CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

Not if it is waiting on me to fill it and move it.....

 

[Bruce]

this was my b'day gift this year....I asked DDs 3&4....where is the danged "remote"??

Um ... Tie it to Gabbie and see where it goes? Might need some "outrigger" wheels so it doesn't tip over.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh....she'd need some training wheels..... ....now, if I had a wagon it might just work....she has hand signals down really well....

 

[farmerjan]

Hey, they have small carts for goats to be used as "cart pullers"... why not dogs? The native Americans often used dogs as beasts of burdens with packs when they moved their villages.....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Spent the day inside...for the most part...had downpours early and on/off showers rest of the day..... ....got the banjo tuned up........that's Joyce's reaction.......that is mine....Gabbie wasn't thrilled with the day, not much dish and squirrel chasin as normal..........I was able to get a fair test on a trial area in keeping rainwater from running into the carport from the backyard....guess I'll be digging and relocating some sand in the wheelbarrow....got some trees to cut down and up for burning....rainy season will be here in about 30days.....and I'll be hybernating to the AC and progress will be slowed way down til about Oct.....we were talking the other day and both are happy with tbe progress made in the past year with all the distractions that have been never ending, it seems.....the jungle fowl here have been hanging out here regularly....they roost in some overgrown hedges....and while I was doing some clearing I uncovered a nest with about 25eggs in it....of course they quit the nest, but another hen showed up with about 12 chicks with her....she was hiding them between the house and road in an overgrown ditch.....as soon as the hawks noticed, she was down to 4....she moved them to the back of our propefty....and at last sighting, she had 1....we haven't seen them, but we are missing another hen....so, we figure either one is setting or momma and chick got gotten.....the older hen had a clutch this time last yr and the 2 younger ones are the survivors and are laying eggs.....tho, a neighbor did tell me that the sheriff dept sets traps to thin them out when people complain about the crowing.....told Joyce that most people should appreciate the hen fruit and the bugs they consume.....dang city slickers!!...........the crows caught sight of the nest and they cleaned it out very quickly....I told Joyce we may can make an open air spot for them to lay eggs and hatch that is protected a bit better.....they have gotten use to us and Gabbie being around the roo is really good at watching the sky and alerting...I have seen him going after hawks.....tho, if they think the crowing is disturbing.....maybe we need to get some guineas and turn em loose.....

 

[Baymule]

Your own feral chicken flock! What a bonus! haha, yeah, get some guineas. My 2 hens are under the portable building, the male was lonesome, so he is under there too. They've been there awhile, should be popping out with chicks, but who knows.

 

[farmerjan]

Bet if you do provide a spot that they get fed something regularly, and they get to feeling safe, that they will become "semi-feral" and you might just get some regular egg meals. Had a couple that were left loose when I moved into a place in Ct.... took about 6 months and the one hen sat on a nest and hatched in Dec...... . She figured out that the chicken coop wasn't such a bad place after all.... dry, and feed to eat and no hardships to get it..... She wasn't the best layer, who knows how old she was, but she was a fantastic momma and I would put eggs under her every time she decided to set and raised alot of my purebreds that way.

 

[farmerjan]

Guineas..... noisy...... PEACOCKS deafening...... that would really frost the neighbors..... sorry, I am mean....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Naw @farmerjan your not mean....I think along the same lines.... ....my mom&dad had guineas and pea fowl during the late 90s early 2000s....only 1pr of pea fowl, but ya could sure hear the calls echoing thru the valleys....the only time the cock was quiet was when he had dropped his tail feathers...then he would hide, but he protected the other birds from hawks....mom saw him going at it with a red tail on the ground one day....
Oh, went out to tbe garden today and noticed this....
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Won't be long before we have enough to "stink the pot", as mom would say....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Nice! You're a couple weeks ahead of me. Mine are about to start blooming... waiting is so hard!