➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Oh ok. I know a ton of people like to do that. I don't know much about them. My sister has very fine hair and she ended up getting some to give her a bit more volume. I'm glad you are finally getting used to it. Sometimes it takes a while. I've had hair cuts or styles and ugh! At first I'm like, oooh, great! And then for the next week to 2 weeks I'm fretting over how much it isn't doing how I think it should and I'm unsure if I am just unsure about it or if I hate it? Do I go back or just deal with it?

Have the neighbors been keeping their goats home lately?

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Oh, and we pretty much have to wrangle Sunny (one of my EE) in every night. She wants to be with the big chickens. The only reason I still have them separated is because of the boys. The littles are only 9weeks old. Should I just let everybody mingle and expect the littles to be able to stay and/or be able to get away from the boys or should I continue to try to keep them separate? Having boys in the flock makes things more complicated. Or maybe I am making it more complicated. Idk.

 

[Kiki]

Oh, and we pretty much have to wrangle Sunny (one of my EE) in every night. She wants to be with the big chickens. The only reason I still have them separated is because of the boys. The littles are only 9weeks old. Should I just let everybody mingle and expect the littles to be able to stay and/or be able to get away from the boys or should I continue to try to keep them separate? Having boys in the flock makes things more complicated. Or maybe I am making it more complicated. Idk.

Let them all play together I say.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Have the neighbors been keeping their goats home lately?

So far. Although their pigs have had to be chased off by my F-I-L. Trying to keep them away from our gardens. I'm sure it looks like huge mud play pits to them. But that was only 1 time I think. But I'm sure there will be more.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Your hair has a lot tighter curls than mine does. When it used to be long, I would get a couple of those curly q's but mostly it is just a wavy/loose curl can't make up it's mind mop of hair lol. I condition my hair often but I still have to use mousse or something on it. I can't just let it go or it just becomes straighter and frizzy. Figuring out what works for your particular hair type is key. Those curls look very pretty!

Awww thank you!!!

Yeah, mine is often a mop lol only through conditioning and frequent brushing is it better

Also with the straight hair I can’t just wet it a little to defrizz like usual!

But yes, I definitely need to research more and try to take care of it properly lol

Oh, and we pretty much have to wrangle Sunny (one of my EE) in every night. She wants to be with the big chickens. The only reason I still have them separated is because of the boys. The littles are only 9weeks old. Should I just let everybody mingle and expect the littles to be able to stay and/or be able to get away from the boys or should I continue to try to keep them separate? Having boys in the flock makes things more complicated. Or maybe I am making it more complicated. Idk.

I say let them mingle!! A lot of roos are great with chicks. And they clearly haven’t hurt her yet in all this time or seem to care she’s in there. In fact if you want you could probably just stick the littles in there at night after they go to bed and then in the morning they’d probably just think they have new flock mates and be fine. Although I’d probably still let them mingle a bit first before I did that so you can still separate them. But mine are going to be 3 weeks old next Monday and I’m planning on letting them start mingling then or at least maybe 4 weeks. Not fully integrated but making little chick portals lol

I think I might move them outside though first because the bigs really aren’t in the coop much at all the day so I’m not sure they’re seeing each other enough.

 

[Glitterchicks]

Im still waiting for the 'good' pictures.
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It looks gorgeous! That length gives you a lot of volume. I say keep it exactly like this.

I used to work with a gal who had the prettiest natural curls and she told me that she washes it only once a week and uses olive oil to tame the frizz.

I only wash my hair 2x per week. Not because of girl because my hair is super straight, but because it's not really good for your hair to wash it all the time. Mine is about the length kiki's was, so I don't want it to break.

KDog... girl...I love the curl in your hair! Mine has to be styled EVERY DAY because of how straight it is. I envy your curls. I soooo wish I could hop out of the shower, but some product in it and just GO! Only wash it once a week, find a good leave in conditioner and embrace those girls, baby!

 

[NanaKat]

Happy tears... right?

I cannot wait until we get everything settled! I'm going to document all of our adventures and new additions. We were told we need 2 cows to keep the ag exemption on it so guess who is getting cows?

Thanks Conan! I can't wait until we get everything up and running. Goats are in my future again!

Check with your state tax office about your ag exemption... you might still qualify for farm tax exemption with the goats and chickens. Some states require a tractor as well.

If cows are really necessary...a milk cow must be milked twice a day! That is a full time commitment.
Beef heifers would grow up, could be bred by a neighbor's bull that has epd for small birth weight or artificially inseminated. Heifers are less trouble than a bull. Steers are raised for butcher and are the least trouble.
Of course there are always pet cows....

