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Mike CHS
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I tried to catch the motion of the sheep when I call out "Here Sheep" for some fresh pasture. I'll try to get a video at some point.
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CntryBoy777
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That sure is a funny looking chicken in your avatar there Mike.....is that a new breed ya are trying??....
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Mike CHS
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I was cleaning out some files this morning and ran across that picture of Max our Severe Macaw. He was a totally spoiled but loving creature. We had boarded him at a place in Nashville while we went to visit family right after we retired last year and he picked up a bug of some kind and died a couple of weeks later. He had just had his 17th birthday.
Anyway, I miss that boy and thought I would like seeing his picture when I'm on my favorite forum.
Anyway, I miss that boy and thought I would like seeing his picture when I'm on my favorite forum.
CntryBoy777
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Sorry to hear about that. We had a quaker parrot when we lived in Fl and moved it here with us, Joyce worked with a lady that was interested in it, and ended up giving it to her, against my wishes....it died a short time later. The funny thing about it is, for 6yrs we thought and were sure it was a male....we named it Simon, but 2 days before she gave it away there were 4 eggs in the bottom of the cage. We still refer to it as a he, tho.....
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Mike CHS
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I had Max DNA tested and he was all boy. I took him in when he was a little over a year old and wild to tame him and find him a home. I found him a home 3 different times on the condition that I would take him back if it didn't work out. It never worked out.
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Mike CHS
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We are getting ready to harvest most of our broccoli for the freezer and the cabbage shouldn't be too far behind. We plan on making quite a bit of kraut this year since we have so much. I put a quarter on top of one of the broccoli heads for a size reference. Most of the heads should be well over a pound.
And the other picture is a by-product from our sheep - composted sheep manure. They bed down by the gate in our catch pen and with sheep being sheep I rake the area up every other morning. All of the waste grass and their manure self composts in that area so we get one of these 20 quart tubs full about every three days.
And the other picture is a by-product from our sheep - composted sheep manure. They bed down by the gate in our catch pen and with sheep being sheep I rake the area up every other morning. All of the waste grass and their manure self composts in that area so we get one of these 20 quart tubs full about every three days.
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Cabbage and broccoli look awesome! Poo looks good too, lol!
The broccoli and cabbage look awesome. I've never had any luck growing either. I bet any plants that get it, love that compost though!
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Mike CHS
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We have been adding it to our beds since we brought the sheep home. We have an amazing number of dung beetles that take care of it out in the pasture but we like to rake it up from their bedding area. I didn't see but a small number of earth worms last year but this spring the beds are teeming with them.
CntryBoy777
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Wow!! That is really good. We haven't done much with broccoli here, mainly cabbage. I don't think this yrs will mature in these 90° days we are having now. That's a lot of fertilizer to spread....
