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    • todyT
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      @jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

      Quote of the day goes to 8 year old William who after meeting the horses, ducks and chickens, turns to me unimpressed and says “what other animals you got?”

      Next, kangaroos!

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      • Tago MagoT
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        @tody hippos, always a hit when they're introduced to a new country

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        • todyT
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          @Tago-Mago I see what you did there...
          The bales of hay he moved already reminded me of this little gem here:

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          • jordanscollectedJ
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            Finally let the chickens out of their enclosure to free range with the ducks. I’m playing “shepherd”.

            @WhiskeySandwich have you had any issues with ducks and chickens interacting? My wife has a read that male ducks can attack chickens and kill them. This first interaction showed no signs of that though.

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            world tours:
            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
            Mad Red x2
            Wabidashery

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            • SKTS
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              Fingers crossed for no duck on chicken violence. And that looks like a pretty damn fine way to spend a morning

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              • jordanscollectedJ
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                @SKT That was closer to sunset last night. It's pitch black when I leave for work in the morning these days.

                world tours:
                888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                Mad Red x2
                Wabidashery

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                • WhiskeySandwichW
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                  nice @jordanscollected ! We were good for about a month i guess with them all living together with no issues. 3 female ducks, 12 hens, 1 rooster. We're def thinking the rooster killed the female duck i spoke of yesterday. He's been picking on another one of them today and we're about to quarantine him. It seems the ducks are getting ready to lay, and i think their hormones/pheromones have changed and the rooster has been aggressive and mounting and such. Since our hens are younger and behind them developmentally, he isn't into them yet, so he's taking it out on the ducks it seems. thats the current theory.

                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                  -Seneca

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                  • jordanscollectedJ
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                    Popped out for a quick ride this morning while the pork got started on the Traeger. We’re hosting a small Halloween get together tonight with a movie around the fire.

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                    world tours:
                    888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                    Mad Red x2
                    Wabidashery

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                    • jordanscollectedJ
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                      The first Halloween work party was this weekend. Smoked pork was the center of the burrito bar. Homemade pumpkin cookies and brownies for desserts we watched a movie outside around the fire (practical magic, I don’t get tired of Sandra Bullock).

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                      world tours:
                      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                      Mad Red x2
                      Wabidashery

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                      • jordanscollectedJ
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                        Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.

                        We picked up an armoire on marketplace for free and gave it a paint job. A couple plants and an outdoor rug and that’s that.
                        Before’s, during’s, afters below

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                        world tours:
                        888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                        Mad Red x2
                        Wabidashery

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                        • MizmazzleM
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                          @jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

                          Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.

                          I will take this wisdom and apply it to my own domicile.

                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                          • motojoboboM
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                            Mmmm….going by the pics you shared with us…I’d say Allie was right all along.

                            The journey is the objective.

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                            • GilesG
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                              @jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

                              Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.

                              🙂

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • todyT
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                                @motojobobo said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

                                Mmmm….going by the pics you shared with us…I’d say Allie was right all along.

                                I came here to say this @jordanscollected

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                                • jordanscollectedJ
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                                  Some pics from this morning.

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                                  world tours:
                                  888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                  Mad Red x2
                                  Wabidashery

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                                  • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
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                                    Whoa 😮🤯

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                                    • AdamCA
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                                      Amazing @jordanscollected looks absolutely idyllic

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                                      • Tago MagoT
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                                        @jordanscollected spectacular stuff. Looks amazing

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                                        • todyT
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                                          @jordanscollected That photos really seem to capture the beauty of that place. I'm no expert on photography, but the first is a great composition. I absolutely love the symmetry in that photo.

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                                          • jordanscollectedJ
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                                            We added 2 new furry family members to the farm this week, both girls. Hecate (black) and Artemis (grey/orange). We haven’t had any signs of mice in the barn yet but with the weather getting colder it’s bound to happen.

                                            Hecate is super playful and comes around when we are in the barn, but Artemis took off the moment she was put down and we hadn’t see her in 3 days. She is currently hiding in the pallets under the hay but she is getting food and water so the wait is on for her to get comfortable with us. She was found in a dumpster behind a gas station so it doesn’t surprise us that trust will need to be earned.

                                            Also, I’m lucky the IHV-24 is Cordura because those claws are serious

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                                            world tours:
                                            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                            Mad Red x2
                                            Wabidashery

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