Wisconsin "Cheeseheads" - Page 2361

BL4-That is good news! Maybe your police chief is a closet chicken lover and wants to have a small flock of his own.  Good luck with the info gathering!

BigZ, I know some place you can park at for the show. My friends parents always rent out their yard during the show, very sweet people AND they have an Australorp hen at their house. Let me know and I will give you directions.... and tell them I sent you there! ;)

hi folks,

a couple of comments,,,,,MLH that rabbit manure is the BEST fertilizer for gardens no weed seed, high in N-P-K ready to scratch in around those new plants you worked so hard with this spring,,,,, you need to loose the bedding and let it collect either under the cages or in trays,,,just sayin'

Vickie the Golden Buffs are the same hybrid as Red Sex Links, Red Star, yada, yada,,,,I've had friends that use them and the have for years. Pretty sure hens are calm maybe a bit bitchy at times,,,,,but with my experience that holds true of any group of GIRLS

Jim you best be eatin some of those baby reds with those peas,,,toss in some small new onions and you got somethin there I tell ya

long productive day again, kids last day tomorrow and 60% chance of t-storms on Sat,,,,,,,,,,I can see a nice long nap in the future

Bigz, fun factoid on Carl Keller,,,,,,enjoy the show always a good time and great ppl there

ok,,,shower time b4 I get called stinky again this week

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Originally Posted by MustLoveHens

CC-Couldn't resist the super glue comment could ya! 

 

Cind, I'm so glad you found your kittens were all safe & sound!

Maybe he should try changing the seat belts. Or was that the first thing he tried?          

We're hoping for rain down here too, Bigz. The weather man said we haven't even had an inch of rain in over 40 days now. You got way more raspberries than I did. I think I picked a handful that were ripe. The next time I went out, they were all gone. Same with my currants, but that's ok. It's a hard year for critters to find food. Sorry to hear about the well bill, but glad you had the funds to cover it.

Sounds like you're doing great on the poultry ed. idea, Bl4. Good luck! I can send you some links to advantages of raising your own chickens/eggs are healthier info if you want. Great news about the police chief! 

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Originally Posted by Angiebubs 

friendliest Banty cochin.  My Lav Orps are hard to compare as they are hen raised but they sure on beautiful! And still not sure what the deal is with Susie the mottled Lav Orp.

If Terri's Tommy is any example.......and don't forget a great addition to any cocktail party.         I only have 1 lav orp hen (gorgeous!) & the two roos keep picking on her.    They seem to prefer the 2 black split hens.

Congrats on the hatching, Ken!    

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Originally Posted by MustLoveHens 

 

FT-That is an awesome price for a incubator with a turner. Unless your Jim. Then you can build one that is even more awesome with spare parts from all sorts of things for free. And still have 125% hatch rate! LOL!

MLH, you forgot to say "if he can find the spare parts that he probably has at least 3 or 4 of lying around somewhere".     

Hey now, Mr. Stinky!     And how did you manage to not get bitchy censored, anyway? 

Sorry for the super long post, but I missed a day. At least I was only 7 pages behind this time. Not a peep out of Bigfam? That's amazing.    I sure hope we get some rain on Saturday. This is just terrible how dry it is down here! I spent quite a while running jugs of water out to some of our smaller trees around the yard. One of my chestnut trees leaves are all brown & shrivelled up.   I soaked it down real good, I just hope it survives. A lot of other trees are all loosing their leaves, even the box elders. I didn't think anything could kill them. Well, better get to bed. I want to get up early to clean out the coop before it gets stupid hot outside. Sweet dreams, all!  

Hi all--I am exhausted after this day for sure...tomorrow looks to be worse!   Fair week is always crazy but....

OK--check this out!  As promised a pic of my chocolate entry for today's competition:

Now hold your breath....I WON first place!  Yeah!  I get a check for 25 bucks...that will just about pay for the desert! (just kidding it's not quite that much!!)  I had barn duty in the chicken barn and lots of people brought in a spoon and had some.  It is GF too!  The way I did the crust Angie is I got a package of horendously expensive FG cookies at WalMart, ground them up in my processor and added no sugar or butter...then you can skip added butter ans sugar and just press it into the SF pan.  I brought the empty container homme and now there is another cheesecake in it for tomorrow's class party!

