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Just got in from FINALLY getting the big coop cleaned.:sick Only two months behind on the spring cleaning, but hey! It's been a late spring here, a wet, cool one also so the way I see it, think of June as being the first of May and I'm right on schedule. Also discovered where mice had chewed through one inch boards and had to staple in hardware cloth. In between DH dumping the tractor bucket for me I watched one of my brood hens teach her 2 week old babies how to eat a baby mouse she had discovered somewhere. If it hadn't been so gruesome it would have been funny. I would have bet real money a 2 week old chick couldn't swallow a baby mouse but dang I would have lost the money. What was impressive was the fact that mamma, who is the hen that has been beating the dirt out of me ever since she went broody was diligently following the babies around, pulling the mouse out of their mouths and ummmmm tenderizing it before handing it back over to them.

I don't want to do the kidney stone thing either. I may have passed some gravel at one point due to some suspicious symptoms I was having that nobody could pen a diagnosis on. But be warned, due to the uniqueness of the male anatomy, kidney stones are much much harder on men then they are on women and they aren't all that much fun for women either.

Darling baby bunnies. We don't have any this year. But glad you have things on hold till you can round them all up. Usually they are about that size when I find them with the lawn mower.:hitReally ruins my day when that happens.

As for eggs. Over easy but I do like poached and scrambled also.
:sick Thanks for the warning about kidney stones!

I did some work in the back yard yesterday. I get some of the side yard cleaned out tonigh
 
Trust me Bruce, I've almost tried that angle.Due to the population in Missouri, namely large metropolises like St Louis, KC, Jefferson city, etc, the rest of the state is made up of small towns and small cities. The doc I see is a regional doctor who's main office is in Hannibal Missouri. He travels as far north as Keokuk Iowa and is in Macon county one day a month. Then twice a month, may be three times, he has a PA who covers the area and sees patients. I think the problem is with the clinic that works for him and his PA. I have the feeling that somebody there isn't passing on messages or doing follow through, making sure phone messages are handled, patient's recalled, etc.

My head would have been bouncing down the employee parking lot if I had worked that way while doing clinical.
 
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Dh moved my truck to mow, got the mower out, and as he was going to mow, here is what he discovered. There are 3 of them. View attachment 1816336 Mowing was postponed until we got them to safety. Truck moving is postponed for now too. We will have to keep an eye out before we move vehicles for awhile.
Being a lover of little wild bunnies, it's nice to see them. I think my city chicken owning neighbor and I have put a dent in the fox population here. He's retired and nothing better to do, I've unfortunately blasted a couple or two (in my coop, first time with a breach :mad:)
Starting to see some cotton tails :eek:

Now I have to worry about my garden..., dang vegan predators can be the worst lol...
 
We have a single pan for them post a picture in minute Okay they are loading
we do not use it but hate the thought of loosing it or throwing it away
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Yup, can no longer say my defenseless set up is lucky. Had to blast off a couple 12gauge rounds in the middle of the night, one dead chicken but the perp also is. DW says, nice we live in a area where you can fire a couple rounds off at 11:30 at night and not hear anything more, could've killed your whole family and no one cares... Lol,
 
Yup, can no longer say my defenseless set up is lucky. Had to blast off a couple 12gauge rounds in the middle of the night, one dead chicken but the perp also is. DW says, nice we live in a area where you can fire a couple rounds off at 11:30 at night and not hear anything more, could've killed your whole family and no one cares... Lol,
Post pictures of the new setup when you get it up!
 

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