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    Any idea what this girl is?

    My knowledge of chickens are as follows: If it lays eggs, it is a hen. If it crows, it is a rooster. With that being said, I have just gotten 16 "amber sex-links", they all look very similar to yours. I am going to be following this link to see what you find out! If I can figure out how to...
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    Some Friends you guys are!!

    WOW, I am very new to this site and MENTION in a post about maybe, possibly being just a BIT of a penny pincher and what do you guys do? REFER ME TO SUFFICIENT SELF!! That's just great! Now all I can do is sit and read post over there!! PLUS, I found another web site over there!! YIKES! All...
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    Any ideas for getting greener??

    Forgot to add that I sign up for ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING on the freebie sites on the web! If I can't use it, I usually fix up baskets for the kids birthdays and such with the shampoos, soaps, or what-nots that I have received! They love the variety and I love the fact that I can give them...
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    Any ideas for getting greener??

    Had heard somewhere that beekeeping wasn't a cheap hobby.... sorry about the solar panels!! Makes you want to run in and get an extension cord with a heat lamp attached to put on the solar panel!! lol Love, love, love the craigslist thing. Here in Indiana we have a thing called hoosiertopics...
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    Any ideas for getting greener??

    Currently working on the compost pile! Chickens love it so far!! hehe Looking into solar panels. Also would like to do some research on wind energy. Always seems to blow like crazy out here!! Soooooo wish I could do the beekeeping thing, but I am DEATHLY allergic to bees!! YIKES! If I could...
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    Any ideas for getting greener??

    Quote: hehe...I understand!! I guess I am more of a "if it saves a dime" person than a "green" person!! I DO care about things in the environment, mostly because of my kids, grandkids, but I am worried about getting by till the next paycheck right now!!
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    Any ideas for getting greener??

    I am trying to do my part! I use cloth napkins, have for years, hankies, cut up old, holey clothes for rags, quilts, etc, dry clothes on the clothesline when the weather cooperates. I have pig fat in the freezer now that I am planning on reandering into lard, we grow a garden and I can. Of...
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    homemade ice cream

    Okay...yeah, I've had homemade ice cream ten million times before, but I was like ten and could have cared less how it was made as long as I got the biggest bowl!! I know you need???? an ice cream maker and rock salt, ice, etc. but, is there any other way to make it? Also, my daddy made us...
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    Illinois...

    I live in Indiana, but am very close to the border. I live about 15 minutes from Danville, so if there is any "chicken news" you think I should know about, give me a squawk!!
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    canning bonanza :)

    I love canning!! You are right, what a TERRIFIC gift! I bet you felt like a kid on Christmas morning!! Congratulations, it is getting close to time now, that you can start to fill them up!!
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    Need some help with canning recipes

    Last year, our tomatoes never turned off red, so after many a "fried green tomato night", I made a bunch of green tomato jelly. I also made zucchinni jelly last year! The kids love it, so I know now what to do with the "extra" zucchinni we have every year!! I am wondering if anybody does any...
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    What's your favorite new song?

    Yes, I love, love, love Lady Gaga!! (I'm old too, but my kids keep me somewhat updated, when they roll their eyes at me!) But, I must say my favorite is by and far Hillbilly Bone by Blake Shelton/Trace Adkins! I am pretty sure that song is about me!! hehe Ain't that right, Bubba???
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    Just wondering...

    I live in West central Indiana and one of my spring/summer "hobbies" is going and picking black raspberries and blackberries. I go along fence rows and roads, it is a peaceful and stress-free day!! I have had some interest in people buying them from me. They are friends of bf and his...
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    What are your rooster's names?

    Don't know what breeds all of my roos are, but the names are: Slick (blue and white stripes, kinda), Marvin (was Mavis till he crowed!), Big Red (turkin, I know one!!), Max, Cajan Joe, Tiny (mean little banty and another "b" word too), Bo (little banty, short for Rainbow), and our "former" alpha...
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    Help--Rehoming roosters

    I am having sort of the same issue, but think I have come up with a solution, it might help you as well! We have some friends that are going to kill and feather them for us, then I will finish the butchering process. The thing that I am focusing on is that they are doing theirs at the same...
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