Speaking of hair.
I had mine redone today.
It only took 5 hours....basically it is lighter all over.
Next month I'm getting a Keratin treatment done. I can't wait.
https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/hair/news/a29189/keratin-treatment/

I'm assuming the smoothing treatment instead of the Brazilian with all that formaldehyde!

Oh ok. I know a ton of people like to do that. I don't know much about them. My sister has very fine hair and she ended up getting some to give her a bit more volume. I'm glad you are finally getting used to it. Sometimes it takes a while. I've had hair cuts or styles and ugh! At first I'm like, oooh, great! And then for the next week to 2 weeks I'm fretting over how much it isn't doing how I think it should and I'm unsure if I am just unsure about it or if I hate it? Do I go back or just deal with it?

A friend used to always slick her curly hair in place with mousse and chemicals. Finally decide to give in to her curls and keeps it short. Just a little conditioner and finger dries her hair. Really pretty on her.
My hair is thick but really fine and gray. I like L'Bri aloe shampoo and conditioner.

Oh, and we pretty much have to wrangle Sunny (one of my EE) in every night. She wants to be with the big chickens. The only reason I still have them separated is because of the boys. The littles are only 9weeks old. Should I just let everybody mingle and expect the littles to be able to stay and/or be able to get away from the boys or should I continue to try to keep them separate? Having boys in the flock makes things more complicated. Or maybe I am making it more complicated. Idk.

Put them together or add a hen and a rooster to the little's pen and observe how they interact after a few days together. Then if okay, put them together.

 

[NanaKat]

Granddaughter sent me this one...
I put my Grandma on speed dial. I call that Instagram.

Daisy gave up being broody after 5 days....with 47 ducks in the flock, I checked this morning and still no Daisy on the nest so I had to scramble the eggs for the dogs.

Daphnie is still protecting her clutch in the corner of the coop. At least now she doesn't hiss at me when I fill the duck feeder.

Going out now to set out the rest of the tomato and pepper plants and attempt to catch up on my weeding. Then there are hatching babies to toe punch, need to move three week olds to the barn and make room for the new littles.

Hubby said the mulberry in the back pasture is loaded with ripe fruit. We will go gather some when he gets back from checking our herd in the neighboring town.

Oh! We are on calving watch for a 16 month old heifer that we got from a neighbor last year. Apparently she got bred at 7 months of age before he weaned her! We had her in a pasture with other heifers without a bull. They are all nice and fat, but she has a bag and is showing sign of birthing soon
Not a good age to calve. We wait to breed until the heifers are a minimum of 18 months! Far less loss of moms or calves and moms are more mature structurally.

BBL

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

That’s awesome!! I figured but wasn’t sure ha you have horses already, right? Or no? And Ruger and??? Can’t remember the other one’s name. but I think it’s two dogs right? Or three? I’m horrible and of course Negan and his ladies. And I think that’s all the animals, right? Or do you have a cat too? Sorry I am so awful.

Oh boy, time to list!
Horses: 5
Dogs: 4
Cat: 1
Chickens: 30(?) 26 hens 4 boys maybe?
Ducks: 3
Goose: 1 (we’ve tried to introduce her to another goose and she was NOT okay with it)
Fish: 11

I think that’s it?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Check with your state tax office about your ag exemption... you might still qualify for farm tax exemption with the goats and chickens. Some states require a tractor as well.

If cows are really necessary...a milk cow must be milked twice a day! That is a full time commitment.
Beef heifers would grow up, could be bred by a neighbor's bull that has epd for small birth weight or artificially inseminated. Heifers are less trouble than a bull. Steers are raised for butcher and are the least trouble.
Of course there are always pet cows....


I'm assuming the smoothing treatment instead of the Brazilian with all that formaldehyde!



A friend used to always slick her curly hair in place with mousse and chemicals. Finally decide to give in to her curls and keeps it short. Just a little conditioner and finger dries her hair. Really pretty on her.
My hair is thick but really fine and gray. I like L'Bri aloe shampoo and conditioner.


Put them together or add a hen and a rooster to the little's pen and observe how they interact after a few days together. Then if okay, put them together.

We did ask, that’s how we found out about the cows. They specifically said that we just needed two cows, not that anything else had to be done with them.

They said chickens are not going to ever qualify, and we’d need 20+ goats to qualify. Horses would have to be bred and sold each year.