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Scuppernong?
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greybeard
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a type of muscadine.
Mike CHS
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I'll have to look at the brand but it's a multi purpose (insecticide/fungicide) that we picked up at Home Depot.
Bruce
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Wish they were that cheap here. Some people cut out some of the framing on one side and use them for cordwood that can be moved with a tractor using pallet forks.
Mike CHS
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I know a couple of people that cut the frame and some of the plastic on one side and turn them into lambing huts.
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Yes! That is the plan.
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On Sunday, when we were on our way home from church, I saw something in the road. It looked like a turtle, which is very common here. As we got closer it looked bigger than a turtle, but still look like a turtle.
It actually looked like a leatherback turtle. Since we don't get much traffic here, I stopped in the middle of the road. Sure enough, that's what it was. I couldn't just leave it there. So, I grabbed my camera, and started taking pictures.
As I walked around it, and took pictures, it's sat there and watched me. As soon as I touched it with my toe, it took off like a shot. The last I saw of it, was it flying over the edge and splashing into the little culvert pond by the road.
It actually looked like a leatherback turtle. Since we don't get much traffic here, I stopped in the middle of the road. Sure enough, that's what it was. I couldn't just leave it there. So, I grabbed my camera, and started taking pictures.
As I walked around it, and took pictures, it's sat there and watched me. As soon as I touched it with my toe, it took off like a shot. The last I saw of it, was it flying over the edge and splashing into the little culvert pond by the road.
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Back in April one of our older copper Marans hens went broody. We just took the eggs away from her, because we didn't want to hatch mixed breed chickens. Then we decided to try hatching Guinea eggs. We saved eggs, until we had 11 Guinea eggs, and put them under her.
I anxiously awaited the hatching of our first Guineas. Then last Thursday when I went out to collect eggs, I heard peeping coming from her nest box. Imagine my surprise when I saw a baby chick sitting right there in front of her.
It turned out one of our chickens laid an egg that was the same size and color as a guinea egg. Both DH and I missed that fact, when we were counting eggs. So, at the suggestion of @goatgurl, I took a flashlight out and candle the eggs. Not one of the Guinea eggs was fertilized. Drat! So all of the guinea eggs went in the compost pile.
We put the one baby chick in a stall in the barn, with Mama hen, and both mother and baby are just pleased as punch.
It's so cute, to hear Mama hen coo at her little chick. When I went in the stall this morning to put some chick starter feed in the bowl, Mama hen got between me and the chick and started clucking. My guess is she was warning me off.
I anxiously awaited the hatching of our first Guineas. Then last Thursday when I went out to collect eggs, I heard peeping coming from her nest box. Imagine my surprise when I saw a baby chick sitting right there in front of her.
It turned out one of our chickens laid an egg that was the same size and color as a guinea egg. Both DH and I missed that fact, when we were counting eggs. So, at the suggestion of @goatgurl, I took a flashlight out and candle the eggs. Not one of the Guinea eggs was fertilized. Drat! So all of the guinea eggs went in the compost pile.
We put the one baby chick in a stall in the barn, with Mama hen, and both mother and baby are just pleased as punch.
It's so cute, to hear Mama hen coo at her little chick. When I went in the stall this morning to put some chick starter feed in the bowl, Mama hen got between me and the chick and started clucking. My guess is she was warning me off.
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Baymule
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Cool pictures! I can't help but think that a Cajun would have grabbed that turtle and had turtle soup! LOL LOL
