Killed a Black Snake today...

A couple of things jack!! One... we ARE at the top of the food chain but were also supposed to be intelligent. Two.. 40 hens equals a lot of work AND a lot of gold in the form of chicken crap. Had a dozen Reds a few years ago and they were a lot of work to keep watered and it cost a bunch to build a coop and buy lights, watering set-up and feed. Just was not worth it except for the laughs. The last time I tried layers I ended up with 9 Roosters and as you know they can be an angry and aggressive bird. The Neighbors kid used to poke them with stick thru the wire and when I thru the roosters out of the coop they remembered that kid. If you want to see sumpin funny watch a kid run screaming from a red-eyed rooster hot on his tail.

In closing I was laying on my back in the woods yesterday stoned as a rat and had a Scarlet Tanager entertain me in the canopy. I have only ever seen a couple of them so it was a banner day. Also bagged a cedar waxwing and a great crested fly catcher. Simple minds ....



Damm if I wouldn't like a couple of truckloads of chicken chit for the compost heap. Sigh.

you go fishing in that creek? looks superb

I didn't get anything but the eggs grandpa keept the moneymaker he wanted me to work........the harder the better...still had to help in the milk barn at 8 when the milking was done....I didn't like summer as it ment I had more chores.......jack

Why can't we post pic's...what did they do??? wanted to post a pic no option's!!!! jack anybody else have this problem?? jack

I love chickens and until my husband became ill, we grew our own for meat and eggs. I had as many as 50 birds at a time. Each chicken produces about 50 lbs of fertilizer per year. I think that's why I have such great soil in my yard! Now I just have little Jemima who is a very picky eater, (likes dog and cat food only), and won't touch chicken feed. My husband and daughter hate her because she occasionally poops on the porch, but she is devoted to me and I love her. She does not care for snakes and has been known to kill a few. I guess it's only fair since they steal her eggs.

As you can see I live in the outskirt's of the town and see many orioles scarlet tannenger's and my favorite is the grossbeak's! we see hairy,downey,flicker's and other's we are lucky to have a wetland area behind the house that goe's for about a mile..jack...

I live in a birder's paradise! On any given day, I will see wood storks, great blue, and white herons, lesser blue herons, ibis, pelicans, gulls, parrots, owls, golden and bald eagles, egrets, roseate spoonbills, osprey, hawks, just to name a few, along with the usual cardinals, bluejays, mockingbirds, grackles etc. I even got to see the smallest hummingbird this year, only an inch long. I tried to get a picture, but there was just no way with my camera!

Cindy..Me also...I have the night heron's, bald eagle(on the river only place not solid ice to fish!)warbler's you name it...wild turkey's,great blue's and a host of river otter's and ground hog's and possum and racccoon's and fox...last week a fisher caught on one of my camer's in the yard...See Life is good!!jack