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Our gilt (Blanche) gave birth to 10 live piglets last night. 1 dead at birth. Mom and babies are doing fine. Should be pork in the freezer for winter

My son called today to say our new grand daughter had arrived this morning. Mom and baby are doing fine. Her name is Ava, and was delivered C-section. 6 lbs. 13.5 ounces and 19 inches long. Our first grand daughter and she joins a older brother.

A duded-up city rider walks into a seedy tavern in Sturgis , SD. He sits at the bar and notices a grizzled old biker with his arms folded, staring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifteen minutes of just sitting there staring at it, the newbie rider bravely asks the old biker, 'If you...

I first joined this forum and thought I only needed 10 chickens. Today my population hit 50! Just look what ya'll did to me.....you enablers. Thanks for the help and advice.

Some of you may have read the thread about my henhouse, but I also had another project going on that I just finished up. This is my gambrel barn, with a full loft for straw and a lean to area for raising hogs. I love old barns and I needed a place to raise some hogs as well as a place to let my...

Just thought I'd snap a picture of this years babies. 5 BBS Orps from Miss Prissy (hatched here) 5 Mutts from the neighbor (hatched here) 5 SLW which I bought in a order with some other BYC Michiganders.

Thought I'd post just a couple of pics of the newly hatched BBS Orps. My wifes favorite. And I'll put one more up for you to look at. Some of the mutts in a group shot....someone just had to make a mess in there.

I built this for a friend, a birdseye maple and cherry piece of furniture for their home to display albums and other stuff. A close up of the woods contrast in specie and color. Don't those birdseyes just dazzle?

I called MJ this morning (not only does she have a sweet voice, you should hear all the chicks peeping in the background) I had a question on how to keep my chicks seperated inside my 1588 Hova-bator. She gave me some ideas and one of them was plexiglass seperation panels that I could make. She...

I know somewhere on here I saw a chart (so to speak) of the development of chicks (embryo's) from day one to 21. Anyone have that link?

Usually it is my wife who sells the eggs to her co-workers. But the hens been putting in overtime lately and we had more eggs than we/she normally sells. Friend of mine stops in to see my new coop build project and asks if I have any eggs for sale. Sure I tell him, how many do you need? How...

I was excited! I spend over $100,000.00 in 2008 and I get a 12 dollar plaque! It's not the cost of the gift, it is the intentions behind it......

Well, here I go. I received a phone call very early this morning telling me my eggs had arrived at the post office. They were packaged with care and no damage at all. I'll be saving the box and all those bubble wrappers to send some back. I got 1 doz. BBS Orps and 1 doz. Red Orps from Miss...

Everytime I go by a old farmstead, I like to look at the old buildings and see the uniqueness of each. When I first decided to get chickens, the first thing you think of is what kind of coop will I need. I started looking through the internet and found the one currently in my avatar and thought...

This is quick and easy. I call it deer camp chili because we were going to deer camp one year and forgot to bring along the chili my wife made for us. Since we always like chili I decided to grab some stuff at the local quick mart in the area and make what I thought would suffice. At first I...

Only thing I have been asked to make for tonights meal is hamburgers! We love to have a burger right off the grille, and on these wintry days it reminds me summer time grillin is coming! So,.....what's cooking in your house?

You are on the bus when you suddenly realize ........ you need to fart. The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat. After a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop. As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and that's when...

I met up with BYC member and practically a neighbor vicki 2x2 today to buy some BLRW 's from her. I got a 2 for 1 deal, buy 2 pullets and get 1 free cockrel First off it was nice to finally meet someone who I have PM'd God only knows how many times, and meet up face to face. My wife hasn't...

It's been a while since I have posted any quilt projects my wife has done, so I thought I'd share these pics with you. I'm very proud of the work she does, which she only started doing a couple of years ago when her mom told her she needed a "hobby" besides cleaning the house....so here is her...