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[Shadrach]

Where have you been? Gallivanting?

Good grief, one doesn't gallivant at my age!

 

[Shadrach]

Where did all my froggy friends go?!?!?
Waky waky! (be sure sound is on)

This is one particular hens party trick after a dust bath. The down side is she often waits until she's come into the house to do it!

 

[Shadrach]

Hey, Pond Pals!
I am looking for advice. I am going to get a couple of young (roughly 4-6 months old) cats to be outside vermin control. (We haven't had outside cats for a few years, and the mice are totally out of control!) I plan on keeping them in my spare chicken coop/shed with attached run (2x4" welded wire) for a couple of days with access to plenty of food and water so they will hopefully come to think of this as a good place to live. (I will eventually just feed them once a day to encourage hunting.) My biggest concern is my dog. Ruger tends to kill anything he doesn't think belongs here, including one stray cat that I know of. (He also wandered over to my mom's one day and killed one of her barn cats.) I'm not sure how to get him used to the new cats. They're semi feral, so handling them is not going to happen for a while. Just not quite sure how to get him to know that they belong here and he's not to bother them. He and my house cat are the best of friends, so I know he can get along with them if he chooses to. I don't have a shock collar, nor do I ever intend to use one. I just hope that with correction if he shows too much interest, he'll figure it out.

Much as I hate making with those negative waves, they've tried cats here in the past. The dogs have eventually killed them.

 

[Shadrach]

Today I got to help DH with the harvest. No, I didn’t run the combine, but I did run the auger and unloaded the trailer into the bin.
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What do you grow and harvest bobbi-j?
Nvm, just read a bit further.

 

[kwhites634]

Good grief, one doesn't gallivant at my age!

No?
We're old, not cold. Just gallivant a bit slower!

 

[chickisoup]

Morning Pond

ME AND MY COFFEE THIS MORNING

 

[bobbi-j]

Much as I hate making with those negative waves, they've tried cats here in the past. The dogs have eventually killed them.

I appreciate your input, Shad! Still undecided.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Which is a sweet problem to have

Yeah wasn't a problem...I was doing that so all I would catch is crappie.
But I have to tell you White's....I know how much you love Crappie... And I do love to catch them. They are a good fighting fish fun to catch. But I think Bluegills are a better table fare. Just my opinion. I like crappie well enough. But the Gills are just better to me.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good grief, one doesn't gallivant at my age!

I think I do... Well wait... Someone define Gallivant. .

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Much as I hate making with those negative waves, they've tried cats here in the past. The dogs have eventually killed them.

Wow dogs that kill cats.... Heck my cats used to kick the crap outta any dogs in my nieghborhood.
Of course these are the same cats that went on a weasel killing spree a few years ago.
I remember once my cat Misty R.I.P. .....a Pitbull that the meth kids had came running wearing Misty as face mask.... She had all her claws stuck firmly into its muzzle..... Till they got close enough to a tree... She jumped off and climbed it.