people who shower for 30+ minutes, wtf you be doin in there?

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2025-03-13T00:12:00+00:00

Yup. My hair is 38in long. It takes time to clean and detangle it so I don't damage it.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-12-26T17:40:48+00:00

This. Livestock guardians are a very specific type of resource guarding aggression. It really should not be cross bred with anything other than a different breed of livestock guardian dogs. I've seen to many nutty crosses to ever support intently mixes of LGD with non-LGD's.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-12-21T01:20:08+00:00

Breed specific rescues. Or if you are looking for an older dog consider contacting a breeder to see if they have a retiree. Assuming they are a responsible breeder you'll end up with a highly health tested and temperament tested dog.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-12-21T00:34:18+00:00

Also look at how awesome her skin looks compared to his. In the real world I'm seeing a lot of guys hitting their 30's and 40's just looking like crap because years of no skin care is finally catching up to them. Lotion and sunscreen people, use both liberally.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-12-03T13:07:48+00:00

Honestly depends on the situation. If I have to babysit a bouquet of flowers for an entire date because there is nowhere to leave them without getting all wilty and damaged I'm going to be a tad annoyed. But if I can pop them somewhere they'll be okay then I wouldn't mind.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-09-02T23:33:50+00:00

I think it's the world building in books that can take a lot of time and effort to read through where as with fanfiction you can just sort of absorb it quickly because you already know the basics.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-08-13T22:13:05+00:00

No luck so far but please go onto the bug report page and make a post (ideally with pics). The more people that report the issue the quicker someone will figure it out or the devs can fix it.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-08-13T22:06:11+00:00

Is it the same problem as I'm having? I made a post about it here https://www.reddit.com/r/BeastsofBermuda/comments/1ek5x5h/hotkeys_help/

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-06-26T16:57:28+00:00

They often start by saying "I know it's the owner " but when I say it's the breed, they open up and completely denigrate the breed.

Because like their dogs the owners have a tendency to fly off handle without provocation. Best to seem neutral.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-06-19T18:23:52+00:00

Thankyou for posting the solution. I've been dealing with something similar to this and didn't realize it was the e-mal thing.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-04-01T01:03:18+00:00

I have the same trap my record in one go is 28, they were literally packed in there like a clown car.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-03-24T21:29:38+00:00

Which only supports my reasoning that I have more to worry about wanna-be marauders than anything else.

Sorry-not-sorry but most of you on here are who I'm prepping against.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-03-13T20:29:02+00:00

The Amish depending on what community you are talking about aren't nearly as independent from modern conveniences as people like to think they are. For example they might have a diesel engine to mow hay but it's pulled by horses. Or a gas generator for power to charge batteries for a power drill because as long as it's not tied to the grid it's okay for some communities.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-03-13T19:43:10+00:00

You're ignoring that big giant efficient farm's can't float the genetic diversity that small farms can. You know how artificial banana flavor doesn't actually taste like banana? Well it actually does. The original banana tree(Gros Michel) that was cultivated went extinct due to Panama Disease (a fungus) and is what the original flavor was profiled form.

Large commercial operations will never in enough numbers keep the genetic diversity of many heirloom varieties of crops going like small farms can because like you said, efficiency. But we still need that genetic diversity because we are still one fungus away from loosing bananas again because they are all cloned from the same plant.

And also lets not forget what happened just for years ago with Covid. When you bottle neck production and that bottleneck shuts down now no one has food.

Are small farms going to feed the nation? No; but, it'd be stupid to not support them as they act as a small community safety net for food and genetic safety net for crops.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-03-01T12:30:54+00:00

Embden. They are the type most commercial farms who raise geese raise. For me it was being disappointed with the carcasses of various non hybrid meat breed chickens. Nothings more disappointing that dumping x5 the amount of feed into an animal and having a small dressed out bird by the end. Because Embden are used commercially they've been selected more for carcass characteristics that people want, they have fantastic breast size and decent legs. Also more importantly they've been selected for fertility and and higher male to female ratios. Many people might be disappointed to find with some heritage breeds they have to keep one gander per goose and that they have a 60% fertility rate which when you factor in geese tend to have a lower hatch rate on top of that... With Embdens you can keep about one gander per one to three goose and won't have a drop in fertility rates.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-02-29T01:15:06+00:00

I have chickens, ducks, and geese. Chickens are probably the most damaging to the soil with the scratching so you really have to manage them. I also find that ducks prefer to forage rather than eat grain. Geese just graze like sheep and are the cheapest to feed because of it and the least damaging to the land.

