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[Chickielady]

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Morton is another good name for a rooster.

seriously!! why didn't I think of that!! LOL

I have a Milton & Anthony !
Buckley!
and JC (Java Cock, not the other JC!)

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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eta: Somehow I thought this was one of the Jens and I was trying to give her a hard time. Sheesh. I need to go to bed. I am still recooperating from my weekend.

Sorry RobinFly. He is a lovely pup. What kind is he?

 

[Chickielady]

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Sounds as if it was Dana's peanut butter fudge you liked...and it was quite tasty. I wouldn't mind the recipe as well! I made the chocolate fudge (and have been eating leftovers since getting home).

Yours was the chocolate?
I had both & were yummy!!!
I also wanted to offer you some good hatching eggs, real ones

Tis the season!

 

[VelvettFog]

Some pictures ...


My newest coop:

Rocky the Wellsummer Roo - owner of the coop shown above

Some adults wondering who the new kids are:

Most of the young-ins :

 

[Chickielady]

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And you want more????????

 

[FlyRobinFly]

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Oh, my gosh...now what did you take home? Does it lay eggs?

Splash Silkie, and he won't lay eggs unless something's terribly wrong.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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I happen to have a miniature pinscher pup looking for a home also lol lookie there!! 2 for 1 deal!! whats your DH's email address again??

Ohhh no! Our Pomeranian is 12 years old now and still going strong. I've made promises to DH that Dasher will be treated well for the rest of his precious little life which seems like it will go on FOREVER. And then NO MORE little dogs. At least not until we get one.

I have a 15 yo and a 16 yo pom. The 16 year old is insulin-dependant diabetic and on full dosage of enalapril and furosedmide for congestive heart failure...and still is going strong. The 15 yo is on medicine (also) for congestive heart failure. We lost the old man when he was 15 from a combination of kidney failure and CHF (congestive heart failure). So if you have a healthy pup....(even 12 yo) you probably have a few good years left.

 

[VelvettFog]

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And you want more????????

Which one of us here doesn't ? Hmmm????

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Very much not in my experience: well pumps, especially submersibles, are meant to pump a pressure tank to a specific level and then stop, and only come on when water is run; real irrigation pumps are meant to run constantly, but that's not what residential pumps do. The worst thing is when the pump is short-cycling- that burns out the electric motor really fast, unless the switch goes first. Having a residential pump run all the time increases the wear rate of parts in sandy wells (most Wetside wells have at least some sand) and kills you with the power bill: our pump bill went from $9 a month to $150 when we developed a hole in the suspension pipe.

(I've been responsible for pump replacements here for over thirty years now, and it's a set of lessons I've learned the hard way).

uh oh... Well now I know what's happening to my well pump!! I did use it for lawn and garden watering this year, cause our irrigation pump was down!! Now it's doing this pressure on, pressure off thing, you can watch the water pressure in the faucets in the sinks and in the shower!! I told my husband, we better get some one out to at least look at it and give us an estimate, before it's too late. Not that we have the money to replace it!!

might be the pressure tank.

 

[RedReiner]

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Minpins are big dogs in small bodies, and very smart and independent , no ankle biters. and you really do need a lonely little serama pullet under your tree...did I mention she is really lonely? and tame?

LOL My DH raised & showed Dobies for years, and he says Dobies were crossed with Chihuahuas to get a Min Pin (

) and that is what they are, a chihuahua in Dobieclothes

So I asked him how on earth was a Dobie crossed with a chihuahua????

We are both hysterical at this point!!!!!
He said he don't know, but that's what they are, little yappers with a serious attitude!!!
One of my friends in Idaho raises Min Pins, and one of her girls took down a 40 pound Tom turkey one day.got it by the neck & a few well placed twists & it was all over.
Makes me respect them a bit more since I had to hacket 2X today to off a Tom turkey that was about 20# !!!!!

lol they actually have common ancestors in the making of each breed. they do have the same attitude sometimes and they are tough, they will bring down a tom turkey. BUT mine are not allowed near the birds. Only have one that can go with me to mess with chickens. I never kept or bred shy or nasty attitudes. I prefer to have nice but tough little dogs. mine do kill rats and other vermin, and some hunt birds which I discourage, and many of mine dig truffles. to bad the truffles here are not worth much!! I know some folks in Idaho with pins, who is your friend?