Ragdollcatlady's Just a Little Patch of Weeds Farm journal

[Bruce]

Glad your day didn't start out (or end) any worse. Not sure about the folks giving a ration... Tell them to shut up and mind their own business.

Send them here and they can get a "shotgun shell" full of that

I am genuinely afraid of this animal, he bites his owners

No he won't. The E Responders will have the aggressive dog put down within minutes of their arrival, either doing it themselves or calling the police to do it for them.

ASSUMING the dog gives them some warning.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Always happy to help where i can, if you need to know anything else please ask.

It is nice to hear you are taking time for yourself and can/will stand up for yourself and your goats. Another note, poultry do fine in winter climates but you need to make sure you keep them dry and the coop well ventilated. Any condensation on them usually causes frostbite.

 

[goatgurl]

glad you're doing well, kiddo. sounds like things are coming together. I have bred fathers to daughters many times with no problems. folks can kindly be told to take a flying leap, ya know. and any dog that is on my property that threatens me may have a hard time leaving. obviously the owner knows the dog is a problem and needs to take care of it.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

Speaking of poultry, Ive had them for years and try to avoid tight housing because the poop is pretty moist already, , but never would have thought about condensation causing frostbite, though logic follows that really closely.

I am a little bit depressed right now, as I just sold all the Bantam Chocolate Orpingtons this evening. They went to a lovely lady and a couple of nice gentlemen, who will thoroughly enjoy them and the babies, but I am sad. They were my kids show birds, short and fat and just plain adorable. The ultimate little farm chicken. They were planning on taking 3 hens and the rooster. But that would have left just one of the older hens and a couple juvies. So then they were like well sure all the adults and the one mamas chicks would be great.... and maybe one juvie. So I grabbed all those and threw in 2 more of the juvies. The money will help feed the rest of the birds, but I am sorry to see them go.

 

[greybeard]

ASSUMING the dog gives them some warning.

That, would be in the dog's best interest and even then he has but 2 chances of escaping no worse the wear-...those chances being Slim, and None. It's the only way he stands the proverbial snowball's chance in hades of surviving the encounter. Either way, there are very high odds he is going down, with whether it being before or after the fact the only mystery.
Becoming or presenting one's self as aggressive or threatening toward a 1st responder, whether one is human or animal, is among the world's worst possible avenues to explore.

 

[babsbag]

I had to look those birds up, what cuties; I can see why you like them. Are you sure that you can't get Alaska to be a California? I am afraid that this moving to Alaska is going to take its toll on your farming ways.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

He never wants to leave Alaska. He lived in California for years, since just after highschool so he is well aware of what he isn't missing. And he loves Alaska.

And yes, I will not be farming. Certainly not with the freedom to be the hippie hobby farmer that I am here.

 

[babsbag]

I have only been really living in the country for 10 years, not counting my childhood, but even in the city I had a big garden, fruit trees, berries, and a pond. I am just happier outdoors. I have a lot of hobbies I could do if I was house bound but it isn't something that I look forward to for days on end. But oh the things we do for love. Are you close enough to a town or city where you can have a job working for a vet or will you change careers too?

 

[misfitmorgan]

I agree that dog really needs to go. Sorry you had to sell those little chocolate balls.

That's one of the first things that gets drilled into you in a cold climate....ventilation! Human nature is to close it up tight, insulate it, so they can stay warm.....really you must have air flow or the critters will get sick or get frost bite.

 

[Bruce]

Yep, easiest way to kill chickens in cold areas is with "kindness". Button up that coop well and insulate it so they stay warm. Then they die from ammonia and frostbite. Coop ventilation is actually more important in the winter than in the summer.