My BIL breeds gamecocks. With chickens you can do a lot of generations in a hurry, and he has been working with the same two lines of stock for the last 15 years. He can talk for hours about breeding to increase certain traits and decrease others. He has got all his old stock in cages now and last week he brought in a bunch of new blood. I think there will be a genetic outbreak as the eggheads say.
Did you get storm damage? Hope all is well.
Yup,but nothing to be upset about...
This has been a terrible summer for storms already. Glad you weren't hurt worse. Sorry to hear about your neighbors. I've seen the Red Cross/FEMMA thing up close and personal here from a flood, and it is not an easy path they have in front of them.
It's all pretty cool stuff, and somewhat familiar to me as well. I grew up next door to a family who bred and raised chickens. Hundreds of teepees lined in rows with all of their different prize winning roosters. Big money, blue ribbon stuff. They had a whole other section of the property with rows of cages and huge walk-in enclosures for the breeding, hens, chicks, bitties, etc...I know a number of snake breeders as well, @Michael Huntherz , and you are right, extremely passionate and knowledgeable people in their hobby, who love to show and tell, to anyone who is interested and will listen.
Well wishes to you and all affected, Gen.
In another lifetime, I spent a decade in what is known as tornado alley in nw TN. They have sirens that blow as an alarm whenever a major storm was sighted nearby. Almost seems that I spent as much time under a mattress as on one. Almost. Is this pic in Iowa ?
Glad your safe man 3blocks is a close call
I like to wait a month. But often do a small test after a week to ten days.
I just popped some beans from plants that were done but not yet cut or dry. I dont see the point in drying them (unless for distribution) if i going to soak them in water to pop them.
And wildfires. I saw on IG where it's very smokey up that way this morning.
This looks and sounds Amazing! LMK if you need someone to run out a batch or two of the off spring.
