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[hallerlake]

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For me it WAS called Michelle but now that she won't be able to for at least most of the summer. I will have to try her step dad. I am sure he will do ok.
Ya need to get ya a good neighbor friend.

Mine was called Owen, but he's in London this summer. I may be able to get a kid down the street to do it. It's not hard. The important thing is to remember to feed the dog when the chickens are not out.

 

[Ogress]

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I got them all right, but I'm still not certain what I have. Cat rat may have been a roof rat as the tail was very long and slender, same width at base as near end, but it definately had a white belly.

I think I have both Norway and Bushy tails in the back. Something has been making ginormous nests under the lawn-tractor hood whenever it is stuck for a week or more. It looks like the tractor is sprouting sword ferns and doug fir, and when you open it, every gree bit of space is crammed full of moss, fern, fir branches, and bits of landscape cloth. All the plants look fresh. When I take a pitchfork and remove it all, I sometimes find babies in the middle of the mess. I think woodrats are making these, or maybe chipmunks, one time the babies had stripes.

closer to the coops, I think it is mostly Norway rats, though I think yesterday it may have been a woodrat that I caught. I can't find any burrowing holes, but when I moved the wood pile, I did find a nest with babies . It was under the woodpile, but not dug into the ground. It was lined with a little bit of moss.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

Ogress, The roos are looking nice. I am growing some out that age too. Still gangly but can't wait til they start filling out. When people see them they can't believe they are still babies.

I need one of those rat zappers!

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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My BIL just keeps mowing hay and puts up what the weather allows: sileage bales are a bother to handle (heavy, and prone to explode until fully cured) but the best nutritionally, square bales are the most salable but also take the most fuel and labor and the best weather, regular round bales are a challenge on some fields: last year one of them started rolling and then bouncing when it left the gate and ended up twenty feet up in a maple tree at the bottom of the hill fifty feet onto the neighbor's property.

I've heard that quite a few farmers refuse to feed their livestock those round bails. The farmers are concerned that their animals wont be getting a square meal.

LOL!

 

[jbear]

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For me it WAS called Michelle but now that she won't be able to for at least most of the summer. I will have to try her step dad. I am sure he will do ok.
Ya need to get ya a good neighbor friend.

Mine was called Owen, but he's in London this summer. I may be able to get a kid down the street to do it. It's not hard. The important thing is to remember to feed the dog when the chickens are not out.

I pay a house sitter--usually a young single person that I know who is very responsible.. Changes on who is available when. They (besides fuel) are the most expensive part of leaving.. but I feel better knowing there is someone at the house!

 

[jbear]

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hey, i texted you stranger! How is that bratty mottle boy doing??

 

[jbear]

Lookie this!
So cool!!

Finally here in Tacoma we have something neat goin' on with chickens!

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/news/city/do_the_chicken_coop_loop/

 

[jbear]

http://greenfirefarms.com/store/jubilee-orpingtons-juvenile-pair/

holy moley..
but they sure are purty...

 

[SadieSue]

Had an opportunity to meet CMSDVM yesterday at the vaccination party. It was kind of her to invite me along with a few others so we could all get our chicks vaccinated at one time, and she was also nice enough to give my chicks the shots herself. Now if I can get DH to build the little coop and put it inside our enclosed run, the chicks can move outside and I think we'll all be happier! They were out in the X-pen all morning enjoying the grass and sunshine and are now back inside taking little chick naps.

DD and I are taking off for Shenanigans on the waterfront of Commencement Bay to see if we can get a table outside for lunch. She's "taking me out" for my birthday and we'll probably go to a real movie theater later this afternoon. DH is missing the fun because he has to work til late tonight.
It's a beautiful day so far - funny how the sun can sometimes make us feel more optimistic about everything? Even being eligible for senior discounts now at some casinos, retail and dining establishments?

 

[Rainwolf]

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My BIL just keeps mowing hay and puts up what the weather allows: sileage bales are a bother to handle (heavy, and prone to explode until fully cured) but the best nutritionally, square bales are the most salable but also take the most fuel and labor and the best weather, regular round bales are a challenge on some fields: last year one of them started rolling and then bouncing when it left the gate and ended up twenty feet up in a maple tree at the bottom of the hill fifty feet onto the neighbor's property.

I've heard that quite a few farmers refuse to feed their livestock those round bails. The farmers are concerned that their animals wont be getting a square meal.