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

[CrazyCrttr75]

Dressed like a total dork this morning but hoping it will help with the ticks

I actually did the socks over pants thing yesterday but still got one on my back so trying the shirt tucked in thing today too.

What would really help is some bug spray/deet but I keep forgetting to grab some.

But I have literally gotten 3-4 ticks this weekend so far.

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Get you some repellent! You are asking for trouble with those tick bites.

 

[BantyChooks]

Batty!
Is there something you want to tell us?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hi-everyone.1311026/

He's lying about the Florida bit, obviously. We couldn't give away our top secret base.

Also, y'all need to take a few vocabulary lessons.

 

[CrazyCrttr75]

Brand new kids
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Slightly older kids
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Eeeeeeee, GOATS!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Get you some repellent! You are asking for trouble with those tick bites.

Yeah, I found some at their house lol figured they probably had some somewhere and looked since we’re family friends anyway and I know they wouldn’t mind (would never look through a clients house otherwise). Found it pretty quick under the bathroom sink ha second place I looked. although it’s funny, today is the last day. Never thought of repellent until the last day and only after being hit the other 3 days lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

Very hot and muggy/humid today so we are not doing much. Might take them swimming later. Was supposed to also do Frank and Libby today because FSIL had a meeting out of town but that got canceled and she was on her way home this morning so now I am doing tomorrow instead since that’s when the meeting got moved to.

 

[NanaKat]

What does 'stocked larder' mean?

I am assuming like pantry or cabinet or something? Like food?

Youngens
Yes it's food stocked up on

Word of the day, boys & girls:

lard·er
/ˈlärdər/
noun

1. a room or large cupboard for storing food.
   synonyms: pantry, storage room, storeroom, store, food store, cupboard;

Next thing you will tell me that you don't know what a midden heap is.
mid·den
/ˈmidn/
noun

1. a dunghill or refuse heap.
   • short for kitchen midden.

(A dunghill or refuse heap. 2. Archaeology A mound or deposit containing shells, animal bones, and other refuse that indicates the site of a human settlement. Also called kitchen midden. [Middle English midding, of Scandinavian origin.])
with thanks to google dictionary.

Did anyone ever figure out why there isn't a synonym for thesaurus?

Yes! All of that!
We dehydrate fruits and vegetables and I process meats for canning. I also can/preserve a lot from the garden.
We have an outside wood burning stove should we be without power so I can make coffee and prepare meals....like a camping trip.
And yes, @Texas Kiki I stock up on toilet paper and paper plates, etc.

 

[Kiki]

Yes! All of that!
We dehydrate fruits and vegetables and I process meats for canning. I also can/preserve a lot from the garden.
We have an outside wood burning stove should we be without power so I can make coffee and prepare meals....like a camping trip.
And yes, @Texas Kiki I stock up on toilet paper and paper plates, etc.

I always have a stocked pantry but I only on paper goods for hurricanes... Usually.

 

[NanaKat]

Oh I hate nighttime tornadoes as well. We live in a bit of a valley. I call it DFB, which stands for Da Friggin Bubble. Oft times weather systems pass over or around us and I would joke that it's like we're in a bubble. So much so that one time in particular, you could literally see it on the radar. A weather system all around us lit up in green and a clear circle where we were located. It totally freaked my husband out and sent me in a fit of giggles and "I told you so's". Anyway, a few yrs back, I woke up in the middle of the night/really early in the morning to use the bathroom. It was storming. And I heard a noise that had been described but so many people over the yrs. It sounded like a freight train. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, getting louder and louder. Everyone was asleep but me. It came down the driveway and turned along the creek going the opposite direction from my home. All I did was pray. Just a couple pics from that storm. We were lucky.
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So glad that ya'll are able to prepare ahead of time! We didn't have a clue. Plz be careful and safe!

Glad you were safe!
That is exactly what we don't want here!
Growing up in Oklahoma Tornado alley, we knew to be cautious about the weather. We have better technology predicting storms now than back when I was a child. Thankfully we have storm trackers who do a great job. We also have a tv station that is locally and privately owned that produces local weather around the clock during events like this.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The chicks are already 3 weeks old today and they are getting so big!

And yes I know I need to clean the brooder lol they also keep kicking all the shavings out the front door

Gonna add more a bit later today. But it’s too hot to clean the coop right now. It’s like 80+ degrees today.

Gonna get some good pictures later though but just snapped these for now while I changed the water ha

I think it’s uploading them out of order but oh well.

Accidentally posted these in another thread first thinking it was here but that’s okay, now they get to see them too lol, so now I’m finally uploading them here, now that I realized it lol

 

[Kiki]

The chicks are already 3 weeks old today and they are getting so big!

And yes I know I need to clean the brooder lol they also keep kicking all the shavings out the front door

Gonna add more a bit later today. But it’s too hot to clean the coop right now. It’s like 80+ degrees today.

Gonna get some good pictures later though but just snapped these for now while I changed the water ha

I think it’s uploading them out of order but oh well.

Accidentally posted these in another thread first thinking it was here but that’s okay, now they get to see them too lol, so now I’m finally uploading them here, now that I realized it lol

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They really really want a dirt box to play in.
I can see it in their eyes.