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This must be SUCH a strain for his family!
This must be SUCH a strain for his family!
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Thank goodness they have something for you besides replacement.
I hope that things go fast and well for you, at least you will have winter to recoup, think if had happened in spring with chicks and gardens and things like that. Get well soon
Thank goodness they have something for you besides replacement.
I hope that things go fast and well for you, at least you will have winter to recoup, think if had happened in spring with chicks and gardens and things like that. Get well soon
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Hope is fading see he is diabetic and was told all his stuff was in his truck. They did find an elk that had been dressed and was missing the head.
So sorry CR
Hope is fading see he is diabetic and was told all his stuff was in his truck. They did find an elk that had been dressed and was missing the head.
So sorry CR
I lost three chickens.
The Buckeye was dead in the coop, apparently trampled. There is a pile of black feathers in the yard, so I assume they belonged to the Australorp, which became something's dinner. And the Dominique is entirely MIA - no evidence anywhere, unless the carcass/feathers are buried in leaves.
I feel like this is my fault, because I was late getting out to close the run last night (thanks to my migraine or medication withdrawal from H E L L - whatever it was). I didn't count birds when I closed it up, so I don't know exactly when it happened. I didn't find any sign of digging or anything left open. So I assume it happened while they were free ranging yesterday.
I'm bummed.
The Buckeye was dead in the coop, apparently trampled. There is a pile of black feathers in the yard, so I assume they belonged to the Australorp, which became something's dinner. And the Dominique is entirely MIA - no evidence anywhere, unless the carcass/feathers are buried in leaves.
I feel like this is my fault, because I was late getting out to close the run last night (thanks to my migraine or medication withdrawal from H E L L - whatever it was). I didn't count birds when I closed it up, so I don't know exactly when it happened. I didn't find any sign of digging or anything left open. So I assume it happened while they were free ranging yesterday.
I'm bummed.
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This is sooo heartbreaking! Anyones worst nightmare. We are still praying for a miracle!
This is sooo heartbreaking! Anyones worst nightmare. We are still praying for a miracle!
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Sorry to hear about your birds. We had the same thing happen and lost one of our LS. We go out at dusk now when possible. The only thing left of our girl was her wings. I'm thinking raccoon but don't really know.
Sorry to hear about your birds. We had the same thing happen and lost one of our LS. We go out at dusk now when possible. The only thing left of our girl was her wings. I'm thinking raccoon but don't really know.
Howdy, nice to meet ya'll,
I'm kinda new to WA (almost 3yrs now).... I have a comfortable, moderate sized farm, just west of Olympia. Raising miniature hereford cattle, just bought my first chickens: A trio of Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas and a trio of French Marans (Blue Copper Roo, Black Copper hen and a Wheaten) .... What a bunch of characters! They're much more entertaining than cable TV!
Love this forum, I've been lurking for about 3 weeks, soaking it all up! So much experience, help and support - all in one place!
Have a good day everyone, Rita
I'm kinda new to WA (almost 3yrs now).... I have a comfortable, moderate sized farm, just west of Olympia. Raising miniature hereford cattle, just bought my first chickens: A trio of Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas and a trio of French Marans (Blue Copper Roo, Black Copper hen and a Wheaten) .... What a bunch of characters! They're much more entertaining than cable TV!
Love this forum, I've been lurking for about 3 weeks, soaking it all up! So much experience, help and support - all in one place!
Have a good day everyone, Rita
West Olympia? Are you backed up to the Capital Forest? Chickens are great for entertainment!
I grew up in Cypress, what part of Texas are you from?
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Baling wire? We haven't made wire bales since... 1962? I think? I've even run through Dad's stash of spool-ends, finally.
The last bunch of bad Zipties I got were 3M- black, of course. They still had about a 25% insta-fail rate, almost all where they were "printed" with too deep a pattern. I suspect that they do not calibrate their manufacturing devices often enough, which is a problem for a lot of pressed plastic manufacturing plants. I've gotten, over the years, vials of blood-glucose test-strips which were not fully cut through their bottom layer, and a package of daily wear contact lenses where about 10% of the lenses were shaped like three-quarter moons or stuck onto the seal of the package.
But mostly: I need to do things with what I have in the house (no, I can't go to a hardware store by bus: the closest by walking distance is a three-hour round trip, the most efficient by time-used involves an extra mile of walking on concrete, all of it in an area of heavy traffic), and move as much of the job as I can to where I can do it in sitting position: I can make the wire coils in the house, which is an extra benefit.
Not that I'm likely to get any of that done today, I'm just chasing disasters one after another, all of them petty, most of them to do with the fact that I can no longer do the heavy household repairs.
Sorry I'm so cranky, but I'm feeling generally disrespected and taken advantage of by the people I live with: there was a box of old baking projects that came out of the freezer so meat could go in that was left somewhere I can't get to it but the cats can. I wasted way too much of this beautiful day dealing with that, only to go outside and step on a piece of 2 3/8 screen gravel that had gotten on the pavers under the clothesline and screwed up my bad ankle, which had been doing pretty well for a while.
And that is leaving aside the horror that is the hall bathroom.
Baling wire? We haven't made wire bales since... 1962? I think? I've even run through Dad's stash of spool-ends, finally.
The last bunch of bad Zipties I got were 3M- black, of course. They still had about a 25% insta-fail rate, almost all where they were "printed" with too deep a pattern. I suspect that they do not calibrate their manufacturing devices often enough, which is a problem for a lot of pressed plastic manufacturing plants. I've gotten, over the years, vials of blood-glucose test-strips which were not fully cut through their bottom layer, and a package of daily wear contact lenses where about 10% of the lenses were shaped like three-quarter moons or stuck onto the seal of the package.
But mostly: I need to do things with what I have in the house (no, I can't go to a hardware store by bus: the closest by walking distance is a three-hour round trip, the most efficient by time-used involves an extra mile of walking on concrete, all of it in an area of heavy traffic), and move as much of the job as I can to where I can do it in sitting position: I can make the wire coils in the house, which is an extra benefit.
Not that I'm likely to get any of that done today, I'm just chasing disasters one after another, all of them petty, most of them to do with the fact that I can no longer do the heavy household repairs.
Sorry I'm so cranky, but I'm feeling generally disrespected and taken advantage of by the people I live with: there was a box of old baking projects that came out of the freezer so meat could go in that was left somewhere I can't get to it but the cats can. I wasted way too much of this beautiful day dealing with that, only to go outside and step on a piece of 2 3/8 screen gravel that had gotten on the pavers under the clothesline and screwed up my bad ankle, which had been doing pretty well for a while.
And that is leaving aside the horror that is the hall bathroom.
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Howdy Rita! Good to have ya here to chat at! Congrats on your Chooks. They are a hoot aren't they. Things move rather fast at times here. I still think that the Wa thread is the chattiest! But also the nicest buch of peeps you'll find anywhere!
Howdy Rita! Good to have ya here to chat at! Congrats on your Chooks. They are a hoot aren't they. Things move rather fast at times here. I still think that the Wa thread is the chattiest! But also the nicest buch of peeps you'll find anywhere!
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