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[Stumpfarmer]

Well all my plans for this week will have to be reassessed in light of me falling in a hole and getting hung up on a livestock panel last night. The sore throat I got from screaming and screaming at my husband to come give what little help he could is not the least of my injuries. That last heavy rain plus the dating activities of moles moved the safe zone next to the fence down-hill of the house back about eighteen inches, and the first thing I need to do (after wrapping the ankle that went in the hole, which was mostly hurt when I pulled it out) is figure pout what to put in said hole so Griz doesn't modify it for nefarious purposes of escape.


The worst damage is a big bruise and abrasion to the soft unscarred inside of my left elbow and a matching gaping three-cornered tear in the sleeve of my ex-best white cotton shirt. Oh, and I seem to have reinjured the rib I cracked last summer.


ARGH

Stumpy is becoming a more and more appropriate nickname for you. Be careful and take it easy this week. Someone else will just have to look after the cows.

I have to go check Patti (the blue one) because she was pinking up on Saturday when we wormed, and re-set Baaachus's pin in the orchard. I thought he'd be restricted to the yard for a while, because we put the cows in on Friday night (TOTAL circus) but the ice storm took down more road-fence than we could see before the aspen tops were cut up, so we can't let them in there until somebody has time to take down all those blackberries and rebuild 500 feet of line fence.

Paul and I were fantasizing about hitting all the blackberries with flame-throwers, but neither the fire marshal nor the air pollution control authority would approve. We need a tricerotops, or equivalent beast.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Just realized that I left Ian and Sylvia out last night. Not out-out, just not locked in their coop. Which since part of the roof of their run is just overlapped 1" mesh poultry netting and the baby owls will hatch this week or next...best not do that again.

No harm, no fowl, I mean, foul.

In Ian's case it's sort of poetic, as in "those people were some kind of sollution*" as I really, really need to move him down the road soon, and put Bjorn and the girls in with Sylvia. He's just not right in the head, that rooster, and spends most of his day getting between Sylvia and the food.





*Waiting for the Barbarians by Constantine P. Cavafy

 

[SadieSue]

It is a very sad day today. We have decided that our little girl Shadow is making her last trip to the vet. She is no longer able to function; she has to be carried to her food bowl to eat or drink, and carried outside to relieve herself. I don’t know how much or if she is in pain, but it breaks my heart to watch her fade away like this. We shall miss her.

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Oh no... I'm so sorry you have to say goodbye to such a beautiful little friend.

No matter how you handle it, it's never easy.

 

[L3Home]

Wow, this thread sure does move quickly! 600 new posts in just a few days!

I was about to ask a question, but it might be better to do that in another thread... rather than try to find them in this one.

So... hello again! Still new, still can't do much yet. I need to post more!

 

[Greg Richardson]

Quote: Take juicy fruit gum cutting it up into small pieces the moles can eat.
Place in many holes uncovering the hole if you have to.
Give it a week or so may have to do it again in another week to get someone not there at the time but for the price of a pack of gum they will be eliminated.
They can't digest the gum and die.
The industry doesn't want you to know this so they can sell you more expensive traps and smoke sticks.

 

[SadieSue]

Returned home from Stevenson about noon yesterday. My friend and I had a wonderful weekend! It was nice to see the folks that we knew and recognized, I did meet and introduce myself to one or two more, and I'm sorry that if there were other BYC'ers I didn't recognize that I missed the opportunity to meet them.

We did have a few friends in for beverages and snacks on Friday, thank you to those who were able to visit for a few minutes. I know that traveling, unloading, cooping in, setting up can take a LOT out of folks. But it was nice just to have a few minutes to sit and shoot the breeze in person. Good to see CR and Diane, Jbear, CF, Pettec, Pips&Peeps, (we nodded in passing)

and more! I even met the adorable Quincy!

It was such a beautiful day on Saturday that we felt compelled to tear ourselves away from the barns for a few hours on Saturday and drove the short distance to Multnomah Falls. It was spectacular! I was so glad we were able to see it this time.
We also drove to Hood River, but only because we needed to shop for a container to bring my gf's purchase home in. She bought a HUGE black Cochin capon that did not sell at auction because he was being sold at a high price as a pet only. Giant, friendly boy who prefers people to other chickens, my friend had her heart stolen away by a boy who has limited purpose, but oh - you should see this guy. What a cutie. I guess we city girls are suckers for a pretty face.
She also got her DH's permission to buy a nice metal piece from CR's booth and has it hanging on her gate already. She is very pleased!