OK--seriously tired...gotta get up to hunt fox again in the morning.  Trapped a cat last night and found out that it was the neighbor's.  I had caught it a couple years ago and neutered it (and it's brother)  Ya think the guy woulda said thanks? Ha!

Good night all--Terri O
 

Hi All!

unk... nice having cheap slave labor now and then! LOL... Your comment to vicki about the hybrid "reds" fallowed by your comment to Jim about "best be eatin some of those baby reds with those peas" threw me a bit! LOL

MLH.... your bbunnies are spoiled! LOL But then, most of us are spoiling some sort of critter/s!

krisp..... short of a pot or locking it up, I would say try to tame him. When he realizes he won't get hurt when handled he should be OK when the hens are. It depends too on breed and age how well he'll take to it.

Ken... congrats on the hatch!

bl4... sounds like you got a good start for getting thing changed!
 

BigZ.... So glad your camp could get the well taken care of without going into debt! Hope it didn't kill to many other projects.

TO.... Congrats on the cake!!! Looks great!

CC... our trees are going down hill too! I got maybe a dozen black raspberries and the blackberries don't look so hot either,

Well, another kitty went to a new home today. That leaves 2 black boys left. We thought 1 was a girl but now that their a little older.... it's a boy!  Speaking of changing sex... looks like my favorite hen from the fools hatch is a roo! Guess I got fooled

Guess that's it... I lead a dull life .... night!

good morning,  I see everybody is offline..  WTH ?  I went to bed before midnight, so in keeping with tradition, I woke up around 3 AM..  Had my cuppa already..

Annie had me set a trap last night with the carcass of a guinea..  we have been having a lot of roadkills lately..    but something keeps coming and picking up the dead ones..  Fox, no doubt.. comes during the daytime , even..

I still have not seen the peahen and her baby..

Dan, I thought the same thing about the rabbit sh!t.. what a waste to toss it into the dump..  It makes excellent fodder for a worm bed also..  I read somewhere that a guy made a worm bed directly under his rabbit hutches,,  multi tasking for sure..

No baby red spuds for the pea banquet.    speaking of spuds..  I have about 30 pounds of seed potatoes in a tub.. they are just budded out nicely for planting..  I have a space in the garden that is just growing weeds at the moment..  I am going to make some hills and see what late planted spuds will do..  just for an experiment..  

I mowed the grass again yesterday..  it was getting long again..  I am sorry for you "dry" folks.

It would be nice to not mow the grass, but not because of drought.  Actually, I enjoy riding on the mower..  If I was pushing a mower, there would be a lot less lawn around here for sure..

have 8 new keets..  I see a couple more empty shells in the tray.. must be 2 more in the bottom of the bator..  

Marlene called me yesterday..  she sold all 50 of the keets that I took to her last week.. she needs more.. I told her she could have all I got..

Annie sold 11 roosters yesterday..  all young ones ..  the guy said he would be back in a couple of weeks for more..   He has been here before for ducks..  said he would like to buy some of the adult guineas..  If the price is right, he can have them all..  I can always get more.

Marlene is saving more eggs for me,,  and Annie just ordered a dozen purple guinea eggs from a hatchery..  she got a note that said they do not raise the birds,, they have sub-contractors who handle them,,  they will call when the eggs are on the way..

did I mention that I did spray the idlers with WD40 and the squeak went away right  now..

It must be getting light out.. can't tell from down here in the dungeon,,  Going to go till up some in the garden before it gets hot out there..

........jiminwisc.........

Morning all

Unkadan~ gotcha !   but a gaggle of girls are not bi***hy, we are just sometimes very "vocal" 

TerriO~ congrats! what a pretty presentation!

Cindlady~had to read Dan's post twice myself!  Hadn't had my 2nd cuppa yet   

CC and others~ so sorry for your lack of rain  .  Can't believe how much rain we've been getting up here!  Such a blessing after years of dry summers it is so nice to not have to water every day. I                         just can't believe the stress is so bad your trees are dying!

Congrats to all on the hatches, I love reading about all the babies but it keeps getting me thinking about next spring.  Hmmmm, wonder which way I could go to expand my new coop?   

Ok, caffeine has kicked in so now I need to get weedin' so the gardens look pretty for my company this weekend.