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It’s the third day of March already!  I cannot even believe it!  I am going to turn 41 in a week!  Not ready for the 20th anniversary of my 21st birthday!  Still, time goes on, and so doe the years of my life! 

Last night I stepped in the pheasant cage for a bit to visit with the one remaining male we had.  He was a part of four that we started out with, but they all got out when our youngest boy casually fed them one day and left the cage door open.  He said his mind was not on what he was doing.  “You’re kidding.”  We caught the male and one of the females soon after, and returned them to the cage, none of the others to be seen again after.  I would guess that a single male locked in a cage with a single female is too much for the poor female, and he soon killed her.  He has too much male hormone, and it was obvious by that, and by how determined he seemed to be to try to escape after. 

He marched back and forth at the netting on the cage last night the whole time I was in with him, and when I asked myself if I should give him away, sell him at a garage sale, or let him go, I think he made his answer clear.  If I sold him, he could end up dead or in another cage.  In nature he has as much a fighting chance as any other animal, and he seemed to really want that, so I opened the door and chased him out!  He flew to the other side of the yard and began marching back and forth inside the fence just as he had done in the cage.  I let him to it, and he was spotted as late as this morning in the yard. 

Maybe we will see him around again, and maybe he will find his way away.

Today we took a drive up north on the same highway I have been considering for a route to Idaho with the horses at the last of the month.  It seems like it might be a nice alternative to the freeway because I can keep the speed down, and because it would give us a chance to rest the horses roadside and to maybe make a nice camping trip of it if we decide to make a two day trip out of it.  There are pro’s and con’s to I-15 and to the Great Basin Highway!  There are a lot of things to consider!  I think I would really love to take the back route and see  America the proper way!  I also have to give consideration to the state the tires are in on the truck! 


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