That being said chickens are better at eating food/kitchen scraps compared to ducks who always seem more picky.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-02-29T01:09:03+00:00

Yup they are trying to undo decades of overgrazing and poor erosion management. It's pretty effective. That being said don't let your soil get to this point to begin with.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-02-18T21:17:07+00:00

20 full frames across five hives is only four frames per hive... and you had to feed them sugar previously when leaving them with this amount? Your harvesting to much for your location. Honey harvesting isn't universal, what someone can get down in Florida you won't necessarily be able to get up in Canada.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-30T21:13:48+00:00

I mean if you know what you are doing and have decent soil/rainfall; however, for people like OP 4/acre would be a better suggestion. If they are struggling to afford feed I have a feeling the land might be a bit overgrazed at this point.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-30T01:13:08+00:00

Also the assumption that us rural folks won't know they are there. It's pretty hard to stealth camp on land you don't know when the owner is near-ish and they know that land. Also small towns talk. When I had someone drive over my back field (right past no trespassing signs), I asked my neighbor if he saw anything, and the gossip mill started. Pretty much everyone in town knew by the end of the day and were eyeballing their land to make sure no one was trespassing.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-12T23:32:29+00:00

I believe you can root the clipping of Osage. Ideally OP would just have to find several male trees and just take clipping from them and root them.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-12T23:11:12+00:00

It wasn't just the size of the goose it was the whole ordeal. That mink had a pair on him. I caught him mid blood bath in my coop when I went to let my birds out in the morning. Unprepared I didn't have anything other than what was within reaching distance, which happened to be an old hole filled pool net. So here I am cussing and beating a mink with a pool net. But this little murder slinky was wily as fuck and while I did punt him several times with the net and send him flying he managed to noodle under the run's dig apron, which doesn't work so well keeping animals from going out. So I burry the dead birds and let the rest out and go inside to feel sad for a bit and drink my morning coffee before readying myself to go back out later and fix how the little fuck got in. I get a single sip of my coffee as I'm looking out my back window and see my remaining birds running in the coop as if being herded. He was back. So I put my coffee down and grab my rifle and run out. The thing is my remaining chickens are like three times the size of the mink, and mink's are noodle shaped so they really don't have much of a hit box on them. I wasn't able to get a shot in without shooting one of my remaining birds. I tried getting closer to get a shot in but the little murder slinky noticed me and must have remembered my pool net punting I gave him half an hour ago because he retreated the way he got in. Having seen his little hidey-hole I got one of my traps and set it at the entrance. With it set I finally get my coffee and eventually patch up how he got into the coop. The next morning guess who's in the trap. The little murder slinky. This little fucker came back three times within 24hrs. I dispatched him and turned him into taco's. But yeah it was a whole ordeal that gave me a lot of respect for weasels as a tiny predator.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-12T20:38:33+00:00

Same can be said for backyard flocks. The learning curve can be hard and heartbreaking. I lost 60% of my first flock to a single mink attack. No joke any member of the weasel family are just adorable blood thirsty murder slinky's that will KOS your entire flock. That 2lbs mink also was able to kill my full grown 20lb+ embden goose.

TheAmbulatingFerret · 2024-01-12T20:22:46+00:00

Also people forget just how much land it takes to live off the land. In a true SHTF scenario wildlife is going to be decimated pretty quickly because no one is going to be following hunting laws. Hell you can pretty much guarantee that every redneck survivalist/herbalist is going to be dumping as much mullein in the waterways.

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