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I got two "new hybrids" - Saphire Gems (some sort of supposed sex linked blue thing) and Calico Princess (ridiculous name) -- both are listed as being excellent layers and they are a little different looking, which is what drew me in. Easter Eggers (this hatchery sells "Americanas") to replace...

Sleep well, Granny

I gone and did it today, Granny - I placed my order for this year. I was limiting myself and couldn't make the 15 bird minimum, so I found a local gal to go in on the order with me and we were at 12 so then I drug my sister into it - she ordered the last three on the agreement that I brood them...

Sound logic, as always! Having just spent the last 5-6 days with a chicken in the house, no you don't -- as stinky as brooding chicks in the house can be, a full grown hen puts that to shame! Was quite relieved to move her out to finish recovering in the coop! I am so sorry for his loss...

Busy, lol...........but realized I was never going to be less busy so needed to just reprioritize to allow some time for BYC ;)

Hey, all, I didn't mean to post and run for almost a day when I posted last night - fully intended to come in this morning and say a proper hello, but that didn't happen. I have missed you guys and clearly have a LOT of catching up to do!!

Granny, have you tried meal planning? It really helps stretch the grocery $ and makers shopping a lot easier. I use the grocery ads to start because that helps dictate the proteins i buy and build my meals off of. Also staples that I know I use a lot of, syock up when in sale. I know you do...

YES! I'm a carnivore through and through. LOL - sounds like my misspent youth - looking back I'm just grateful to be here to tell the tales, lol. The one time I was actually "found" by the local PD I asked them to take me to jail --- my dad was with them and my conversation with him went...

Ah, seems I've arrived post pumpkin time -- oh well, maybe I can take advantage of the quiet to try to catch up on some of what is going on around here............

Oh how i miss a good lap cat..... the two we have now just are not the type to sit on your lap at all. That thought can definitely bring a level of comfort Ick! Hope you are soon on the mend. Ooh, me too, helps that I really liked the teacher. It was asmall school, so it was one teacher...

That's the same one we used on our 2 acre pasture with 3 strands of electrified poly coated wire (2 strands regular poly coatedwire - non wired)....also "borrowed" some of the juice to run around the chicken run -- worked fabulously to keep large livestock in, and unwanted animals (and neighbor...

Some weeks I have 3 or 4 Mondays....

So true.....

LOL - I so remember when my dad would "rest his eyes" --- sound asleep, snoring loudly, and I'd go to turn off the t.v. or change the channel and he'd pop up all "I'm watching that!" -- no, you were asleep ....... "I was just resting my eyes"........

That's right.....I'd still reach out though. If nothing else, play dumb about that and maybe even if they can't help you directly they can help as advocates to get some help from resources you have not bee successful in accessing on your own. It's so frustrating to me to sit and think about...

The trustee situation there always confused and frustrated me -- some were fabulous and you could count of them to help just about any situation you could make a good argument for helping with and others were impossible to get a penny out of IF/WHEN you could even actually get a hold of...

Have you been to or contacted the Clearinghouse in Madison - the new consolidated food bank/resource center they started a few years ago? They may be able to help you supplement and stretch the food stamp $$$ a little and also maybe address the things you need but can't purchase with the FS.

Try Lifetime Resources -- I am 99.9% sure that is the ADRC for that area (memory of resources is getting fuzzier the longer I'm gone and more I have to learn/remember about resources here) -- the ADRC is a resource and referral place that should be able to hear your situation and identify any...

Granny, been absent again for a bit and so not sure if this will be helpful or applicable (will go back and try to catch up after I post I guess) - but you have been on my mind and if the kids are still with you I wanted to suggest a couple of possible options for some extra help for you...