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DobieLover said:

I'd tear that out. I agree with you that pools just aren't worth the effort and expense to maintain. Unless you are in Florida or some other location close to hell.

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The weather in Florida is usually hot temperature and humidity.

This hard for the elderly to take, so they stay inside most of the time.

Cafe good afternoon one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s and sunny.

Have a great day!

I just got back from the grocery store. Not many eggs there at all! None of the "cheap eggs," and everything else was slim pickings. I saw a woman taking a cracked egg out of a carton to replace it with another egg from a different carton. Usually people just put it back with the lid open.

bruceha2000 said:

I put a bunch in the immersion blender "cup", mix them up gently then pour into silicone muffin cups in a muffin tin. Once frozen they pop out of the cups easily and I store them in gallon freezer bags. To date I've used them 9 months after freezing and they were fine.

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Thank you! I have a neighbor that has a freeze dryer, and I’m hoping next time I have a bunch, I can hire them to freeze dry some eggs for me. (I just sold my horse trailer on Monday and am working on convincing DH that a freeze dryer would be a good investment.)

Good morning everyone!
Fresh coffee is on the counter and a nice pot of warm oatmeal to go with it.
Another day of continuous cold rain and strong winds, so I am keeping momma and chicks in the coop for a while hoping for temperatures to rise and the rain to cease.
Momma is not amused as she is used for them to be let out first thing in the morning and is now pacing the wire coop door while swearing at me. The mashed boiled eggs with coconut, millet and brewer's yeast I brought as compensation/distraction lasted for some minutes only ...

Sally PB said:

I just got back from the grocery store. Not many eggs there at all! None of the "cheap eggs," and everything else was slim pickings. I saw a woman taking a cracked egg out of a carton to replace it with another egg from a different carton. Usually people just put it back with the lid open.

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Would that be because of the cases of avian infuenza that were recently discovered?

Cafe good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 60s and cloudy.

Have a great day!

LaFleche said:

Would that be because of the cases of avian infuenza that were recently discovered?

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Yes. Ionia County (where I live) is the #1 egg producing county for Michigan. Herbruck's, where 4M birds were "depopulated" in two batches, is in Ionia, and probably supplies most of the eggs. That farm is about 20-25 miles from me.

2M more were culled in another nearby county at different farm.

I also read that Michigan is the #6 egg producer in the country. Most of the eggs come from just a few producers. Eight? I think is what I read.

Sally PB said:

Yes. Ionia County (where I live) is the #1 egg producing county for Michigan. Herbruck's, where 4M birds were "depopulated" in two batches, is in Ionia, and probably supplies most of the eggs. That farm is about 20-25 miles from me.

2M more were culled in another nearby county at different farm.

I also read that Michigan is the #6 egg producer in the country. Most of the eggs come from just a few producers. Eight? I think is what I read.

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So sad.

I hope you will be able to keep your birds safe.

LaFleche said:

I hope you will be able to keep your birds safe.

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Thank you.

My run has a roof. The neighbor's run doesn't, however. Wild geese, cranes, and ducks are plentiful in the area, because we're on a river.