It will last about a winter before the middle area where the hens sit gets worn down and flattened, from my experience.

I suggest you pick the ring tail breed with the masks if you want to downsize. (And, just wondering, why would anyone have a flock of raccoons anyway? But to each there own.) :laugh: But seriously, good to see you back on the forum, JimW . It's a shame that 2018 hasn't been great for you, but good ...

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded: " Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?" "We're taking United,...

TSC sells it too, and it goes on sale from time to time.

Oh no, Tom. Sorry to hear about this. Like others have said, named or not, it's still hard to lose them.

Beautiful birds! A bit too rich for my pocketbook, though, at $99 per chick, unsexed.

Shnookie , are you referring to the zinc ointment they used to sell to put on your nose etc., as a total sunblock? kenya , yup, I have a really hard time with extreme heat too, particularly when the humidity is high ... like today, for example. I'm wilting here, but I know I have to get out and spr...

Are you talking about the one little flower almost right in the middle of your photo? The yellow with orange-red centre? If that's the one you're talking about, I'm having a hard time getting it blown up enough to be able to try to identify it (pretty blurry if I enlarge it too much). Do you have a ...

Thanks everyone, for your kind words. I am a bit surprised at how much this little quail's death affected me.

I had to say goodbye to probably my favourite little Golden Italian, Ginny, today. Tears were shed. She was a very sweet, friendly girl. She came over to greet us whenever we showed up. She had managed to bugger up one of her legs a while back, no idea how, but have my suspicions that Joe may have h...