Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
One day a squirrel fried itself in the high transformer in front of our house, popping the fuse. While SWMBO and I and the Gulf power guy stood over the still-smoking squirrel, the semi-wild neighborhood mama cat shot through our gaggle grabbing the squirrel on the fly and disappeared for the rest of the day. Animals have such amazing reflexes. > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curt Raymond via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 6:25 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Curt Raymond > Subject: Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens > > I shot a lot of squirrels in the backyard when I was a kid, dad still does. > My > parent's house sits on the rural/urban divide near a dirt access road. City > folk > trap squirrels and drop them off on the access road, the squirrels then find > my > parent's bird feeder.Their yard will handle 4 squirrels at any time, meaning > with 4 or fewer squirrels there is enough feed that they don't attack the bird > feeder. When I 5th squirrel turns up the attacks begin and one of them, > usually > the fat, dumb city squirrel gets fatal. > Dad has gotten the crows trained, when he shoots the body lasts for about 5 > minutes. He says they need 3 trips to take it all away. Interestingly crows > seem > smart enough to leave the pellet behind. I've read that eagles eat lead from > dead animals and die from it but dad says the crows will pick the pellet back > out of the body. Most of the time its not a problem as the pellet passes clean > through. > -Curt > > On Friday, June 26, 2020, 5:08:41 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. > Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window while > doing dishes it wasn't game. > > Mitch. > > On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I > > know the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
Sorry about your kitty. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 6:10 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Our kitty has several kinds of cancer and it has been a chore getting him > to eat. One exception - he goes nuts for "Wascally Wabbit" cat food. > > We have our own resident bunny who browess on clover rather than attack my > bed of carrots. Obviously, he hasn't been watching cartoons. > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:08 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. > > Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window > > while doing dishes it wasn't game. > > > > Mitch. > > > > On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > > > > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > > > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I > know > > > the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
Especially now that Elmer Fudd has lost his gun. Personally I find the thought of Fudd chasing Bugs with a scythe the thing of nightmares... -Curt On Friday, June 26, 2020, 6:10:25 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Our kitty has several kinds of cancer and it has been a chore getting him to eat. One exception - he goes nuts for "Wascally Wabbit" cat food. We have our own resident bunny who browess on clover rather than attack my bed of carrots. Obviously, he hasn't been watching cartoons. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:08 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. > Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window > while doing dishes it wasn't game. > > Mitch. > > On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I know > > the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
I shot a lot of squirrels in the backyard when I was a kid, dad still does. My parent's house sits on the rural/urban divide near a dirt access road. City folk trap squirrels and drop them off on the access road, the squirrels then find my parent's bird feeder.Their yard will handle 4 squirrels at any time, meaning with 4 or fewer squirrels there is enough feed that they don't attack the bird feeder. When I 5th squirrel turns up the attacks begin and one of them, usually the fat, dumb city squirrel gets fatal. Dad has gotten the crows trained, when he shoots the body lasts for about 5 minutes. He says they need 3 trips to take it all away. Interestingly crows seem smart enough to leave the pellet behind. I've read that eagles eat lead from dead animals and die from it but dad says the crows will pick the pellet back out of the body. Most of the time its not a problem as the pellet passes clean through. -Curt On Friday, June 26, 2020, 5:08:41 PM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window while doing dishes it wasn't game. Mitch. On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I know > the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
Our kitty has several kinds of cancer and it has been a chore getting him to eat. One exception - he goes nuts for "Wascally Wabbit" cat food. We have our own resident bunny who browess on clover rather than attack my bed of carrots. Obviously, he hasn't been watching cartoons. On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:08 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. > Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window > while doing dishes it wasn't game. > > Mitch. > > On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I know > > the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
That was known as Mom's Rule when I was growing up. Squirrel, rabbit, deer, if she could watch it from the kitchen window while doing dishes it wasn't game. Mitch. On Fri, June 26, 2020 5:04 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards > from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I know > the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
Yeah I thought about rabbits also. Been so long since I've had any that I don't really remember what they taste like. My mom made rabbit stew once or twice when I was a kid. Allan Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes writes: > IMO if you want to raise meat, rabbits would be a much better proposition > than chickens. No plucking required. > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan > Streib via Mercedes > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:15 PM > To: Mercedes Okiebenz > Cc: Allan Streib > Subject: [MBZ] OT: chickens > > Anyone here have experience raising chickens for meat? > > Wondering how much work it is on a daily basis. What is the total cost > per bird from acquisition to dinner plate? > > Allan > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
I have a friend who had planned to raise meat rabbits, I'm not sure if he ever did or not. I remember that he was having a hard time getting rabbits if he admitted why he wanted them. Its interesting that people will give you a rabbit right up until the point they realize you want to eat it. I'm not sure I could dispatch my own rabbits. I've shot a couple in the wild but I'm not sure I could kill a rabbit I "know personally". In fact I have a rule that I don't shoot rabbits closer than 200 yards from camp. Outside of the 200 yard circle they're no longer pets. I know the rule doesn't make sense but it is what it is... -Curt On Friday, June 26, 2020, 4:59:43 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: IMO if you want to raise meat, rabbits would be a much better proposition than chickens. No plucking required. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:15 PM To: Mercedes Okiebenz Cc: Allan Streib Subject: [MBZ] OT: chickens Anyone here have experience raising chickens for meat? Wondering how much work it is on a daily basis. What is the total cost per bird from acquisition to dinner plate? Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: OT: chickens
IMO if you want to raise meat, rabbits would be a much better proposition than chickens. No plucking required. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:15 PM To: Mercedes Okiebenz Cc: Allan Streib Subject: [MBZ] OT: chickens Anyone here have experience raising chickens for meat? Wondering how much work it is on a daily basis. What is the total cost per bird from acquisition to dinner plate? Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
