Share other things you dig. Pets, cars, trophy fish etc....

[fishwhistle]

Butterfly him and marinate in teriyaki,waste not want not...

 

[caregiverken]

Butterfly him and marinate in teriyaki,waste not want not...

Actually, I want it to live. So it can grow into a meal(s)..In case I ever need them
My wife put it in one of our empty aviary's..I will let you guys know if it lives ;)

 

[fishwhistle]

I have them all around my place too ken,cottontails inside the fence and big jacks out,my dog is all over them like white on rice.

 

[We Solidarity]

I like to ride my bike!

 

[Theoneandonly Z]

@Solidarity - same here, i actually just picked up my first road bike. Usually road a xcountry bike w/ street tires on... This road bike is so much better. Love riding it, 16 mile round trip to work!

 

[Theoneandonly Z]

That other bike is bitchin! Crazy tires, i wanna ride that one

 

[caregiverken]

Yeah cool bikes!..I need to fix my flats..

this is how goats play :)

 

[sky high]

LOL, chickenman. I think were eventually gonna try to build a couple greenhouses and grow micro greens/veggies year round 'cus I fear we'll be kinda like you - - except we'd end up with a buncha farm animals that just end up being pets.:rolleyes:

 

[Seamaiden]

Sky, Dave and I are friends with a German couple this happened to. We met them through a coworker of his when he put us together to buy their organically raised pastured beef. We were doing great for a while there, but we're pretty sure the Mrs has fallen in love with *all* of her beef cattle, because they're not slaughtering anymore steers. Fortunately, they have over 500 acres, so they've got a little room to store 'em.

I like Having cats because, I hate having mice and squirrels

But I just caugt them out there playing with this rodent..

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Poor thing probably wont live because they cant handle stress....
I could medicate him to help him relax

You've channeled Hellboy! You don't know who he was, but he was an odd duck who was just a good guy.

 

[sky high]

I can see having a >small< dairy cow....'cus I love milk/cream.... but I'm even resisting thinking about that. I use my dog rescue experience as an example. Now I have 4 large dogs!

 

[Seamaiden]

That's how Frances and Roland got started! It began as a hobby, but it ends as a hobby. We love taking our granddaughter to their place because every time we go, they have new animals. I'm not one for miniature horses (for one thing, come on, they're fucking PONIES, and nasty-tempered ones at that), but they had these little burros, an equine I've never spent any time interacting with and there was this one little jenny who had a thing for me, she was so sweet and so cayute! I almost wanted to take her home.

Then, I remembered all the work that goes into keeping any equine, and put that thought outta my head right away.

I can do a dairy cow. I can totally kill the calf. My poor good friend always looks at me aghast when I say that, but it's the truth.

What you describe, though...? It's why I had to get a job in the aquatic ornamental trade--to pay for my habit.

 

[sky high]

We are dreamin' up all sorts of ideas.... LOL. It's been a wild couple of weeks. >>Pretty sure<<< we're on the brink of buying a farm.... unless that is, our due diligence turns up tens of thousands of dollars of unknowns. As always happens, >everything< is costing out more than you'd think it would, but we're also asking folks to provide bids that are based upon the worst case scenario they could imagine. That way, we will hopefully cover all the bases... um...yeah...right. :rolleyes: It's always somethin;...and I'm betting that with land involved that will only intensify. Fortunately...as I've told CM, we've been frugal and have invested wisely over the years and whatever "farm" we buy won't be connected to our liveilihood./survival/income. If we can make some $$$ off the land

Either way.... as I told one of the people I talked to about doing some digging when he asked what we were gona be doing... "We'll be the folks people are talking/laughing at who don't know what they are doing and look like total city-folk noobs".

snicker.....

 

[chickenman]

Came from city to country with no idea what we would do.
Wife got a part time well paying job as an nurse, 35 years experience, she soon became director and worked full time.
I stayed home and started with 15 chickens, got involved with a local old farmer who taught me meat chickens. I soon researched feeds and got a grinder mixer and started producing gmo free feeds organic as possible.
Long story short, wife retired, built up barns, meat chicken processing plant, got around thousand hens laying,dairy and meat goats, holy shit we got it going.
It takes time to figure it out, everything for us pretty much fell into place.
Hard work at first till you get used to it and streamline you efforts, way better than the mad house over the hill for sure...

 

[QleanerQuest]

Hey fellas how are ya? Good here. Went out on the ice yesterday. Awesome fishin! Some of the best perch fishin Ive ever had! And the temps were in the 60's. Couldnt have asked for a better way to close the season. Needless to say, dinner was frickin awesome! Beer battered perch! Budweiser and Drakes! Thats whats up! Here's a couple pics. Enjoy.
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[Seamaiden]

I've never eaten or fished perch. Are they tasty, and fun to catch? They look like a fat tiger barb, like they might be fun to keep in an aquarium, too. How do you fix 'em up?

 

[chickenman]

Some of the best eating fish there is in them perch......crappiie are good too.......

 

[QleanerQuest]

Yessir! The best fish to eat my friend. Perch and walleye. Fillet them up. Mixup some Drakes batter mix with Budweiser or the beer of your choice. Dip n fry! Squirt of lemon or malt vineger and BOOM! Best fried fish ever! Lol, my fav for sure! Peace.
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[Prime C]

Nice Perch Q! Cant wait to do some walleye fishing this year.;)

Hey fellas how are ya? Good here. Went out on the ice yesterday. Awesome fishin! Some of the best perch fishin Ive ever had! And the temps were in the 60's. Couldnt have asked for a better way to close the season. Needless to say, dinner was frickin awesome! Beer battered perch! Budweiser and Drakes! Thats whats up! Here's a couple pics. Enjoy.
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[QleanerQuest]

I know! The walleye is about to get crazy in St. Clair River. And I cant wait! We putta hookup and go Biincher. Im sure we'd catch a buzz if nothin else!

 

[QleanerQuest]

Okay, on Saturday there was a reptile show/expo in Taylor,Mi. My family and I usually go every month when they have it. Lots of reptile vendors and breeders selling animals at super low prices. Most petshopain Mi come here once a month and stockup reptiles becuz the prices are about 1/3 retail!
Realstoked about what we grabbed. Had a nice harvest so I had a couple bucks to play with. We git a trio of Leopard Geckos. Cool lil dudes. Alwayz liked them . Ill post pics of them tomorrow. Got an awesome pair if Bearded Dragons. Ones a beautiful pastel female!! Both are just over a foot and nice as can be.
Next is my yearling Biak Isl. Green Tree Python. Gorgeous colors coming through as she is going through the endomorphic color change the Chondropython Viridis goes through between 6-12 months of age. Studied these guyz FOREVER. My ultimate, Holy Grail snake of snakes for me, as a lifelong enthusiast. Thanks for checkin me out!
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