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[ShrekDawg]

Yeah....sorry to say it didn't help much. I wish it had. My first pneumonia shot didn't do anything outside of give me a bit of a sore lump on my arm for a few days.

@KDOGG331 I've always read that dogs have the mental/emotional stability of a three year old child. Most amazingly intelligent dog I've ever seen was a border collie that if you dumped all of his toys in the center of the room and told him to go get squeaky owl, he would trot over, root through the pile until he found the asked for toy and then give it to his owner. He did that with every toy until there was one left that he had never seen before. They told him to go get the pumpkin and sure enough, he trotted over and picked up the stuffed pumpkin and returned with it. Now did he recognize a pumpkin or that there was one toy left over so it had to be that one? Either way pretty impressive.

3 sounds about right, I may have gotten the ages mixed up, read it a while ago haha but wow that’s very impressive!! And yeah, not sure we’ll ever know the answer to that but definitely very impressive because either way, the logic to conclude it must be that one is very advanced and something most people would think is only a human trait. And many dogs would probably stare at their owner, confused, but that one used logic & reasoning and figured it out.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah....sorry to say it didn't help much. I wish it had. My first pneumonia shot didn't do anything outside of give me a bit of a sore lump on my arm for a few days.

@KDOGG331 I've always read that dogs have the mental/emotional stability of a three year old child. Most amazingly intelligent dog I've ever seen was a border collie that if you dumped all of his toys in the center of the room and told him to go get squeaky owl, he would trot over, root through the pile until he found the asked for toy and then give it to his owner. He did that with every toy until there was one left that he had never seen before. They told him to go get the pumpkin and sure enough, he trotted over and picked up the stuffed pumpkin and returned with it. Now did he recognize a pumpkin or that there was one toy left over so it had to be that one? Either way pretty impressive.

Have you ever heard of Chaser the Border Collie? He knows like 1,000 words.

 

[ShrekDawg]

She died this year but this article explains about the process of training her and stuff which I found interesting. She understood language

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/science/chaser-border-collie-dies.html

And these videos I thought were interesting too.

 

[bruceha2000]

T She said her boss told Her to start back up smoking because it messed up her voice on the phone. She was a switch board operator at the time.

Curious, I find that smokers tend to have a somewhat harsh/raspy voice at least on the phone. Not something I would think would make them easier to understand.

Thought this was hilarious.

Poor girl, back to the drawing board with that one!

Trying to convince myself that I like Windows 10. I've been running Ubuntu/Linux on my computers for years so it's a big jump for me.

Stop trying and switch back!

Just keep your moose up there away from us @beercan. We have enough to worry about with deer and elk running around. I can just imagine how bad a car accident with a moose would be. Aren't they something like 6 foot or more at the withers
?

My understanding with moose/car collisions is:

1. Your car will be totalled
2. The moose will die
3. You might too

They are so tall/long legged that in a head on collision they come through the windshield. I can't even imagine.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Curious, I find that smokers tend to have a somewhat harsh/raspy voice at least on the phone. Not something I would think would make them easier to understand.


Poor girl, back to the drawing board with that one!


Stop trying and switch back!


My understanding with moose/car collisions is:

1. Your car will be totalled
2. The moose will die
3. You might too

They are so tall/long legged that in a head on collision they come through the windshield. I can't even imagine.

Lol yup! Bet she was pretty embarrassed but she seemed to take it in good stride and I bet next time she’ll be back and do better.

And I didn’t realize moose would die from it! I figured they were so big and built like a tank they’d be fairly unscathed but that the humans would die

 

[microchick]

A few days back I commented about what a great flock leader my Twonky was and how I didn't know what I would do if something happened to him.

I went out today to let the birds out and found him dead. I didn't notice him missing last night, I was sick so I went out near dark, gave them fresh water and locked them down. This morning, he didn't charge out of the pop door like he usually does which is strange for him so I went inside to check on him. Couldn't find him. Went back outside and still couldn't find him. I finally found him under one of my brooder coops. He must have been there since last night. There is 10 inch or so gap between floor and ground that gives the youngsters a place to hide when the older birds pick on them. I popped out a trim board on one end so the larger birds could go under there also. I'd never seen Twonk go in there. No marks, full crop, good breast meat. I have no idea what happened to him but I sure am going to miss him.

Now it will be interesting to see who takes the reins in the flock. Hopefully one of his sons.

 

[CapricornFarm]

A few days back I commented about what a great flock leader my Twonky was and how I didn't know what I would do if something happened to him.

I went out today to let the birds out and found him dead. I didn't notice him missing last night, I was sick so I went out near dark, gave them fresh water and locked them down. This morning, he didn't charge out of the pop door like he usually does which is strange for him so I went inside to check on him. Couldn't find him. Went back outside and still couldn't find him. I finally found him under one of my brooder coops. He must have been there since last night. There is 10 inch or so gap between floor and ground that gives the youngsters a place to hide when the older birds pick on them. I popped out a trim board on one end so the larger birds could go under there also. I'd never seen Twonk go in there. No marks, full crop, good breast meat. I have no idea what happened to him but I sure am going to miss him.

Now it will be interesting to see who takes the reins in the flock. Hopefully one of his sons.

Sorry Becky. That sucks. I am waiting for chicks to hatch.

 

[ronott1]

A few days back I commented about what a great flock leader my Twonky was and how I didn't know what I would do if something happened to him.

I went out today to let the birds out and found him dead. I didn't notice him missing last night, I was sick so I went out near dark, gave them fresh water and locked them down. This morning, he didn't charge out of the pop door like he usually does which is strange for him so I went inside to check on him. Couldn't find him. Went back outside and still couldn't find him. I finally found him under one of my brooder coops. He must have been there since last night. There is 10 inch or so gap between floor and ground that gives the youngsters a place to hide when the older birds pick on them. I popped out a trim board on one end so the larger birds could go under there also. I'd never seen Twonk go in there. No marks, full crop, good breast meat. I have no idea what happened to him but I sure am going to miss him.

Now it will be interesting to see who takes the reins in the flock. Hopefully one of his sons.

I am sorry you lost him!

Of course the old saying is: Sometime chickens just die!

 

[Alaskan]

My understanding with moose/car collisions is:

1. Your car will be totalled
2. The moose will die
3. You might too

They are so tall/long legged that in a head on collision they come through the windshield. I can't even imagine.

Yes... that. It can be very bad.

 

[Alaskan]

A few days back I commented about what a great flock leader my Twonky was and how I didn't know what I would do if something happened to him.

I went out today to let the birds out and found him dead. I didn't notice him missing last night, I was sick so I went out near dark, gave them fresh water and locked them down. This morning, he didn't charge out of the pop door like he usually does which is strange for him so I went inside to check on him. Couldn't find him. Went back outside and still couldn't find him. I finally found him under one of my brooder coops. He must have been there since last night. There is 10 inch or so gap between floor and ground that gives the youngsters a place to hide when the older birds pick on them. I popped out a trim board on one end so the larger birds could go under there also. I'd never seen Twonk go in there. No marks, full crop, good breast meat. I have no idea what happened to him but I sure am going to miss him.

Now it will be interesting to see who takes the reins in the flock. Hopefully one of his sons.

Was it 2 weeks back??

Anyway.. lost a hen... ditto on food in crop, good breast meat, no sign of wounds...
She was just in the middle of my lawn... just there.... up close to the parked plow... but like huh? What sick chicken would sit next to plow... on the middle of the lawn????

No one died before or since.