Well I have been wanting more chickens and today my hen led out 10 chicks . Last year I had 2 clutches hatch and lost them all to hawks and coyote's . Yes I have coyote's I have seen them twice this year. Well I decided to catch them . Needless to say easier said than done. A mad mother hen and 10 chicks made for 2 hours of chasing for 4 of us. Chicks hide when told by the hen .We caught 4 of the chicks first, the hen paced the side of the pen then she called out 4 more chicks that we caught . Catching her took an hour she has never been penned . Once she was with her chicks she calmed down and called the last 2 out of hiding and we got them into her pen covered it with a blanket watered and fed her added straw to the pen.
Now tomorrow I have to build a run for her and a small roost. I have some old dog wire and will line the bottom edge with fine mesh just 8x12 may make it portable have to see what junk I have. Some may die but I hope most make it. It will be nice to have 6 or so laying hens next year . Now that I am committed to having a chicken coop I wish I had bought those hens at Mt Top last week.
Showing posts with label pets. Show all posts
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Thursday, April 10, 2014
They are gone !!!!!!
Our granddaughter and her husband went and bought a station wagon .As soon as they had wheels they were off and running.Me and the wife are tickled they are gone.We had her 2 weeks and all they wanted was to burn the road and when the borrowed car broke she drove us crazy.Now they are living in the wagon maybe not as bad as a car but not a van by any means.To make it worst the station wagon is a SAAB it looks good and seems to be running OK but the first repair will be as much as they gave for the car 1000$.It makes no since to have such an expensive car to repair when your broke.
My youngest daughter is getting ready to move out by the end of the month.I am building a fence for her to take the dogs with her.Today i got the posts so Sunday i will put it up and her last excuse will be history.I wish her and her fiance the best of luck,happiness (poor guy).MAYBE me and the wife will have an empty nest for a while.I know it sounds petty but i want to be able to fix coffee in my underwear walk from the shower to the bedroom naked,play slap and tickle with the wife and not have to do a location check to see how long we have.The wife says don't get my hopes up some one will take her place we are not meant to ever have the house to ourselves.I hope she is wrong but with 7 kids and 5 grand kids odds are against us.
My youngest daughter is getting ready to move out by the end of the month.I am building a fence for her to take the dogs with her.Today i got the posts so Sunday i will put it up and her last excuse will be history.I wish her and her fiance the best of luck,happiness (poor guy).MAYBE me and the wife will have an empty nest for a while.I know it sounds petty but i want to be able to fix coffee in my underwear walk from the shower to the bedroom naked,play slap and tickle with the wife and not have to do a location check to see how long we have.The wife says don't get my hopes up some one will take her place we are not meant to ever have the house to ourselves.I hope she is wrong but with 7 kids and 5 grand kids odds are against us.
Monday, October 14, 2013
The story of dog
Yes folks i named my dog DOG.She has been with me for 8 or 9 years.The kids call her Baby Girl she comes to both but knows the difference in what name is used.If i call her dog she looks to see what i want her to do,if she is called baby girl she knows she is going to get petted and played with.
When dog first wandered up i didn't want a dog.I had just had one get run over and i didn't want to go through that again.Well i decided to ignore and not feed this skinny Black Lab and she would go away.After a week i was finding dead rabbits squirrels and other critters in the front yard.This mongrel had to go so i decided to haul her away.I loaded her into the truck and went about 3 miles away and put her out.Good riddance,no more half eaten carcasses to clean up.On the way home stop ed and got me a coke and a bag of chips then pulled in the drive.Sitting on the porch was that skinny black Ker. Damn dog had cut through the woods and beat me home.Well i loaded the dog back up and took off this time i went 5 or so miles out into a rural valley and put he out wished her luck and took off.I went and grabbed lunch with a friend.After we ate we stopped to get some tools at the house and laying in the yard was that Damn DOG.My buddy looked at me and said "if she isn't your dog your her human".After we did our project i went and got her a bag of dog food.
Dog has been the best dog a man could want even my neighbors have gotten to know her bark.She has her talking bark for other dogs she has a deer bark for when they are in the field.She has one for some one just drove up,God help someone walking down the road she lets loose loud.One day the boy next door was out playing and 2 dogs from down the road started growling at him DOG stood between the boy and the strays till he went inside.DOG waited till he was gone and stared taking chunks out of there butts as she ran them down the road.
Dog has filled out over the years she is a solid 110 pounds or more.Her teeth are wore down from all the game she has dragged up over the years.Now days she just eats dog food with table scraps.Dog has never been to a Vet for some reason she refuses to get in any car or truck! I hope i have been as good a human to her as she has been a Dog for me.
When dog first wandered up i didn't want a dog.I had just had one get run over and i didn't want to go through that again.Well i decided to ignore and not feed this skinny Black Lab and she would go away.After a week i was finding dead rabbits squirrels and other critters in the front yard.This mongrel had to go so i decided to haul her away.I loaded her into the truck and went about 3 miles away and put her out.Good riddance,no more half eaten carcasses to clean up.On the way home stop ed and got me a coke and a bag of chips then pulled in the drive.Sitting on the porch was that skinny black Ker. Damn dog had cut through the woods and beat me home.Well i loaded the dog back up and took off this time i went 5 or so miles out into a rural valley and put he out wished her luck and took off.I went and grabbed lunch with a friend.After we ate we stopped to get some tools at the house and laying in the yard was that Damn DOG.My buddy looked at me and said "if she isn't your dog your her human".After we did our project i went and got her a bag of dog food.
Dog has been the best dog a man could want even my neighbors have gotten to know her bark.She has her talking bark for other dogs she has a deer bark for when they are in the field.She has one for some one just drove up,God help someone walking down the road she lets loose loud.One day the boy next door was out playing and 2 dogs from down the road started growling at him DOG stood between the boy and the strays till he went inside.DOG waited till he was gone and stared taking chunks out of there butts as she ran them down the road.
Dog has filled out over the years she is a solid 110 pounds or more.Her teeth are wore down from all the game she has dragged up over the years.Now days she just eats dog food with table scraps.Dog has never been to a Vet for some reason she refuses to get in any car or truck! I hope i have been as good a human to her as she has been a Dog for me.
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