CF delivered my Castle Delight Serama eggs to me and since I was there and knew I'd still have room in the incubator, I decided to purchase 12 assorted color silkie eggs. Don't know what I'm going to do with them if they hatch, but I had a weak moment. (*See above remark about city girls.) So I'll be setting 26 eggs today.

Chicks that I hatched last week are still thriving at my friends' home (same friend who was with me this weekend.) We're hoping for a lot of girls out of the 6, but at this point I'm a little worried. Only one of the 5 wheaten Marans has developed the wispy tail feathers. It would be a drag if we only ended up with 1 girl out of 6, but I guess it's better than none! We'll see. I'm sure she'll be taking more photos of them this week.

All in all it was a lovely weekend and wonderful to see everyone who attended!

PS - Hope all goes well with you tomorrow Julie - and please don't feel the need to apologize for anything. I completely understand all you've been going through.


A couple of pics of the falls I shot with my camera phone. My girlfriend is deathly afraid of heights so I was very proud of her for going up the trail with me and actually crossing the pedestrian bridge going over the falls. It is a long way down and she was very brave. That bridge was built in 1914 - almost 100 years ago! Can you imagine?

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Good to hear everyone made it home safe!

Just a reminder for everyone, our 4-H club (Lucky Stars) is having a chick auction/seminar on Saturday, April 28th at Northwest Seed & Pet on Division in Spokane. It starts around 9 or so with seminars going to about noon with the auction starting around 1. So far we have 2 pair of seramas from Jerry's Seramas, mallard and pekin ducklings, buff minorcas, buff and red cochin bantams, black/blue and partridge cochin LF, gold polish, cubalayas, coturnix quail from top lines, and we have eggs in the incubator that are due this week in mottled, barred cochins, black/blue/splash silkies, b/b/s faverolle bantams, black minorcas, BLR wyandotte, buckeye, australorp, and some others. Our farm will be donating some sumatra bantams and LF and infinity eggers along with some muscovy ducklings. We are expecting more ducklings and chicks from Sandhill Preservation, chicks from C. M. Estes hatchery, and lots of ringneck pheasant chicks from MacFarlane pheasants. There will be a raffle as well with some hatchery gift certificates and much more.
I am sure there is more than I am forgetting. Many of the chicks are from Duane Urch so they come from good lines. The money from the auction will help the kids with community service projects and with state fair.

 

[RonB]

Hey! Didn't I just see you Friday for lunch? AND last week to go to Monroe and Tamara's? Huh? Huh?

Aren't you suppose to be at work???? That was LAST week

?? I thought it was TWO months ago

Well what about THIS week ????

I think I will make it for coffee at 3rd place this Thursday

 

[RonB]

Thanks guys...gonna head up to Dell's in Monroe to look at some 1 week old Buff Orpingtons. They have a minimum purchase of 6...I figure that would be a good start. I plan for the birds to be free ranging in our backyard during the day and in the coop at night. Jake (our 4yo German Shepherd) will be introduced to them from the start so he can stand guard during the day.
Cheers!

JD

You live in Duvall and you are going to let your chickens Free range during the day ??? Are you trying to find out how many Coyotes and maybe bobcats live in your area?? Because you will ! I hope you have a good fence. I keep my girls in a run and let them free range in the afternoon. BUT I stay out there and watch them. I have lost four chickens to coyotes in three years while they were free ranging. The last one I was out there and the coyote still got one as I watched ! one came through the yard yesterday. my German shepherd is almost 16 yrs old. she still watches the field like a hawk when the flock is out. But she doesn't bark anymore and she really has trouble walking on her back legs. has arthritis. I was hoping she would make it until the party in July but I don't think she will

Did you check out Monroe farm and feed for chicks? they don't have a limit

 

[RonB]

It is a very sad day today. We have decided that our little girl Shadow is making her last trip to the vet. She is no longer able to function; she has to be carried to her food bowl to eat or drink, and carried outside to relieve herself. I don’t know how much or if she is in pain, but it breaks my heart to watch her fade away like this. We shall miss her.

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Kate
I'm so SORRY you have to say goodbye to your little girl! she is so cute!!! Over the last two years Several people here have had to say goodbye to their beloved dogs. I get a tear in my eye each time, because I keep thinking I will be the next one to have to say goodbye. Even though she is still with me I KNOW the pain that you people have gone through

What are you going to do about your surgery ?