Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[Hens and Roos]

We had sprinkles off and on Sunday then three storms blew through then at about 8 the sun came back with blue skies just in time to set. Today is all rain and gloomy predicted 'til 3.....

bummer....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Amazing pics! Gorgeous as usual!

 

[samssimonsays]

Thanks! Well it stopped raining and goats are out enjoying for a bit. Everyone is muddy. White goats especially.... Sigh. Oh well hopefully the never ending rain will clear up soon!

 

[greybeard]

Unfortunately that there is a 4.5# dog fish who we couldn't eat and is illegal to throw back due to its invasive nature. So we couldn't throw it back or eat it. Seems like a waist to me but oh well.

A snakefish, or more probably, a bowfin. We call them grinnel or Choupique (pronounced 'shoe pick').
Bowfin have a spot near the tail, snakefish don't and snakeheads have a more pronounced wavy pattern.


Did you know bowfin, even moreso than garfish, are regarded closer to a prehistoric fish as any other in the world?
Bowfin is the only known survivor of an ancestral order of fishes, containing many dozens of species that lived from Triassic, Jurrassic, and Cretaceous periods. Bowfin is all that is left of that order.
Fun to catch for sure, and they do grow quite large down here.
I have seen them eaten when I lived in South Louisiana, but then too, they eat just about everything there, including water rats. (nutria) .

https://www.google.com/search?q=dog...7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=choupique+recipe

 

[samssimonsays]

A snakefish, or more probably, a bowfin. We call them grinnel or Choupique (pronounced 'shoe pick').
Bowfin have a spot near the tail, snakefish don't and snakeheads have a more pronounced wavy pattern.


Did you know bowfin, even moreso than garfish, are regarded closer to a prehistoric fish as any other in the world?
Bowfin is the only known survivor of an ancestral order of fishes, containing many dozens of species that lived from Triassic, Jurrassic, and Cretaceous periods. Bowfin is all that is left of that order.
Fun to catch for sure, and they do grow quite large down here.
I have seen them eaten when I lived in South Louisiana, but then too, they eat just about everything there, including water rats. (nutria) .

https://www.google.com/search?q=dog...7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=choupique+recipe

Wow! I had no idea!

 

[samssimonsays]

Well i finally was able to keep all the milk this am for myself and weighed it. Yes I zeroed out the weight of the jar first....
This was just under a 12 hour fill of a 7 week fresh, first freshening, olive

 

[Bruce]

We now have chickens! Stella is absolutely in love!

Yeah, she is saying "snacks!!!!"
JUST KIDDING!!!

4.5# dog fish who we couldn't eat

But your chickens can, right? Cook that sucker up and see if they don't dig right in.

I did this one in an hour

Gee Sam, no talent there I see
I could draw that picture in ... a dream.

 

[samssimonsays]

Yeah, she is saying "snacks!!!!"
JUST KIDDING!!!


But your chickens can, right? Cook that sucker up and see if they don't dig right in.


Gee Sam, no talent there I see
I could draw that picture in ... a dream.

Come to find out they are such a nasty fish that chickens and dogs don't even want to touch them, nothing does. At least not our version of them anyways.

It has been a bumpy few days with the chicks.... Nothing wrong with them just that Stella is SOOOO concerned she HAS to go check them ALL the time!

And thank you. I have been working really hard to improve over the past year, and am always trying new techniques to see what works best. It has been fun!

 

[luvmypets]

You must be thrilled with Olive's udder! It is really nice for a FF.

 

[Bruce]

Geez if chickens and dog won't touch them Must be a SERIOUSLY nasty tasting/smelling fish. Many dogs like to roll around in stinky dead fish. Yep, best to try them as fertilizer. If the first plant doesn't die, try a few more.