The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning Oldies.

Good morning Sour, and everyone at the Home.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Lock down today! I heard peeping at 6 am.

 

[ronott1]

One interesting thing happened today. We were out working on one of our radio antennas. When we have it done it will be 1/2 mile wire loop antenna that is being hung from our trees. We were down by our pond and here comes Buck, our hound mix, dragging what looked like what was left of a deer carcass. he was happy as only a dog can be when it's found something gross to chew on.

Sure enough, it was a fawn's remains. The little hooves were about an inch long so it didn't survive long after birth. Probably from last year as all that was left was the little things legs and spine. So sad. Does don't start dropping fawns until next month into June so we don't have any idea what happened or when.

That is weird for sure

 

[ronott1]

Not ignoring you all, just been busy, try to catch up someday. Wondering about ehal, I didn't hatch last yr so really have to this yr, can someone post a link to it so I don't have to search forever..please and thank you!!!

There was a post by @casportpony about the EHAL starting soon. It looks like a lot is going on with Sumi so I will check again on the status

There is already a March Hatch a long and several others going

 

[microchick]

It's not the first time we've found dead fawns here. about 7 years ago I heard one of the dogs barking and went out to see what was up. There was a dead fawn laying at the edge of the yard. All curled up like they do when their mom leaves them and they are trying to be invisible. It looked perfectly alive...yet it wasn't. The only marks on it was a set of large fang punctures on top of it's head. Undoubtedly that was the cause of death. As it wasn't there the night before and the dog that found it was our smallest at the time, I suspect the great Pyrenees next door that was guarding the sheep being pastured there got a hold on it and it escaped to our yard. The fang marks were huge. It could have even been a coyote.

Some just don't make it. But I suspect that if it was a yote, it wouldn't have gotten away in one piece.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Happy Sunday Old Folks sometimes power work in weird ways huh Ron .. I will or should have peeps about the 8th

 

[casportpony]

Not ignoring you all, just been busy, try to catch up someday. Wondering about ehal, I didn't hatch last yr so really have to this yr, can someone post a link to it so I don't have to search forever..please and thank you!!!

There was a post by @casportpony about the EHAL starting soon. It looks like a lot is going on with Sumi so I will check again on the status

For anyone wanting to join the Easter HAL, I made a set date table. In the past, the goal was to hatch on the Saturday before Easter. This Year Easter is 4-12-2020, so the hatch date goal is 4-11-2020.

Type of Egg	Number of Days to Hatch	Set Date
Doves	14-16	March 26th-28th
Pigeons	17-19	March 21st-23rd
Button Quail	16	March 26th
Coturnix quail	18	March 24th
Seramas other small bantams	19-21	March 21st-23rd
Other bantam and LF chicken	21	March 21st
Bobwhite quail	23	March 19th
Call duck and other bantam ducks	26	March 16th
Pheasant	22-29	March 13th-20th
Mallard (derived) duck, goose,	28	March 14th
Turkey, Guinea, Peafowl	28	March 14th
Goose	28-32	March 10th-14th
Muscovy duck	35	March 7th
Emu	49-55	February 23rd-29th

Disclaimer:
I am not part of the Easter HAL committee, I just felt like making the table.

 

[ronott1]

For anyone wanting to join the Easter HAL, I made a set date table. In the past, the goal was to hatch on the Saturday before Easter. This Year Easter is 4-12-2020, so the hatch date goal is 4-11-2020.

Type of Egg	Number of Days to Hatch	Set Date
Doves	14-16	March 26th-28th
Pigeons	17-19	March 21st-23rd
Button Quail	16	March 26th
Coturnix quail	18	March 24th
Seramas other small bantams	19-21	March 21st-23rd
Other bantam and LF chicken	21	March 21st
Bobwhite quail	23	March 19th
Call duck and other bantam ducks	26	March 16th
Pheasant	22-29	March 13th-20th
Mallard (derived) duck, goose,	28	March 14th
Turkey, Guinea, Peafowl	28	March 14th
Goose	28-32	March 10th-14th
Muscovy duck	35	March 7th
Emu	49-55	February 23rd-29th

Disclaimer:
I am not part of the Easter HAL committee, I just felt like making the table.

Thanks!

 

[bruceha2000]

The pipe exits the earth over a ravine some distance away from the house.

I hope there aren't any streams running through those ravines though I'd be real surprised to find that to be the case.

But if you don't buy new cars every year and drive used vehicles, tractors, etc, you don't pay much.

Sounds like a good way for the state to decrease sales of new vehicles and other equipment. But you have to pay taxes on all those things every year, right?

Finally figured it out, have to be ON a thread for it to work. When first logging on I just get this;

You don't need to be on a thread, just click on Forums from the home page and then select Watched threads from the drop down.

 

[bruceha2000]

I put new batteries in the game camera last night, didn't set the trap but it is in the box. Camera worked fine even though it was 7°F so I guess it just doesn't like batteries with 30%+ power left.

Well cr@p. Lots of videos with rats all night. One seems to have a light streak on its left flank. A couple of other videos with 2 rats at the same time and neither has that light streak. So while I've done in 3 rats, at best that was half the population. These are all full grown as well.