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Barnyard Buddies:  Whats in your 'yard'?  |
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DamascusFarm
Farmgirl at Heart
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Alexis
Rio Medina
Texas
USA
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 Posted - May 27 2008 : 8:21:12 PM
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Hey Ladies, after reading about which kinds of chickens you keep i wondered who else lived in your 'yard'. sharing pasture space on my three acre plot are 3 formerly wild mustangs, 1 aging appnx. Quarter Horse. My 6 Boer goats including this years twins. I also have an 80lb boxer x mastiff that cant decide if he's herding or guarding.... Need i include the 'coons 'dillos and the 6ft rat snake i almost tripped over filling troughs today...?
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 8:40:18 PM
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Let's see, we have many wild turkeys who like to come to the birdfeeders, especially in winter , to eat whatever the squirrels knock down for them. Occasionally we may get a deer or two, lots of raccoons, the skunks like to pay us a visit every now and again. When they let fly with the stench bomb, it always seems to happen in the middle of the night, directly under my window.....We used to have porcupines, they girdled lots of my special evergreens, a big bird's nest spruce, a weeping hemlock, I don't know why they couldn't pick something else instead of my specimen plants but that's just the way things go some time. One morning after a big storm, there was a beaver in our pond. For years we had a snapping turtle who would lsy her eggs on the edge of our driveway, but I haven't seen her for several years. We get lots of nice birds, the pond is full of frogs and muskrats, we don't have any outdoor animals, but I enjoy watching my neighbor's horses and goats. We enjoy all the wildlife and living on a back road, with a big field and lots of woods, we get to see lots of 'em all the time...Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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QueenofQuiteAlot
True Blue Farmgirl
865 Posts
Dalyn
Milk 'n Honey Ranch
Central, WA
USA
865 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2008 : 8:46:56 PM
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wow- I'm not going to include the native wildlife *U* who can count the various birds,including pheasants, quails, herrons, etc. the squirrels, ducks, snakes, owl,s hawks, etc.???
5 horses
nearly 20 goats
1 goose
50 chickens? 40? who knows anymore...
3 turkeys
6 or 7 cats
3 dogs
always coyotes- I know I said I wouldn't include the natives, but- the sneaks are always lurking.
Can one woman ever have enough pets?
Dalyn
Muckboots 'N Aprons Chapter
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Jeanna
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Jeanna
Franklin
NC
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2008 : 05:04:16 AM
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I am on the down low as of now but before we moved we had 19 cows, 6 goats, 18 chickens, 2 rabbits,
2 sheep, 6 pigs, 2 cats and 3 dogs. Now I have a starter flock of 9 chickens, 2 show steers, 2 cows , 1 baby steer, and 1 dog. I hope that maybe one day soon to add a couple of milk goats back.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
If both of our troubles were hung on a line--You would take yours and I would take mine. |
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La Patite Ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
623 Posts
Jenn
CA
USA
623 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2008 : 09:02:28 AM
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| We have 2 dogs ( 1 springer spaniel, 1 choco lab), 4 sheep, 1 rabbit and about a dozen chickens. Today I will pick up a dozen broiler chicks. Nature has provided us with 1 owl, 2 or 3 crows, 1 flip flopping squirrel and ton of birds of all varieties. It's so cool watching them play in the water or scratch in the dirt. |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2008 : 1:01:16 PM
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2 hens a laying, 1 duck a quackin', 1 chick a peepin'....and 1 barking dog..oh my farm is small... but I love it all..I do say..I do say.(sung to the tune of 12 days of Christmas)
(o.k. o.k...enuff already..where'd that come from?? he he)
(2 hens..1 buff orpington, 1 americauna, and 1 baby americauna chick,1 crested peking duckling, and 1 mini schnauzer)
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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artbysue
True Blue Farmgirl
218 Posts
Sue
Kidron
Ohio
USA
218 Posts |
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Farm Girl 2
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Becky
Willis
VA
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 12:50:22 PM
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Oh my where to begin ~~~ 5 goats, 1 baby calf, 26 baby broiler chicks, 21 laying hens, 2 dogs, 2 barn cats, and 1 little kitty who got loose last night and is hold out under the outbuilding in fear of the ferosious dacshund!
Loving Living Simply!
http://sunnymorningfarm.blogspot.com |
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Farm Girl 2
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Becky
Willis
VA
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - May 29 2008 : 12:52:25 PM
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oops! I forgot the fish ~~~~ 5 goldfish in a garden pond in the yard and a couple hundred bluegill, crappie and bass in the big fish pond. Also 3 white catfish live there!!
Loving Living Simply!
http://sunnymorningfarm.blogspot.com |
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farmgirlkate
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
kate
bryan
TX
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2008 : 07:40:36 AM
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we're keeping it pretty simple at the moment...but apparently we are sharing with a number of raccoons and possums who seem to think my chicken coop is the buffet line. We have two dogs, but they're so used to being around animals they can't chase, they don't chase the ones they should!
"You only have what you give..."" |
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fionalovesshrek
True Blue Farmgirl
186 Posts
Paige
kinston
North Carolina
USA
186 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2008 : 7:30:56 PM
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We have a dog, two cats and three little lady Rhode Island Reds, Isabella, Esther, & Bonnie. We have cardinals, robins and mourning doves. Once we heard a wild noise that we now call our "howler monkeys" but it was random and only that once so I don't think of it much. We have bats, Eastern Worm Snakes and lots of bugs. My boys (four of them) are avid bug hunters and LOVE to feed them to the gals. Technically we are "In town" but at the edge we hear a lot more wildlife than farther in towards the main drag.
P~
living a good neighbor life |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2008 : 10:40:44 PM
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Okay..right now we have one perfect Jersey cow named Mona, two Icelandic Ewes that are mother and daughter named Juliet and Trixie, a very spoiled stinker of an angora goat named Pearl...who is Mona's best pal, a couple dozen banty hens ranging from 1 to 6 years old, one rooster named Richard, 3 meat hens that never got butchered and are actually laying eggs and earning their keep for now, one mean awful angora bunny that is 6 years old named Toby, 2 basset hounds...Stella who just turned 11, and Maggie who is 4, one mini weiner dog named Frank..he is 12 and 1/2 years old, 1 inside cat named Alice and two outside cats..Pumpkin (who is 12) and Fiona. We have had all the critters since they were babies except Mona...who was almost 2 when she came here..she is 4 1/2 now...so any mean or spoiled critters got that way here.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4260 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4260 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 04:15:07 AM
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this is a fun read on what critters everyone has. Here goes, Maybe 30 old hens, that are not laying well, 1 rooster, 1 banty rooster, Roscoe, that the other birds don't like, 25 meat chickens, 2 weeks old, 25 brown layers chicks, about a week old, 31 herefords, with one late one about to calve, 1 Jersey cow Summer, 1 jersey heifer, Eve, 2 Sheep, Jack and Jill, 1 barn cat, and 1 border collie, Ruby. These are the critters that live at WindyPines Farm.
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