rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

The thing I want to know, is when can the vet give us OUR rabies preventive shots...all of US out here.

I am becoming tired of the nonsense so I'm going to stop gawking in disbelief and start rolling my eyes and plotting our someday escape. It's pretty pathetic out there. I should probably just expect it from now on. I've seen enough, I think.

 

[Bruce]

I like California Whites as well, but I'd have to get them from Hoover's and I lost 2/4 of my last ones to laying issues and their egg quality was low laying despite xl eggs daily.

Sounds like a reason to not get CWs!

If ya want XL eggs that ya can count on regularly...yep, ya need to get ya some KC ducks....added bonus is they are great companions to goats....

Ah, our resident duck pusher has returned home!

 

[CntryBoy777]

What can I say??....I miss em and haven't totally "ruled them out" as yet, but for now, it isn't in the works to be a distraction at this time.....shoot!!...we still getting garden areas figured out and waterflow around the house.....

 

[rachels.haven]

Compared to khaki's pekins are quiet. They'd probably fit right in!

 

[Baymule]

I am becoming tired of the nonsense so I'm going to stop gawking in disbelief and start rolling my eyes and plotting our someday escape. It's pretty pathetic out there. I should probably just expect it from now on. I've seen enough, I think.

Sounds like as good a reason as any to shelter in place.

 

[rachels.haven]

Still not much going on here. Lace is still due May 9th-14th. She's become rather wild after ripping off a scur badly, but I got her on the stand today and touched her udder and didn't get my whole body kicked apart, so maybe there's some hope there.
Went on a tsc run for more red cell. Two of the three new goats need some along with a worming and I was low. They loaded it right in my car and we turned around and went home. Weird.

Today DH went into conniptions because the town FB page had everyone fawning over the natural, native, beauty of a large family group mute swans in town...which are very not native and very large and aggressive...and are protected in this state from any harm because they are beautiful from a distance. I told him to let it go. Everyone in charge of these things here is an idiot. Right is not right here. It doesn't matter if they're about as native as my chickens or whatever. If they're pretty, the state will protect them because they like pretty "nature", just like they like pretty "farming" and pretty "coyotes" and pretty moose and puma and whatever else comes next. We will just need to stay on our toes near that lake, I guess. I give up on stupid and he probably should too. Not worth the aggravation.

Mute swans are big, unafraid birds and one of the few I'm actually afraid of. We had them in Michigan pretty bad-where they were NOT protected and you can easily get a permit to "remove" them and destroy their nests and hatchlings(but never "hunt" however I believe it is illegal to transport them live there, so...same end result). In addition to being occasionally aggressive to people they also destroy all the other birds they can on the lake they possess so they are ecological disasters. Way to go Mass. Way to be idiots again. Not really worth the time.Go fish.

 

[Bruce]

I guess I'm glad we don't have a problem with Mute Swans here! Apparently VT Fish and Game doesn't take kindly to Mute Swans in the state.

There are two Mute Swans in Swanton a couple of towns north, they are only out in the town green's small pond surrounded by a wrought iron fence in the summer. Apparently they are rented from someone in the Champlain Islands where they return for the winter.

And lest you come to the wrong conclusion of the town's name - it is named for British naval officer William Swanton. He was a hero in a key battle against French colonial forces in 1758. Swanton was duly honored through the naming of the town when it was chartered five years later.

The swans didn't show up until 1961, the originals a gift from Queen Elizabeth II.

Seven Days article about Swanton

 

[farmerjan]

Still not much going on here. Lace is still due May 9th-14th. She's become rather wild after ripping off a scur badly, but I got her on the stand today and touched her udder and didn't get my whole body kicked apart, so maybe there's some hope there.
Went on a tsc run for more red cell. Two of the three new goats need some along with a worming and I was low. They loaded it right in my car and we turned around and went home. Weird.

Today DH went into conniptions because the town FB page had everyone fawning over the natural, native, beauty of a large family group mute swans in town...which are very not native and very large and aggressive...and are protected in this state from any harm because they are beautiful from a distance. I told him to let it go. Everyone in charge of these things here is an idiot. Right is not right here. It doesn't matter if they're about as native as my chickens or whatever. If they're pretty, the state will protect them because they like pretty "nature", just like they like pretty "farming" and pretty "coyotes" and pretty moose and puma and whatever else comes next. We will just need to stay on our toes near that lake, I guess. I give up on stupid and he probably should too. Not worth the aggravation.

Mute swans are big, unafraid birds and one of the few I'm actually afraid of. We had them in Michigan pretty bad-where they were NOT protected and you can easily get a permit to "remove" them and destroy their nests and hatchlings(but never "hunt" however I believe it is illegal to transport them live there, so...same end result). In addition to being occasionally aggressive to people they also destroy all the other birds they can on the lake they possess so they are ecological disasters. Way to go Mass. Way to be idiots again. Not really worth the time.Go fish.

I am sadly, but very GLAD, that you have finally "gotten it" as far as Mass goes......the stupidity just keeps getting worse... you are EXACTLY RIGHT it is "pretty" as far as all that goes..... and the "oh the poor animals" the humans are destroying their _________ fill in the blank. Swans are very aggressive, of any sub species..... as are some of the "wild geese" also.

 

[Baymule]

What? Do people there get up in the morning, take out their bottle of Stupid Juice and take a couple of tablespoons of it to start their day off right?

 

[farmerjan]

They self medicate with it at night because they are not smart enough to get up and take anything first thing in the morning.........