Coffee anyone ?

[murphysranch]

I get migraines, but am very lucky to have auras. As soon as I figure it out, I swallow an rx (Midrin) that is no longer made. I had a compounding pharmacy make me something similar to it. It stops the migraine from coming. Otherwise its hours of vomiting, pain and miserableness.

I know and I'm sorry you had one.

edited to add: one of my younger brother's has AFIB. He's had two procedures over the years and its a miracle that his AFIB is practically gone!!

 

[Baymule]

Sounds scary Margali, glad everything is ok.
Record heat expected later today. Glad I'm going to Wyoming for the next week. Actually leaving after work to head up. Might meet my ram that I bought right after I left.
Considering buying some dorper ewes from a Colorado breeder to get a bigger flock. Anybody got an opinion on a solid flock size? Have 8 yearlings currently, with a ram who was breeding 50+ ewes before I bought him.

Flock size depends on your plans for them.
Hobby flock? 20-50 ewes
Commercial flock? 100-300 ewes.

 

[Weldman]

What’s commercial pig flock size?

 

[Alaskan]

DUCKIES!!!!! I knew I had missed muscovies... but now that the little guys have showed up (5 straight run from McMurray), wow! Muscovies truly are fantastic little buggers.

Happy to have them again.

They showed up with 4 male buff geese.

Wow, ... like giants, in ridiculous toddler form.

I am getting a big chick order in the morning. Then next week, 8 female buff geese from Metzer.

 

[Weldman]

DUCKIES!!!!! I knew I had missed muscovies... but now that the little guys have showed up (5 straight run from McMurray), wow! Muscovies truly are fantastic little buggers.

Happy to have them again.

They showed up with 4 male buff geese.

Wow, ... like giants, in ridiculous toddler form.

I am getting a big chick order in the morning. Then next week, 8 female buff geese from Metzer.

Muscovy’s surviving Alaska? Hmm might survive here too.

 

[Baymule]

What’s commercial pig flock size?

In the big barns, 5,000 sows. Built over lagoons of waste, it has to smell something awful.

 

[Alaskan]

Muscovy’s surviving Alaska? Hmm might survive here too.

You need a wind block. They don't do as well as other ducks or geese.

 

[Mini Horses]

Actually, here they have nonpermeable, lined lagoons near where the barns of pigs are housed. The waste is all washed out of barns with pressured water, into premade gully & culvert pathways, leading to said lagoons. The pits are treated to reduce odor. Oh, you still smell pig but, it's pretty controlled at that point.

Then it really STINKS when suctioned into trucks to spread on fields to fertilize yeah

ETA -- few min ago I set up 3 traps with watermelon for the groundhogs. Saw one out checking it but went back into hole....
Maybe later. Have some cantaloupe 4 refill waiting

 

[Weldman]

You need a wind block. They don't do as well as other ducks or geese.

These Khaki Campbell may be prolific egg layers, but not easy to maintain with their skittish ways. Feed them twice a day in the brooder box, sometimes checking on them more. Each time is like I came in there to kill them even though I raised them from ducklings. Stampeding over each other almost killing each other, slamming into the side walls trying to get away as I try to feed and water them, very discouraging to keep something that is deathly afraid of you.
As for the goslings they don't care and the geese are little standoffish which I understand, but ducks and ducklings, nope time to make a run for it.

 

[SageHill]

Khaki Campbells are used a lot for herding trials when ducks are offered. I haven't seen them be that crazy though. The fun ducks are the Call ducks - they're cute and little and remind me of rubber duckies and really calm. I would imagine not much meat and small eggs.