The Original O'l Farts Club.

[Unca Walt]

Sprinkle salt on its tail

O that so triggered an old memory!

I remember my sister (she was four years older than me) being told to do that very thing by my father.

That means I was about three or four years old, and WWII was still on.

Anyway, Judy ran around the yard, trying to sprinkle salt from a salt shaker on a bunch of chippies.

Talk about old memories... that one is 80 years old. Jeez.

 

[jokerman]

what if it is a wild turkey and cannot be caught?

any suggestions on how to trap a wild turkey?

yep a .22

 

[Putembk]

Microdosing improves my golf swing

I can do a lot of things stoned out of my mind......but golf and math ain't one of them.

 

[SubGirl]

O that so triggered an old memory!

I remember my sister (she was four years older than me) being told to do that very thing by my father.

That means I was about three or four years old, and WWII was still on.

Anyway, Judy ran around the yard, trying to sprinkle salt from a salt shaker on a bunch of chippies.

Talk about old memories... that one is 80 years old. Jeez.

My Grandaddy in Oklahoma told me that but to catch a squirrel. an old memory for me too. I guess it was a thing…

 

[SubGirl]

My Grandaddy in Oklahoma told me that but to catch a squirrel. an old memory for me too. I guess it was a thing…

Salting a bird's tail is a legendary superstition of Europe and America, and an English language idiom. The superstition is that sprinkling salt on a bird's tail will render the bird temporarily unable to fly, enabling its capture.

 

[SubGirl]

yep a .22

Them turkeys are coming for ya if you do…

 

[jokerman]

Them turkeys are coming for ya if you do…

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They must know of my love of cutlets

 

[Gray Wolf]

That'll work -- providing you have a sign on it written in turkey saying:

"This baited trap is for the ugly turkey ONLY!"

Or just build it big enough for several and then pick the one you want after they're caged. Consider a covered pen................

 

[OleReynard]

Not sure what is going on with this hen. Looks like tumors.

I hope it isn’t contagious to the flock…

I can't see her that well could be groups of ticks?

 

[BubbasPlace]

Welcome to our little slice of paradise Joe. Glad you like the place.

Have a lady bringing by another cat later today as Kevin needs a playmate. I have been using a service called Petfinder. I like it because the cats are kept in foster homes vs a shelter. I think they get better care there and aren't as traumatized as a shelter cat.

She is actually bringing two females....Whitney and Grace.....this is gonna be interesting. Glad this is happening today as I will be trimming tomorrow ans the house will smell like pot.

Hey! I have 3! Two females that are sisters, and a boy yellow cat. Perfect number!

 

[jokerman]

Cutbacks​

One day Mr. Smith, the president of a large corporation, called his vice-president, Dave, into his office and said, "We're making some cutbacks, so either Jack or Barbara will have to be laid off." Dave looked at Mr. Smith and said, "Barbara is my best worker, but Jack has a wife and three kids. I don't know whom to fire." The next morning Dave waited for his employees to arrive. Barbara was the first to come in, so Dave said, "Barbara, I've got a problem. You see, I've got to lay you or Jack off and I don't know what to do?" Barbara replied, "You'd better jack off. I've got a headache."

 

[BubbasPlace]

Cats are weirdos so how they act the first few days isn't necessarily indicative of a month out.
Good luck........this is how we wound up with five.

You can figure out why one of my address begins with cathouse7.....
Yup, so many strays where I used to live, I had 7 at the peak. They were all different ages. My 3 are same age basically.

 

[Gray Wolf]

 

[BubbasPlace]

We had always had male cats. No issues with them getting along. When we have brought home new ones, it would take a while for them to warm up to one another but they always have(as dog said, they act weird for a while/month/months). Then we adopted 2 feral female kittens(probably 4 or 5 weeks old). They were ok for a while but the feral never left them. They are territorial and attack the slider when they see our favorite cat, Dennis, waiting to come in. They HATE Dennis. They are like trying to pick up water when I try to pick them up. I can’t get them into a pet carrier without bleeding so they don’t go to the vet. They also stink sometimes. Their coats are coarse and cause my wife to sneeze. I don’t know if all their faults are because they are female or they were feral but we will never get female cats again. As a bonus, one got crystals in her urine so now they get fed special food. We thought we were doing the right thing by adopting them but no good deed goes unpunished. I’d recommend getting another male cat. Ours like to hunt outside together. The girls are strictly indoor cats(by their own choice)…

Odd.....all the problems you list I have only had with male cats! Including the crystals....usually a boy cat problem. Best advice I can give is get insurance, and brush their teeth. Sounds crazy but you will save their kidneys in older age.

 

[BubbasPlace]

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That's the biggest cat I ever saw?

 

[oldfogey8]

Baited live trap.

I have a flock, currently sitting at 21(18 hens and 3 Toms), that frequent my yard. My chances of getting the diseased hen is pretty slim.

 

[BubbasPlace]

Where the Moms lives in Nashville wild turkeys roam around the neighborhood regularly. Little ones in tow...

 

[oldfogey8]

Odd.....all the problems you list I have only had with male cats! Including the crystals....usually a boy cat problem. Best advice I can give is get insurance, and brush their teeth. Sounds crazy but you will save their kidneys in older age.

We had a male cat who had crystals years ago. Fed him low ash food for a while. He was better for a few months but they came back. Started letting him go outside and it was never a problem again even with regular food. He lived to the ripe old age of 16. Brushing Genny cat’s teeth would be impossible without drugging her. She is pretty wild.

 

[SubGirl]

I can't see her that well could be groups of ticks?

Could be blackhead disease.

Control of Blackhead Disease in Poultry - FARMING ADVICE DIGEST

Control of Blackhead Disease in Poultry Blackhead disease continues to cause sporadic but severe disease losses in commercial turkey flocks. Losses are more common but less severe in chickens, particularly broiler breeder pullets, and in game bird flocks reared in confinement and on open range...

farmingadvicedigest.com

 

[BubbasPlace]

We had a male cat who had crystals years ago. Fed him low ash food for a while. He was better for a few months but they came back. Started letting him go outside and it was never a problem again even with regular food. He lived to the ripe old age of 16. Brushing Genny cat’s teeth would be impossible without drugging her. She is pretty wild.

Yup, they don't like it, even with chicken toothpaste.