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Golden 300's or white layers will probably work better for you. The problem is that ducks in general are dumb idiots when it comes to predators. Ours were best surrounded by ripping hot electric net, in with geese, and with an LGD on the other side of the fence...and herded in and locked up...

He does not like TV. That probably matters. He loves going outside and life and experimenting. Watching, experimenting, and feeling everything. Getting dirty. He's semi normal from 40+ years ago. (Sitting on cats has to stop.) Mark's home. The Feral Heathen child is still a mess. I found a bat...

Uh oh. The "2+mystery number in 5 months" kind of goats.

Caught the feral thing with a bucket of water. He swam in his undies and shirt and took random items with him and took 2/3 kittens for a nonconsensual swim for a while before peeing the mat and...well, Mark's on his way and I'll get a shower then. Chores got done. Dishes started. Laundry can...

Yeah, Riker was easy. He chased the goats maybe three times and all I had to do even if he was in the back of the pasture and I was in the front of our 6 acre place was hollar and he'd stop immediately and be mortified and kind of slink away (yet he was so far away I couldn't even SEE him very...

More swollen than normal? If so, just watch her close.

If her rear end gets puffy and stays puffy she'll farrow a few days after that. But that's probably the most the pig will tell you.

I am opting to wait. I told them to let me know about the next litter. I need emotional energy to start and guide a puppy, even just a pyr and I don't have that right now.

cute little strawberries in strawberry baskets.

This litter will be 4 months old and has been in with mom, dad, a goat herd, and poultry. They'll be a decent size when coyote breeding season starts. Riker will probably not be dominant enough to train well. The puppy may be in charge from day one if I just left them together. I may treat the...

We have an appointment on Thursday to see a female puppy that's been described as "content, calm and responsible". Her sister is aloof and independent, but I'd prefer a calmer dog, less likely to be a patroller in our small pasture setting. I know Riker and I need a second dog but I'm still...

YIKES @Weldman , just as an occasional asthma sufferer, I'd be hiding in whatever underground bunker I had, trying to stay away from needing the rescue inhaler or worse! I hope you get some "inside" time! (hope you don't wear contact lenses, cause mine would be clouding and eyes burning big...

A self righteous retail rescue?

AND YES! The temps have fallen. The high's are 80 or below and the lows are so nice. I like this weather.

@farmerjan , investing in real estate is tricky business. Know the feeling. yeah, it's still for sale. The agents all say it shows well and they like showing it. We got negative feedback in the form of there being no room for a fourth bedroom unless they finish the basement or outbuildings...

yeah. It really got me down for a while. This was basically just a 2 year stop gap for the previous people until they could buy their 50 acre horse neglecting/boarding facility. They maintained as little as they possibly could and as far as I can tell they improved nothing. They bought the house...

Great thing about a dirt pile is that they should stay right there for a little while. Nothing better than good clean dirt!

Today is new roof day. Not sure it made it into the final drafts of what I posted, but the roof leaks...and so does the basement, so with the money we have we are working on both. Thank goodness our house is trailer sized and not another Mc Mansion. The house has two layers of roof on it (avoids...

Today was lame. But here are some cute pics. This is Shaun's goat now. All the Nigerians cluster around him when he's in the pasture. Tiny goat magnetism afoot here. He loves the littlest one the best. So much, infact that she has the sploots now. Too much love. (And if she keeps the diarrhea...

Phew. All parties are broken up, barn emptied with everyone back in their pens. Buck pen has been resized and modified and a round bale has been given. And the little white buck, as soon as I got him out in the light I realized he looked like he hadn't had a hoof trim in 6+ months...and he...