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[room onthebroom]

I've given up ice cream

Wait.. wait... WHAT??? Stop the presses!

 

[kwhites634]

Made it out hunting all day today. I saw a huge flock of turkeys, almost walked right to me before they spotted me taking pics of them.
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Hubby saw a bunch of deer, mostly does, one small buck, and one huge buck, but he was pistol hunting when the big one came thru, too far away. He took the rifle back out later and shot a big-body/small-rack buck right at sunset. (Good land management deer) I had already climbed out of my stand (got a bit drizzled on, I was worried to wait till dark with the ladder being wet) and was walking toward him when I heard the ka-boom! Deer ran right toward me and crashed. Then got up! I got my sights on it, thinking he must not have gotten a good hit, but it dropped again. I can’t wait to make some jerky!

WTG! Good eatin' on the horizon.

 

[WVduckchick]

It WAS a very popular avatar but, since I've given up ice cream, I felt that avatar was false advertising. That was special - Mary O'Brien crafted it for me. I have it on file iffen I change my mind.

I guess I missed that news!

Yep! No fighting. These guys are strictly pets, ornamental, and show birds They never had any other purpose.

Like the dog Miniature Pinscher. Bred in the likeness of the Doberman, but no actual relation. NOT a mini Doberman.

 

[kwhites634]

This should get the job done, I hope

Just picked it up yesterday. Just barely fit on my 12' trailer; had to add some Winter air.

 

[BYC910]

Morning everybody , I had a killer day selling Sunday All the turkeys three goats . Twice DW has experienced the instant flock of people around my trailer. It's a hoot, DW had no clue I can speak so much Spanish .Had four good sized jakes and they went quick. sold within fifteen minutes . Made money on the turkeys broke even on the goats but the fainting billy goat is gone I'm out of chickens to sell. Maybe I'll go through my layers and cull some more .current count is 23 goats and maybe 100 chickens . Lowest number on chickens in a while .I'm up searching CL for more chickens.I contacted the lady I got the turkeys from. She has 17 hen turkeys left might buy them .Know they will sell, but when is the question. This buying for resale is time consuming. Not to mention makes my brain hurt .Everything I find is way away from me .And they only have a few , when I need a hundred . And at a price I can make a profit. But at least I'm not bored Headed north to look at a small flock .Good news I won't need sun screen

Yep, their first few eggs are much lighter until they get the paint booth going properly. Speckles too. But after a few eggs, they get better.

Lots of things affect their egg color too. the end of their laying cycle . Age as they get older the eggs get lighter . If you want all dark eggs . My advice would be cull any that lay light eggs or take longer to start coloring .And they burn out fast as good layers . Two years and they are all but done for. You might get three .

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Thanks. I was a little bored.

Well heck Dan if your bored I got some work you can do......

 

[WVduckchick]

This should get the job done, I hope
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Just picked it up yesterday. Just barely fit on my 12' trailer; had to add some Winter air.

 

[WVduckchick]

Morning everybody , I had a killer day selling Sunday All the turkeys three goats . Twice DW has experienced the instant flock of people around my trailer. It's a hoot, DW had no clue I can speak so much Spanish .Had four good sized jakes and they went quick. sold within fifteen minutes . Made money on the turkeys broke even on the goats but the fainting billy goat is gone I'm out of chickens to sell. Maybe I'll go through my layers and cull some more .current count is 23 goats and maybe 100 chickens . Lowest number on chickens in a while .I'm up searching CL for more chickens.I contacted the lady I got the turkeys from. She has 17 hen turkeys left might buy them .Know they will sell, but when is the question. This buying for resale is time consuming. Not to mention makes my brain hurt .Everything I find is way away from me .And they only have a few , when I need a hundred . And at a price I can make a profit. But at least I'm not bored Headed north to look at a small flock .Good news I won't need sun screen

Lots of things affect their egg color too. the end of their laying cycle . Age as they get older the eggs get lighter . If you want all dark eggs . My advice would be cull any that lay light eggs or take longer to start coloring .And they burn out fast as good layers . Two years and they are all but done for. You might get three .

Glad you did well at the sale!

Are you keeping any that you buy? I wouldn’t deal with the hassle just for resale, unless they had some I wanted to keep too.
23 goats now? Wow awesome!

 

[sourland]

@BYC910, glad to see you spinning your wheels again. Hope that means you are getting back to 'normal', and I use that term loosely.

Good morning Pond Plungers, and Muck Meddlers. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

On an interesting note, I’ve noticed most of the ones that sound like a drake in the 7 week old pen actually have a green tint to their head feathers whereas the ducks do not.

I could never tell my KCs until they grew their adult fathers..... but you can get clues.
The Drakes tend too....i have lighter Bills and legs.