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[KMHunter]

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Oooooh! THat sounds delicious! I will have to go beg the recipe from Blue Ducklings, she doesn't live too far from me. And I can go see her ducklings she has hatched. BONUS!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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YUP She is still trying to hatch air. I gave DW a welding glove to use when checking for eggs. Yes meaner than a peach orchard boar !!!! Watch out fer them crows !

Pitch her off the nest with a stick, like gently pry her off....after a few times dumped out she should "wake up and smell the coffee"

NOPE either she don't like coffee or there is something wrong wiff her nose cause she is not changing.

 

[Zgoatlady]

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CL thats sounds really good..

 

[Zgoatlady]

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Good Idea...

 

[ultasol]

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Nope, don't think she even came. I'm beginning to wonder if she's scared of the competition

Believe me, it's fun even if you don't win. I don't always place, but I always learn. I'm hauling my wyandottes to MT in hopes of getting some guidance from Gary Overton re: how to improve from where I'm at. You get to meet such cool people who have raised breeds you love for a long time, in my case sometimes longer than I've been alive. The youth are a lot of fun too... I sold a bird and gave a bird to a girl who I remember bought birds from me last Spring at Stevenson, she's grown a lot!

...and if you're the crazy type, there's always a bit of crazy in the evenings! Even though I went a week on very little sleep in order to get all my schoolwork done AND bathe/blowdry 27 birds (which wouldn't have happened without my lovely Mr. Sol), I had so much fun with the fellow exhibitors that I slept very little while there and still felt full of warm and fuzzies at the end of the weekend.

I shared a room with a bunch of gals, and it was like a big sleepover. I *loved* it. Seriously,.. you gotta make it next time chickie. I know you had your hands overfull this time, but wow.... I hope you come to the fall show. They're trying to get me to be building superintendent, but I don't think it's gonna work with my school schedule.

There were some cool people up from CA that I hadn't met before, and Lewis Farms was up from NV..

I showed at Monroe, but drove up & back the same day.
I entered 2 birds at Stevenson but DH had to go out of town 3 weeks for his Mom sick and then died & he then stuck around another week to console his Dad.
I had the motel all ready for Fri, Sat & home Sunday....

Oh well, next time I will be there!
But this old lady hits the hay at 10 PM !!!!!!!!!!

So great to have you win with a blue !!
Post pics of her please!!

I have post-show brain. I know I brought my camera home, but I can't find it right now. Got sick starting Tuesday, but still been going non-stop with school. As soon as I find it, I will post a picture of her. I also have a picture of her with one of her daughters somewhere.

 

[RedReiner]

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THANK YOU Somebody finally agrees with what I have been telling people. Goats will eat BB shoots and some of the cane. Pigs will eat it all including the roots and then you have a nice fertilized and tilled area for garden.

Yeah, but then you have to deal with a pig.

I'm anti-pig: my BIL has a few sows, and they take up more time and energy than all whoever-knows-how many cows, calves, bulls, feeders and replacement heifers combined. Also they smell. And are even harder to keep fenced than goats. If other people can deal with them, fine, go ahead, but remember, it takes longer to get rid of blackberries than a pig stays chewable, so expect to eat a lot of sausage when the blackberries are done.

(It is possible I may feel about pigs a bit the way Blue Dicky feels about chickens).

I love pigs! I still dont know why everyone says they are so hard to keep in. mine never got out. 2 x 4 welded wire wired up to t posts...hotwire around the bottom and all 3 stayed in. I gave them a big enough pasture though. they didnt really stink much and they stayed in their pen. my pigs ate the roots first. did not take them long at all to clear out the patch in their pen.

 

[T Hi]

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You will have to drive to Bonney Lake to see the ducklings! For some reason I thought Blueducklings gave me some lettuce..... Hmmm.... there was 2 ducklings in the container instead!!!

Cute little boogers, but scared to death of humans! We are working on that!

Oh and Daffy is totally freaked out by the babies! She runs like crazy from them! She looks at us and starts quacking " Do you people KNOW that there are DUCKS loose in the house! Run Run!! There are DUCKS in the house!!"

Ok back to bed for me. It was NOT a good day for me. One of the worst days that I have had in awhile, and trying to still NOT take any meds.

Sorry for not making it over to your house today Jbear! Hoping your surprise will make it another day or so!!

Nighty Night!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Yeah, but then you have to deal with a pig.

I'm anti-pig: my BIL has a few sows, and they take up more time and energy than all whoever-knows-how many cows, calves, bulls, feeders and replacement heifers combined. Also they smell. And are even harder to keep fenced than goats. If other people can deal with them, fine, go ahead, but remember, it takes longer to get rid of blackberries than a pig stays chewable, so expect to eat a lot of sausage when the blackberries are done.

(It is possible I may feel about pigs a bit the way Blue Dicky feels about chickens).

I love pigs! I still dont know why everyone says they are so hard to keep in. mine never got out. 2 x 4 welded wire wired up to t posts...hotwire around the bottom and all 3 stayed in. I gave them a big enough pasture though. they didnt really stink much and they stayed in their pen. my pigs ate the roots first. did not take them long at all to clear out the patch in their pen.

X2 Only time my hogs got out was when we had to leave town and DD was SUPPOSED to take care of them. Last thing I told her as we were driving out "make sure to feed and water the pigs or they will get out". Well the pigs got out and my first question did ya feed em??? Auhm I forgot!!! Form my experience if ya give em food water and shelter they have no reason to want to leave.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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Yeah, but then you have to deal with a pig.

I'm anti-pig: my BIL has a few sows, and they take up more time and energy than all whoever-knows-how many cows, calves, bulls, feeders and replacement heifers combined. Also they smell. And are even harder to keep fenced than goats. If other people can deal with them, fine, go ahead, but remember, it takes longer to get rid of blackberries than a pig stays chewable, so expect to eat a lot of sausage when the blackberries are done.

(It is possible I may feel about pigs a bit the way Blue Dicky feels about chickens).

I love pigs! I still dont know why everyone says they are so hard to keep in. mine never got out. 2 x 4 welded wire wired up to t posts...hotwire around the bottom and all 3 stayed in. I gave them a big enough pasture though. they didnt really stink much and they stayed in their pen. my pigs ate the roots first. did not take them long at all to clear out the patch in their pen.

X2 Only time my hogs got out was when we had to leave town and DD was SUPPOSED to take care of them. Last thing I told her as we were driving out "make sure to feed and water the pigs or they will get out". Well the pigs got out and my first question did ya feed em??? Auhm I forgot!!! Form my experience if ya give em food water and shelter they have no reason to want to leave.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Yeah, but then you have to deal with a pig.

I'm anti-pig: my BIL has a few sows, and they take up more time and energy than all whoever-knows-how many cows, calves, bulls, feeders and replacement heifers combined. Also they smell. And are even harder to keep fenced than goats. If other people can deal with them, fine, go ahead, but remember, it takes longer to get rid of blackberries than a pig stays chewable, so expect to eat a lot of sausage when the blackberries are done.

(It is possible I may feel about pigs a bit the way Blue Dicky feels about chickens).

That would be blue ducky and SHINEY BLACK birds, period, any shiney black birds

ARGH.

I usually check for my inevitable typos before I hit submit or post or whatever any site tells me to hit to make my words appear to other peole, but I am not, alas, inerrant.

Alas, alas, alas!