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There's also the thing where I accidentally on purpose locked myself into a pen full of muscovies when I was two and am scared to death of the things.

That would be of course a big drawback.

 

[chickiemomy]

The only snakes I've seen here have been different garters. They are pretty small, though the one that got into the house twice a couple years ago was a big one. It could have eaten a mouse, or baby rats. We had to move it out to the fence three times before it got the hint. The third time we caught it on the back step. There are no longer any gaps at the bottoms of our doors. We fixed them.

I'm not afraid of snakes even growing up over on the dry side with rattlesnakes. We used to catch garter snakes to play with, then we'd let them go where we found them.

It may be the lack of garter snakes last year is why we had such a rodent problem.

We have a big pond that comes onto our property. Wild ducks and geese are out there all year. I've thought about getting a few runner ducks, but I'd have to fence.

I don't know if the little things I've found here are salamanders. I just move them to a safe place when I find them. I also check the recycle bin before I put it out and fish out any frogs that have gotten in there. I like the nice diverse amount of species we have here. Except the stupid deer that eat my trees.

I second this!

I've mostly eliminated deer from my yard -- someone on another thread told me about the predator eye thingy -- it's a small solar powered unit you can hang from a tree, or put on a post. At night it flashes a small red light. So if you position them at dog height - they shy away thinking there's a predator there. It does not work on daylight nibblers! However, I have raspberries for the first time this year & my pear trees seem to be growing too. I know where the deer generally enter my yard & only have 2 units placed at differing heights. I think they cost less than $20 per unit. For me, worth it!

 

[Hinotori]

My problem deer come in the daytime. Me yelling and flapping my arms doesn't chase them away anymore. The dogs will chase them to the fenceline and they know it. Dang deer stand across the road and wait.

 

[lclough1998]

Hi, all! I am in Gig Harbor, looking for a dozen or 2 Fertile Lemon Cuckoo Orpington hatching eggs for my 2 broodies. Posted a wanted ad, but thought I would jump in here too! Anyone know of any or have any? Not sure what the going rate is, but lets talk! Maybe I can put some for you under my hen and hatch some for you in trade for some peeps? Thanks - text me at 253-549-5106 or email to [email protected] Linda,

 

[Chickielady]

CL,

Marans and JG's are pipped and zipped. I'm going to make bread in a minute, just to keep from going down to the cellar again to check the 'bator. (Again!)

 

[Chickielady]

Well, maybe I'll just pop down one more time before I make the bread.

Well, you are getting some great exercise doing all the stairs !

 

[Chickielady]

I just filled out an 18 box with the Hamburgs, right? I suspect that the AM/Au ones are an indication of when Dave started to get sick; we'll see how many of the eight I have are pullets, since I'm unlikely to keep more than two. I am really unhappy about the way this is working out, all around, especially since I should have noticed earlier only I was trying to deal with weather, building/maintaining pens, the chicks in the house, a very late-calving cow, and the whole end-of-life dog care stuff.

And the wedding, forever and always the wedding. Two weeks from today it will be over. I hope I survive the interim.

So I missed something somewhere:
What wedding ?
Whose wedding ?

 

[Chickielady]

Too warm.

My cranky, extremely slow cantankerously annoying old computer gets even more slow and locks up completely when it is warm.....too warm.

 

[Chickielady]

Well, I missed something important in one of the chicks. The splash with the pouffy face that I thought was an Am/Aus has feathered legs, so must not be an AmX after all. But, it has a pouffy face! Looks like a pullet too, judging from the wing feathers at hatching.



Guess I'll have to contact Cowgirl Grace for a couple of Ams. I'm delighted with this one though! Must be a splash Marans with a beard - how cool!

Did I give you any blue eggs to hatch ?
Check this baby for a pea comb=It well may be an OE (Marans x Am=OE)

 

[mikeyb]

Quote: yeah, when the temps go above 80 deg the processor begins to heat up too much and it slows way down. Some times a fan blowing across the tower helps. Some times setting a laptop on a piece of 1/4" plate alum helps (acts as a heat sink). These are not the answer of all answers of course. The best way is use the computer in an AC cooled room.