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[aart]

I fished out 3 dead frogs (2 in the skimmer, one at the bottom) and was clearing string algae from the bog when I grabbed a gob of what I thought was string algae from out the middle but was, in fact, a well rotted, slimey, bloated dead frog.

Frogs are pretty hard to deter from a pond,
but maybe this would help?

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee - did you wash your hands before making the coffee?

 

[DobieLover]

Frogs are pretty hard to deter from a pond,
but maybe this would help?
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Where can I get one??!!

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee - did you wash your hands before making the coffee?

Lucky for everyone I make the coffee as soon as I open my eyes in the morning.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.

I have decided to start breeding ermine (paint) Ameraucanas. I ordered hatching eggs yesterday but will drive down to pick them up in May. About 3.5 hours away. I will make a day trip of it with the girls.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. Can you post pictures or provide a link to the Ermine Ameraucanas? Sounds like a good choice and great fun.

 

[DobieLover]

For 100% ermine offspring you put a dominant white male over pure black females. Ermine x ermine produce 50% ermine and 25% each black and dominant white.

Because I want to enjoy the color pattern too, I plan to run a dominant white male and an ermine male over a mixture of ermine females and black females.

I also plan to get hatching eggs from two different sources, one of them in southern PA and the other in Cape May NJ. Both day trips.

Hatching eggs sell for $150 a dozen including shipping. I don't expect that kind of rate to last but selling all hatch quality eggs from just one year will more than pay for the egg purchase as well as my eating egg flock upkeep for several years to come. I do plan to get NPIP certified so I can ship hatching eggs.

 

[sourland]

Beautiful birds!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey good morning Cafe !
Wet here, just soggy out.
Can I say I am ready for summer !

 

[Sally PB]

Wow, DL, you will have some serious eye candy there!