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What a crumbly day I had yesterday. ...... my buddy called me over to check his ducklings out. Seems something had reached into the cage and quite literally ripped the bill off one of his Cayuga ducklings. I put it down for him.
All he had was a 22 with a scope on it. Freaking took me 5 shots..... you ever try to hit a running duckling with a scope gun?
Then I chewed him out for having the cage on the porch..... we live in the dam woods for Christ sake...... the cage is now in the garage.
Rained all freaking day on and off..... then my dogs got sprayed by a skunk......:sick
Now I got called into work.... Seems they got a car they can't fix. Its a twin turbo Dodge Stealth..... I'm retired right?......:th
 
Pyxis said:
Everyone meet Speckie.
Speckie is a seven year old barred rock hen. Her owner, a coworker of mine, had her since she was a chick. Sadly, a fox got Speckie's last sister last week. Her owner's house is up for sale and she wasn't sure if she would end up in a place where chickens were allowed after the sale, so she didn't want to add to her flock.

So she called me up and asked me if I would take her. She assured me she was still laying. I said yep, I'll take her. My coworker kept saying things like it was okay if I changed my mind and was so grateful that I was taking her. I kept thinking "she's one more chicken. Do you know how many birds I have (I don't)? She's no work at all and the feed she'll eat is pretty much negligible compared to what I already go through."

So she got settled in tonight. She's bonding with two roosters I had to add to my flock and in about a week or so they'll go in as a group. She's a BIG girl. Has spurs, too. She doesn't take crap from the AC rooster she's in with. He danced for her. She was not impressed.

What really cracked me up though is this. Jean's flock has been closed ever since she got the chicks so I really wasn't concerned about diseases or anything, but I still asked about them because better safe than sorry. She assured me Speckie's never been sick.

Then she left this for me at work :lau
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Is that you holding the beautiful girl? :love

WVduckchick said:
Liz posted this on the CL thread, but it's so awesome, i had to share it here. :lau
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:lau

CTKen said:
:lau K - you not normal, pal. Hilarious, but not normal
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One of the MANY reasons we love him!! :hugs

Ravynscroft said:
What is this 'normal' you speak of??? :confused:
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sourland said:
Me, that would be Me. Use me as your example of 'normal'. I'm as normal as it gets. Kersplash, strokin' on over to my lily pad.
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LittleLakePhil said:
What a crumbly day I had yesterday. ...... my buddy called me over to check his ducklings out. Seems something had reached into the cage and quite literally ripped the bill off one of his Cayuga ducklings. I put it down for him.
All he had was a 22 with a scope on it. Freaking took me 5 shots..... you ever try to hit a running duckling with a scope gun?
Then I chewed him out for having the cage on the porch..... we live in the dam woods for Christ sake...... the cage is now in the garage.
Rained all freaking day on and off..... then my dogs got sprayed by a skunk......:sick
Now I got called into work.... Seems they got a car they can't fix. Its a twin turbo Dodge Stealth..... I'm retired right?......:th
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:hugs Yes, you're supposed to be retired. :hugs


Good morning Pondites!

Not much going on here. Hope everyone has a great day!!
 
BYC910 said:
Nice

:ththey'll be climbing on the car . She is adorable :love

Well I did But washing with Adams dog shampoo took them right off me ;)

Let see By noon I had bathed Ben fixed him breakfast .Got his lunch and backpack ready. Put him on the van. Fed and watered all the chickens set in a roll of hay for the goats . Killed two fire ant hills. vacuumed the 38 gallon aquarium and fed the fish . Went to the dollar store for milk which they didn't have :( I won't tell you what I did after noon . Makes me tired just thinking about it . BTW your retired remember ?:confused:

Well welcome to the pond and some of the finest folks I've ever known . You only have to over look some of us some of the time . Well really just a couple of us all the time. But I'm not gonna tell you which ones . :oops::lau

Your still retired right ? :lau

That brings back so many memories . Only we wasn't live off the land types just poor . Come to think of it still poor . Is you beaten them cloths on a rock or is you one of them high living folks what's got a scrub board?:lau Or is you really fancy and got a wringer washer .:confused: Do you generate lectricty by running them goats on a tread mill? Is you a hill billy or a ridge runner . And dis is da most protant question of all . So listen good does you know where a feller can get some good corn squeezins ??????????????????????? :lau:lau

Lots of rain coming in from the gulf day after tomorrow .:th

I'm sure the water table could more rain . Close to rock here. Lack of rain is bad really bad .

:lau

Yep takes fuel to make a fart . oops I mean a egg :oops:

Were the seats next to you empty ? Wait I know you took a nap and woke to an empty plane . :sick:lau



:hugs

You know he is a sadist right smacks feed the fire

It'll look good . It's a neat job :thumbsup

YA THINK ???????:lau:hugs

I likesd that somuch I stole itn

What dat . Maybe I need one ?
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You are soooo bad...Lol
First off thanks for the compliments on the babies, moved the car after I took the pic...Lol
Yes we have a washing machine, but I threaten em with a scrub board at the creek when they complain about hanging wash on the lines.
We're just simple folk trying to scratch out a good life. Not dirt poor but damn near close.lol
Wouldn't call us hillbillies, not sure what ridge runners are, might be....Lol
We have electricity even wifi...;)
Honestly not sure what we are, happy, a bit crazy, borderline hermits.
I think that about covers it...If I missed anything let me know.;)
 
LittleLakePhil said:
What a crumbly day I had yesterday. ...... my buddy called me over to check his ducklings out. Seems something had reached into the cage and quite literally ripped the bill off one of his Cayuga ducklings. I put it down for him.
All he had was a 22 with a scope on it. Freaking took me 5 shots..... you ever try to hit a running duckling with a scope gun?
Then I chewed him out for having the cage on the porch..... we live in the dam woods for Christ sake...... the cage is now in the garage.
Rained all freaking day on and off..... then my dogs got sprayed by a skunk......:sick
Now I got called into work.... Seems they got a car they can't fix. Its a twin turbo Dodge Stealth..... I'm retired right?......:th
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:( Yep, sounds like a crumbly day alright. So sorry. :hugs

WalnutHill said:
Now that we've made the decision to downsize our poultry operation, my GQF 1402 is up for sale. Has anyone tried the new Brinsea Ovation line yet? I'm not going to QUIT hatching, just don't need to do 300 at a time anymore.
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Seen a few folks seem to be pleased with it. Can't remember reading anything bad about them... yet...
Oh, maybe something about humidity still difficult to keep up, unless you get the pump.

dan26552 said:
@Ravynscroft I moved her in with the month olds yesterday, no danger of the bigger older ducks beating her up and she seems to enjoy the company of the ducklings.
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:love glad she is doing better.


Fields Mountain Farm said:
... happy, a bit crazy, borderline hermits.
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I resemble that remark. :)
 

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