations!

I would post a congrats on the Heritage thread but the off topic folks are circling their wagons over their.

That Union hill farm is local to me...I might just have to go over there and

Get some of those Campine wanna be's they have there....

 

[Arielle]

SCG, what I find saddest is that your well-meaning parents are not helping the dogs, if the dogs believe it is their job to corner someone the humans have clearly invited into their house. Dogs need to know beyond the shadow of a doubt, they are not the pack leaders, the humans are. Any dog that cannot be trusted implicitly should be sleeping in a crate, and in fact should be crated anytime it is not supervised, and on a lead when not crated, until it is 100% responsive to commands, particularly one which has been rescued and has an unknown past. I rescued toy breeds for some time, and even a 5-10 pound dog can inflict a nasty wound if it bites. My position was, any dog that showed a willingness to bite a human should not be placed and should be considered a liability. I put one down when it bit my stepson a second time. Dogs that are so dominant over, or terrified of (most common), humans that they feel they must/should bite them, are miserable beings. They feel they must be on perpetual watch. They can sometimes be rehabbed with training, but it takes a very dedicated soul with the time and energy to do it.

A dog thinks in terms of its pack. If it is not confident the human is in charge, it places itself in charge, and that is when it becomes a danger. Rather than seeking instruction from the human, it makes its own decisions. Short of someone breaking in, it should never take it upon itself to do more than observe the movement of the people in the house, responding when invited to or when habit/training has taught it a response is indicated. A dog that follows you to the kitchen every time you get up just wants to see if it's getting food. A dog that follows you to the bathroom and growls when you try to exit is letting you know you should be afraid, and for your parents to make light of it reinforced the behavior rather than correcting it. I don't mean to speak poorly of your folks, they believe they are being kind to the dogs. Maybe a good gift for them would be, "How To Be Your Dog's Best Friend" by the Monks of New Skete. It's the first book I read on training dogs, and explained how they think in such logical terms.

Funny , while you'all are talking dogs I've been onlineinvestigating dogs at the shelters and emailing breeders. Dang unwanted dogs are expensive-- $400+ though it is really a bargin as they are neutered and UTD on shots; and the curly coated retreiver are about $1500 plus shipping. I keep checking CL-- misted a golden puppy by a few hours. darn.

Thanks for the heads up on the book by the MOnks. Having had rotties and labs for so many years, my kids are not allowed to approach a dog until I check it out. ANd all my dogs had crates-- makes life simpler. THe extra crates are used for sorting chickens on butchering day.

Not sure I should be adopting . . . . I stay away from shelters . . . it breaks my heart to see all these dogs caged. I would take one home for the wrong reason.

Quote: I love prickly pears-- so taste testing each of these would be a thrill !

Ooooo...I love cemeteries! Burial practices fascinate me. But so does a bunch of other stuff related to cultural anthropology.

Having a grandfather in the burial business, my one thought at a cemetary is "stay off the grave" !! He used to takes us for walks after dinner and pass thru the local cemetary.

Well ya'll I have failed, I was dissmissed from the nursing program for being at a facility in full uniform that i was not assigned to. I am so dissapointed. I guess I am back to being a stay at home mom addicted to chickens. Ya'll ready to have me back full time?

Love having you back . . . but go kick their butts and file that grevience. You have worked tooooooo hard to get to this point.

Yankee . . . Irish . . . . boston . . . . you're tough. You can get this done.

Maybe that is the real reason they wanted you out.

Quote: OMG--- how you didn't break a smile I don't know. Rules and regs have gotten completely out of control. I don't know how businesses stay in business . . . and what a head ache to get a business off the ground and running profitably.


Gotta go run print a copy of sons HW-- he's afraid to ask the teacher if she will accept another puzzle than the designated one for the spelling project . . . . public school is killing creativity and self. Too rigid.

 

[Highcotton]

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After 50 years of working with the Federal Government. call me if you need more material.

 

[Arielle]

MY SPORTSMAN ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!!

 

[insanity]

I found an old oak refrigerator the one you put ice in to cool. I'm tryimg to talk DH into it for Xmas. It should make an amazing bator.

