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Oh Dear, What to do About the Blue Mountain Deer.

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In 1988 during Hurricane Gilbert it was report that some white-tailed deer escaped and ran off into the Blue Mountains. Since then the deer population has increased and it is reported that some farmers are complaining that they are eating their crops. " The deer population explosion, as some people are describing it started when a number of the animals escaped from the Somerset Falls property in Portland during the devastation caused by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. These animals fled to the wild forests of the surrounding Blue Mountains, and now there are reportedly hundreds of them roaming the region." ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—” ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ. (๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†) Personally, I do not believe the Deer are impacting the farming ...

Tag Team Chicken Fight - Free Range Chickens

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A rule change under the Obama Administration, required egg producers using the label “USDA Organic” to provide real outdoor space for hens, rather than enclosed porches. The Trump administration just reversed that. The only animal I feel comfortable farming are Chickens and that is because I grew up farming Chickens. It was my responsibility, to make sure they were fed and watered and to make sure they were safe and sound in their coops at nights. In the mornings before heading out to school it was my job to let them out of the coop, then feed and water them. The reaction you get in the mornings as you walk towards their coop is second to none, as they started going crazy with anticipation of being let out, to run free. Feathers fluffed and shake, some run for a dirt or sun bath, others run around flapping their wings, taking brief flight. Then after a while the hens would go back in one by one to lay their eggs. Animals need to roam, to feel free to forage for food. Happy hens wi...