The Farmers' Daughter
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You're up at a decent hour Kelsey. Not quite 10 in your time zone isn't it?
➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!
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So you're the one sharing the cold. The wind is coming from the north.-25c here this morning (-13F). It's supposed to warm up to -5*c this afternoon (23*F). Snow tomorrow, then temps above freezing & rain.
The Farmers' Daughter
Bob's biggest Fan
Conan - sorry for the delayed answer.... I'm in the house, it's definitely warmer than the trailer. I'm still loving having running water. There's still lots to do on the house: paint trim & doors; make & hang back splashes; try to get kitchen cupboard doors sanded (having a b**** of a time getting the old stuff off), stained & hung; get coset rods in.... I'm sure that I'm forgetting a bunch.
The Farmers' Daughter
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Lol
The jet stream has really changed this year. Most of the time it's dipping way south of us and we get nothing. Southern Alberta got over a foot of snow a few weeks ago & there wasn't even a dusting here.
Yeah, it’s just a few minutes to 10 here.
But I’ve been awake since quarter to 8. Couldn’t go back to sleep
Well, tbh, I gave up and went on my phone.
Anyway, I’ve been awake but am just now finally getting up for real
Going to go to the pet store and get a bigger fish tank for my goldfish haha
My goldfish container is much bigger than yours.
The Farmers' Daughter
Bob's biggest Fan
So....
I saw online last spring looking for buckeye hatching eggs. I contacted him & it turns out that he's married to an acquaintance of mine.
Anyhow, he wanted 4 doz hatching eggs. I had said that if he would help me build coops, he could have the eggs for nothing. He came to help for less than an hour and took a roo home with him.
Then he said that he had no way of hatching the eggs. So I put 7 doz in the incubator (some not buckeye) . I ended up with 36 buckeyes hatching. Then he says that he can't take them right away, so I brooded them for a week. I took them to him & git 2 muscovy ducklings in exchange.
Then he contacted me & said he'd buy my eggs for $3.50 a doz, as his birds couldn't keep up with his sales demands. So I took him 4 doz eggs. He cracked one open to check the yolk quality and said that he guessed they were ok, but that the shells weren't as brown as he'd like. I didn't get any $.
Then he contacted me and wanted me to start hatching as much as I could, so that we could sell POL pullets in the spring, as well as breeding trios. I'd hatch them & he would overwinter them. So I started hatching... took him 70something. Then he said he could only overwinter 100. A few weeks later I asked how they were doing. He said that the 1st batch was doing well (these are the ones I brooded for a week, using brooding plates) but he had quite a few die from the other batches. Stupid jerk was using 1 heat lamp for 90 some odd chicks! They died huddling.
Fast forward to Oct 21. I'm working @ the polls for the federal election. His wife comes in to vote and asks me if he's contacted me yet. They're about to cull and said they'd do mine as well. There's only 1 abattoir in Alberta, which is 2 hours away & charges $5.50/bird, so I jump at this. As the cull date gets closer, she decides that she doesn't want to get cold and is going to take her birds to the abattoir.
Then I hear from the husband... he's decided that buckeyes aren't the breed he wants. He's wanting meat birds, not heritage dual purpose. And the birds are eating too much...
Last Thursday I take 23 birds to them (they're taking them to the abattoir for me). Guess what happens? They want me to pay for half of the feed tgat they've spent so far & don't want the birds, but still want 50% of the sales money next spring. So... I come home with 46 pullets, and nowhere to house them!
I'm going to deduct half of the feed I buy from now until they're gone, plus incubation & brooding fees. I doubt that they'll see much $ to say the least.
I saw online last spring looking for buckeye hatching eggs. I contacted him & it turns out that he's married to an acquaintance of mine.
Anyhow, he wanted 4 doz hatching eggs. I had said that if he would help me build coops, he could have the eggs for nothing. He came to help for less than an hour and took a roo home with him.
Then he said that he had no way of hatching the eggs. So I put 7 doz in the incubator (some not buckeye) . I ended up with 36 buckeyes hatching. Then he says that he can't take them right away, so I brooded them for a week. I took them to him & git 2 muscovy ducklings in exchange.
Then he contacted me & said he'd buy my eggs for $3.50 a doz, as his birds couldn't keep up with his sales demands. So I took him 4 doz eggs. He cracked one open to check the yolk quality and said that he guessed they were ok, but that the shells weren't as brown as he'd like. I didn't get any $.
Then he contacted me and wanted me to start hatching as much as I could, so that we could sell POL pullets in the spring, as well as breeding trios. I'd hatch them & he would overwinter them. So I started hatching... took him 70something. Then he said he could only overwinter 100. A few weeks later I asked how they were doing. He said that the 1st batch was doing well (these are the ones I brooded for a week, using brooding plates) but he had quite a few die from the other batches. Stupid jerk was using 1 heat lamp for 90 some odd chicks! They died huddling.
Fast forward to Oct 21. I'm working @ the polls for the federal election. His wife comes in to vote and asks me if he's contacted me yet. They're about to cull and said they'd do mine as well. There's only 1 abattoir in Alberta, which is 2 hours away & charges $5.50/bird, so I jump at this. As the cull date gets closer, she decides that she doesn't want to get cold and is going to take her birds to the abattoir.
Then I hear from the husband... he's decided that buckeyes aren't the breed he wants. He's wanting meat birds, not heritage dual purpose. And the birds are eating too much...
Last Thursday I take 23 birds to them (they're taking them to the abattoir for me). Guess what happens? They want me to pay for half of the feed tgat they've spent so far & don't want the birds, but still want 50% of the sales money next spring. So... I come home with 46 pullets, and nowhere to house them!
I'm going to deduct half of the feed I buy from now until they're gone, plus incubation & brooding fees. I doubt that they'll see much $ to say the least.
Why can't people make a deal and keep it? I get that plans change, but why put your commitments off on someone else? Step up and finish up.
Ask for half the money up front next time. Factor in feed and your time. Funny how that changes things from a business into a hobby. I got a lot of hobbies.
Do you have a pond?
It is about 20' long by 15' wide. It used to be over 4' deep but with all the sediment it is only 3' deep until you sink through all the muck. I have never fed them, they feed and reproduce on their own.
The four that survived from the original 10.
From this year
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