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[Stumpfarmer]

I think they are all cute and can not make up my mind on what to get next.


Looks like the rain and dreary days are getting to us.  Just remember, it is only a few months away from these beautiful weeds.  Spring will come again.




 

Lovely photo of the terrible invasive thug Geranium robertianum, which common names (Herb Robert or Stinking Robert, Death come-quickly, Bloodwort and Cuckoo's eye) are... uniquely dissaproving.


You've truly spun dross into gold, there.

The leaves are pretty in the fall.

It has many graces, if you ignore the smell and the fact that it is the only Geranium worse than Claridge Druce for taking over every planting except thick sod (although Herb Robert is not fond of full sun and dry ground, so I don't have much of it- the woods at Margo's are full of it, though).

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Originally Posted by Stumpfarmer 


Lovely photo of the terrible invasive thug Geranium robertianum, which common names (Herb Robert or Stinking Robert, Death come-quickly, Bloodwort and Cuckoo's eye) are... uniquely dissaproving.

You've truly spun dross into gold, there.

Thanks for identifying this for me.  I figured it was in the geranium family but had not pinpointed it.  I had so much of this on my property when I returned to our property.  Roundup was a blessing.  I hope I don't get it back this year as bad.

You'll probably have to do spot control for a few years, as it's one of those plants that puts down lots of seeds that last 3-5 years. It is really a pretty, pretty plant, but it takes over and it's one of those things dogs love to roll in and then come into the house stinking.

You know, I don't know if chickens eat it? We didn't have any of it when we had the Thousand Banty Army, but that was also when Mom was alive and her evening meditation was puttering around in the garden and woods and pulling the plants that displeased her.

 

[Imp]

Quote: You'll probably have to do spot control for a few years, as it's one of those plants that puts down lots of seeds that last 3-5 years. It is really a pretty, pretty plant, but it takes over and it's one of those things dogs love to roll in and then come into the house stinking.

You know, I don't know if chickens eat it? We didn't have any of it when we had the Thousand Banty Army, but that was also when Mom was alive and her evening meditation was puttering around in the garden and woods and pulling the plants that displeased her.
Thanks for the ID. I've always wondered what it was. I've got lots in shady areas. I mostly ignore till it gets overwhelming, then I pull and it does stink then. I don't think I've seen my chickens eat it.

Russ

 

[FirewifeJess]

Pray for us today if you can. William was immunized yesterday for the first time (we delay in a BIG way, I hate immunization) and he is reacting His arm injection sites are red, hot, and swollen, and painful to touch. He's also got a low grade fever. This is rough! Now I remember why we don't immunize on schedule; a tiny infant with these symptoms would be outright SCARY!

 

[hallerlake]

Pray for us today if you can. William was immunized yesterday for the first time (we delay in a BIG way, I hate immunization) and he is reacting His arm injection sites are red, hot, and swollen, and painful to touch. He's also got a low grade fever. This is rough! Now I remember why we don't immunize on schedule; a tiny infant with these symptoms would be outright SCARY!

It could be an allergic reaction to the medium it's grown in. Evan always reacted. It was horrible the first time. After that, I took baby tylenol to the doctor's with me, and gave it to him right away.

 

[LaughingFeather]

I just got through chasing my girls in from their first outing free ranging. It took two of us. NO ONE wanted to go in. It was so cute. They found dry dirt under the deck and wallowed like a bunch of pigs. Pure bliss. I took pics. Will look and see if any are worth posting. So fun.

 

[JennS]

Tandoori is the last "chick" I need to rehome from my hatchery flock. Any idea if it's a pullet or cockerel? 11 weeks old.



(Ugh, the pen floor is gross... I can't wait to get the brooder out of there and shovel out all the nasty shavings mixed into the gravel!)



If Tandoori is a pullet I know someone who would take it. Unless someone here wants it? Tandoori is not as pretty as Jerk, but more white is coming in now, so who knows what the final appearance will be!

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

I just got through chasing my girls in from their first outing free ranging. It took two of us. NO ONE wanted to go in. It was so cute. They found dry dirt under the deck and wallowed like a bunch of pigs. Pure bliss. I took pics. Will look and see if any are worth posting. So fun.

Hah, mine are being scaredy cats! I let them out while I was fixing the gate, and they only made it about 10 feet from the pen. I would go back to check on them and they would all be back in the brooder! I'd call them out again, they'd mill around outside the pen door, but even when I carried one a little farther so she could see the grass in the walkway, she went right back to the pen. And then when I was done with the gate and closed the pen up, they all fussed at me. Sorry, but it looks like the rain is going to start again, and I'm staying inside where it's dry and warm!

Jennifer

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Tandoori is the last "chick" I need to rehome from my hatchery flock. Any idea if it's a pullet or cockerel? 11 weeks old.



(Ugh, the pen floor is gross... I can't wait to get the brooder out of there and shovel out all the nasty shavings mixed into the gravel!)



If Tandoori is a pullet I know someone who would take it. Unless someone here wants it? Tandoori is not as pretty as Jerk, but more white is coming in now, so who knows what the final appearance will be!

Jennifer

Tandoori looks pullet-ish (usually there's a little bit of difference in shoulder markings in cockerels by 11 weeks) but I'd wait for another week or two before I made a firm statement.

It's one of my objections to Wyandottes: it takes a lot of feed to get to the point where they're easy to sex.

 

[Slinglings]

Should an araucana, black sex link, rhode island red, and black copper marans (all around 5 months old) get along with my current four? (White Leghorn, red sex link, jersey giant, buff orpington, all less than a year old)

I am limited to four more (8 total) so I'm really trying to choose carefully and I want to get them all from the same source to make quarantine easier. I found someone who has these four.

This would cover everything that I want except for an olive egg layer, but I can live without that for now. I could maybe get rid of one brown layer later and replace it with an olive layer.

RIR are supposed to be good layers, right? Are black sex links as good layers as red sex links?