then mine are kumabachi, not suzumabachi. I never bothered to learn much more other than they need to go... funny hting is I am allergic to the damn things... found out the hard way about two years after I got out of the Corps.
I wonder if there is a trap for the kumabachi queen?
it might be a temperature thing, or a season length thing. its cold here (as in burning firewood) from October through late may. not a real long season for some of the more irritating aspects of life in Japan. Maybe they do not handle the cold as well as the Kumabachi? also no Mukade here in Fuji, only in yokosuka. and none of the giant friggin spiders either, though we have them in spades in Yokosuka, they are cat playthings around our yokosuka house. cats stalk them at night and leave the legs laying about. Had one cat for a while that was also a Mukade hunter.. he would end up with the side of his face all puffed up about twice a year from when he mistimed his attack.
Oh man dude that sounds so nice to be free of those things. What's your rough elevation there in Fuji? Feel free to PM or not answer.
1100 meters, so not super high but the weather in our area is totally weird compared to 10-15 km's on either side of us... we are close enough that Fuji really affects the weather paterns. take Kofu for instance, its only about 30-40 km's from us, but it get hotter there then it does in kanto. and its at roughly the same elevation, but becasue its in a weird valley, or bowl, heat gets trapped there and its warm in the winter and deathly hot in the summer.
I'm really envious of your cool climate, I wanted to move to Hokkaido just to escape the heat.
been there strangely enough it is hotter in the summer then here at Fuji. it can get quite a bit colder in the winter though.
Your afraid of a wee bird
Yes thats what the beak is for.Your afraid of a wee bird
They are all bluster & utterly toothless
they are direct descendants of Dino's... and they are inviting the others to freed on your corpse after a well planned and coordinated attack. Best bet is to roast them right away and throw a little Hollandaise sauce right before they are done... Just do not eat all of them at once... eat the shitheads first to set the tone with the rest of them
ha ha ha (I am joking of course....eat them all at once!)
Wow sounds like you're living an interesting life. I would love to have lots of birds and animals around.Your afraid of a wee bird
They are all bluster & utterly toothless, & understandably get a bit territorial during nesting (don't we all), Isn't that a good thing? to scare off your snakes. In all the years I've had them, I've never been beaked, too be honest they tend to be scared of me, except during nesting. Like most animals if you raise them from chicks, you might even be able to hug them.
They know where they should not be, occasionally sneaking into a neighboring field, as soon as they see me they quickly go back home, probably because they know I may trim 1 wing of feathers for their poor behavior, stops them from flying over the fence, only have to trim a few offenders. I did have a nasty small rooster once that would attack you from behind, & I don't push my luck with my old tusked boar.
The geese look like dinosaurs the way they walk with 2 legs, & attract a lot of bird life from the neighboring wetland, I get spoonbills, white herons, egrets, plovers, teals, black swans & ducks coming in to join them in the winter/spring ponds.
If your on a budget, & Sebastopol Geese are rare in Japan, you can start off with a pair of common Japanese domesticated species & once your confident with them, try to source some fertile Sebastopol Geese eggs to put under a broody common goose, they nest late winter/spring. They also interbreed with other species. Probably see a DIYGOOSE forum
. Some are good parents others are not, they can step on their young & if a chicks leg is damaged they'll die. Normally they lay 12 - 17 large eggs (cholesterol bombs) best eggs for baking, 1 would make a whole Tamagoyaki, though I fry mine, leave minimum of 3 eggs to encourage them to keep laying & to hatch. Dispite Daddy Tanuki goosephobiaism they are harmless & useful to have around. Its the becked Kappa you need to be careful of.
No phobia, We had geese and turkey's along with chicken and pigs when I was a youngster. they can be vicious... but they all taste so goodIf your on a budget, & Sebastopol Geese are rare in Japan, you can start off with a pair of common Japanese domesticated species & once your confident with them, try to source some fertile Sebastopol Geese eggs to put under a broody common goose, they nest late winter/spring. They also interbreed with other species. Probably see a DIYGOOSE forum
I am a member of P.E.T.A. (People Eating Tasty Animals) and as such feel the need to spread the love, sometimes I feel like Forest Gumps buddy Bubba... theres roast bird, and fried bird, and baked bird, there be BBq'd bird and frickaseed bird and lemon pepper bird...We had those too. All of them on farm.No phobia, We had geese and turkey's along with chicken and pigs when I was a youngster. they can be vicious... but they all taste so good
Lot of ppl use to say reason so many awards went to farmers - most ppl farmed. Like 2a wasn’t for hunters - most ppl hunted. If founding fathers were told needed hunting license there would been assault muskets going off. No questions. The 2a was not for hunting food.
yeah we had a Tom turkey that made the mistake of attacking my grandpa from behind when he had a chainsaw in his hand... he swung around and hit the damned thing in the head and damned if it did not survive with scars until thanksgiving came around. lots of scars but nothing fatal so grandpa finished it off the day before thanksgiving... I did not miss that thing at all.We had those too. All of them on farm.
I was about 6-7 years old when this huge tom turkey flogged me. That was a big bird. Those are meanest birds every seen beside ostriches.
I beat the shit out of that bird…….kicked him with cowboy boots. Those pointed toes put him on his ass.
I chopped his head off that coming thanksgiving. Got picture of me eating his oven roasted browned leg. Yummy. Raised him from tiny baby bird. Mother turkeys are mean as hell and protective too. We never got to attached to farm animals - food. Farmers were best in military. …… Would not hesitate.
Adopt an old Thai farmer they will eat all your pests.
yeah some of your snakes make Japanese snakes look cute... No pet Mongooses? No Riki Tiki Tavi? inquiring minds want to know!
The big malinois are pretty adept at killing most snakes that come into the gated garden but the outside dogs are much smaller and smarter they just bark at them. We currently go through 11 peoples worth of rice, a kg of kibble and 4kg of chicken a day feeding the dogs then we have the cats, chickens and a tortoise. I've been asking my wife if we can home endangered pangolins to try keep the marauder ants in check but she's having none of it, mongooses have no chance.
Yep food is amazing but almost everything contains msg and unrefined sugar so it's bound to taste great.
well that should keep 90% of the western world away... good for you!