 

[tnspursfan09]

I think that the weather is conspiring against me. Rain again today. Grrrrrrrrr. (BRB, need more coffee).

I need to get Cricket and Dottie moved into the big chicken's coop soon so that the new babies can be moved into the baby coop, but I've been putting it off while trying to let them all range together during the day. The transition is not going as smoothly as I'd hoped. Dora, especially, has been going after Dottie. I guess she's just happy to have someone lower on the pecking order than she is and is trying to impress the popular girls by picking on the new girl. Prince Eric is also way too interested in Dottie...he is constantly cornering her so that he can show off his dance moves.

Dottie is getting better about standing up for herself, but she and Cricket don't seem to want to hang out with the rest of the flock. They stay together at all times, though, with Cricket folowing Dottie whever she goes...he has seperation anxiety and honks like a goose if he ever loses sight of his Dottie. He is sooooo little. Dottie is almost as big as Dora (WLH) but Cricket doesn't seem to have grown at all in the last month. I am worried that the others will seriously hurt him if I put them in with the others to roost. Right now none of the others pay him any mind. They'll pick on Dottie, but seem to totally ignore Cricket...wierd, huh? And he's so calm and sweet. I jus don't know. Am I jumping the gun here? They are 2 months old now, is that too early to be put in with the others? I need to do something because the babies are very quickly outgrowing their brooder. They are one month old.

 

[ronott1]

I think that the weather is conspiring against me. Rain again today. Grrrrrrrrr. (BRB, need more coffee).

I need to get Cricket and Dottie moved into the big chicken's coop soon so that the new babies can be moved into the baby coop, but I've been putting it off while trying to let them all range together during the day. The transition is not going as smoothly as I'd hoped. Dora, especially, has been going after Dottie. I guess she's just happy to have someone lower on the pecking order than she is and is trying to impress the popular girls by picking on the new girl. Prince Eric is also way too interested in Dottie...he is constantly cornering her so that he can show off his dance moves.

Dottie is getting better about standing up for herself, but she and Cricket don't seem to want to hang out with the rest of the flock. They stay together at all times, though, with Cricket folowing Dottie whever she goes...he has seperation anxiety and honks like a goose if he ever loses sight of his Dottie. He is sooooo little. Dottie is almost as big as Dora (WLH) but Cricket doesn't seem to have grown at all in the last month. I am worried that the others will seriously hurt him if I put them in with the others to roost. Right now none of the others pay him any mind. They'll pick on Dottie, but seem to totally ignore Cricket...wierd, huh? And he's so calm and sweet. I jus don't know. Am I jumping the gun here? They are 2 months old now, is that too early to be put in with the others? I need to do something because the babies are very quickly outgrowing their brooder. They are one month old.

It can work to combine some flocks that young. I usually wait until they are 4 months old.

If you combine them, set up a place that they can hide--with an opening big enough for them but too small for the bigger ones.

 

[tnspursfan09]

It can work to combine some flocks that young. I usually wait until they are 4 months old.

If you combine them, set up a place that they can hide--with an opening big enough for them but too small for the bigger ones.

Maybe I need to build a bigger brooder. The babies are in a big plastic tote in the livingroom right now (my basketball watching buddies), but they are getting so big that they can stand on tiptoe and stick their heads through the wire on top. Every time I ook over at them they are staring back at me and start chirping to be held. They poop a lot more - and a lot bigger - than they used to. But if we built a bigger brood box if would have to be outside. My house is very tiny. It was built in 1848 and used to be a post office that was built onto. No closets, never enough outlets and small rooms.

 

[ronott1]

Maybe I need to build a bigger brooder. The babies are in a big plastic tote in the livingroom right now (my basketball watching buddies), but they are getting so big that they can stand on tiptoe and stick their heads through the wire on top. Every time I ook over at them they are staring back at me and start chirping to be held. They poop a lot more - and a lot bigger - than they used to. But if we built a bigger brood box if would have to be outside. My house is very tiny. It was built in 1848 and used to be a post office that was built onto. No closets, never enough outlets and small rooms.

There is someone that uses the crawl space under the house to raise Juveniles in the winter.

I keep mine in the garage.

It sounds like your house has a lot of character!