Coffee anyone ?

[Soon2Be]

Did someone say coffee? I like coffee.
I have had a cup already this morning. I will have another cup or two throughout the day. I like strong rich coffee. No, weak brown water please.

 

[Baymule]

I slept until 7 this morning. Thanks for the coffee, I sure need it.Yesterday with the grands was fun. The 11 year old headed to the kitchen to make a double batch of French macaroons. I would offer y'all some, but we ate them all. LOL Then we made pizza dough and invited our DD and DSIL for supper. We went to a bakery yesterday morning for a treat, the 20 month old pooped her diaper and fell asleep 5 minutes from home on the way back. She slept through me changing and cleaning her up, but her eyes flew open when I laid her down and she was wired the rest of the day, LOL

It was too hot to take them outside to play so we did Disney channel all day, played, baked and played some more. For pizza, we divided the dough into 4 parts and built pizzas. We made plain cheese, pepperoni and cheese, fresh tomato slices, cheese pepperoni and feta cheese, and chicken alfredo with spinach, cheese and feta. They left at 8:00.

I'm sitting here looking at pieces of dry spaghetti on the floor, dirt, toys that crept under the sofa, and little girls rubber boots. Guess I need to get dressed and get moving.

 

[greybeard]

I was going to recommend Muscovy ducks but just read it’s illegal to own or sell them. Whhaaaaat?

No, it is not illegal to own or sell Muscovy ducks. That is an often repeated misconception on many of the hobby farm boards. The regulations apply ONLY to the taking, sale, possession, or moving of WILD Muscovy ducks from their natural habitats. It does not affect domestic possession or production.
Muscovies are now "protected" but US Fish and Wildlife never intended to prevent their domestic raising or owning. What you CAN'T do, is release domestically raised Muscovy ducks to the wild.

5. Do I need a migratory bird permit to raise and sell muscovy ducks?

"No. You do not need a waterfowl sale and disposal permit or other Federal permit to raise and sell muscovy ducks. Muscovy ducks are now protected under the MBTA due to natural range expansion from Mexico into the United States. Although we amended the regulations at 50 CFR 21.14 and 21.25 to restrict possession and sale of muscovy ducks, we intend to revise those regulations. Therefore, we are not issuing permits or restricting sale, purchase, or possession of muscovy ducks at this time. Release of muscovy ducks to the wild outside their natural range is prohibited. More information is available at http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds "
Scroll down to #5:
https://www.fws.gov/forms/3-200-9.pdf

Read the last paragraph:
https://www.fws.gov/pacific/migratorybirds/permits/wsad.html

And:

§21.54 Control order for muscovy ducks in the United States.
(a) Control of muscovy ducks. Anywhere in the contiguous United States except in Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata Counties in Texas, and in Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and possessions, landowners and Federal, State, Tribal, and local wildlife management agencies, and their tenants, employees, or agents may, without a Federal permit, remove or destroy muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) (including hybrids of muscovy ducks), or their nests, or eggs at any time when found. Any authorized person may temporarily possess, transport, and dispose of muscovy ducks taken under this order.

(b) Muscovy ducks in Hidalgo, Starr, and Zapata Counties in Texas. In these counties, take of muscovy ducks, their nests, and their eggs may be allowed if we issue a depredation permit for the activity.

(c) Disposal of muscovy ducks. You may donate muscovy ducks taken under this order to public museums or public institutions for scientific or educational purposes, or you may dispose of them by burying or incinerating them. You may not retain for personal use or consumption, offer for sale, or sell a muscovy duck removed under authority of this section, nor may you release it in any other location.

(d) Other provisions. (1) You must comply with any State, territorial, or Tribal laws or regulations governing the removal or destruction of muscovy ducks or their nests or eggs.

(2) You may not remove or destroy muscovy ducks or their nests or eggs if doing so will adversely affect other migratory birds or species designated as endangered or threatened under the authority of the Endangered Species Act. If you use a firearm to kill muscovy ducks under the provisions of this section, you must use nontoxic shot or nontoxic bullets to do so.

(3) If you operate under this order, you must immediately report the take of any species protected under the Endangered Species Act, or any other bird species protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, to the Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services Office for the State or location in which the take occurred.

(4) We reserve the right to suspend or revoke the authority of any agency or individual to undertake muscovy duck control if we find that the agency or individual has undertaken actions that may harm Federally listed threatened or endangered species or are contrary to the provisions of this part.

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-i...59ce4a9be80&node=50:9.0.1.1.4.4.1.14&rgn=div8

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

I will join ya -- I'd like double bacon on my biscuit, please.
Been on coffee for a while.

I'm heading out for tractor diesel in a few. Lots of lifting and pulling today. So much I want to do but with the heat -- who knows. It sure takes it out of you fast. You go out pumped to work and quickly are a drooping flower.

With you on the shade. All my various animals, fields, pens, have shade but they've hinted that fans & a/c would be a positive! It is stifling out there. News showed a totally RED US map. Out West some 112 temps and East Coast mostly pushing 100 -- then there's the heat index!. Unreal.

Gotta get a move on while it's still in the 80's.


EVERYONE drink water!!!!!

Double bacon is a necessity!

@MatthewsHomestead just don't put up a tarp for shade for those ducks. They will think it is something evil in the works.
Sorry for the loss of the chicks. That's too bad.

Meant to quote this on our thread, but i was thinking of something similar to the porch around the main duck house.....?

Um perhaps you need decaf?


What are you going to do with these? Are you going to canned/pickled them?

Yes!!!! I'm going to can them so I have yummy peppers for sandwiches!

No decaf for me! That stuff is for the birds!

 

[Soon2Be]

Double bacon is a necessity!


Meant to quote this on our thread, but i was thinking of something similar to the porch around the main duck house.....?
!

I don't know if you missed it, but I put a tarp up for extra shade and the ducks would not venture anywhere near it. I had it strapped pretty good too so that it didn't flap in the wind. They avoided it as well as food and water. Ugh. I took it down, they are back to their content life.

 

[Soon2Be]

Yes and Muscovies are not (I'm so sorry muscovies owners!).

Don't tell my friends that have them but I have to agree with you! Van I hide under that chair too!


Bout to rustle up some chicken baskets to go with that coffee! Thanks for the cup!

Awe. No love for them? I love them because they are different. It's like an ugly dog, it grows on you. I actually find them pretty. Plus, they have characteristics of ducks and geese. They can fly and perch like a wood duck. But, I know they aren't for everyone.

 

[promiseacres]

A 2nd pot is desperately needed...had Ag tractor comp late last night 2 am bedtime, then alarm at 5 am to get in for the bunny show... now resting before on back for the parade. Good times fair week.

 

[Bruce]

I have a deer to cape

It is deer season in NC already??

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Awe. No love for them? I love them because they are different. It's like an ugly dog, it grows on you. I actually find them pretty. Plus, they have characteristics of ducks and geese. They can fly and perch like a wood duck. But, I know they aren't for everyone.
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Yours yes. Everyone else's no. I love the colors yours have. Just not the nose thing on their faces! Don't be mad at me...

It is deer season in NC already??

No. Last one I have to do from last season. Next up is yet another raccoon.....

 

[Bruce]

Frozen since last fall???