Arizona Chickens

[LadyKotaDoria]

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They are both in the USA and there are breeds on BYC! REALLY! They are $$$.

 

[City farm]

Got a new camera and was trying it out. So City, here are some pics. Harris hawk checking out the girls today Poor Wilma in hard molt Vincenzo (Vinnie my splash boy) 6 months old Sadie a porcelain ( from Sonoran) Serafina (half silkie half serama?) Serafina and Barbarino (blue silkie) both 6 months old Serafina and Vivian while Barbarino crouches

They are so adorable.. Even the hawk is posing.. Sweet it is so good to hear from you..can you make it to new years eve party? Invite who ever you would like..

 

[Demosthine]

Demo you are so good at taking the time to explain it.. Very well I might add.. Hugs & kiss's to the family.. Oh buy the way, my neighbor
brought over wild bird seed.. She brings her grandson to feed & look at the flock.. They did like it so I went out & got a 20 pound bag for $15.00
As a treat.. Spoiled little brats.. Happy new year. I will post up an new years invite in a bit.

Thanks. Sometimes my wife hates that I'm so long winded and tend to over-explain things, so sometimes I wonder if people just skip over my long posts. In today's world of short FaceBook posts, text messages and whatever this Twitter thing is, people are way to anxious just to skip to the end and expect to understand.

Thanks for the hugs. The flu is going through our house and now my parents'. First me currently at the end of recovering, then our baby a day in to it and my wife is well on her way to join the fun. It's a really nasty one this year, too. From starting to feel it to horribly sick is about less than 24-hours, the about 12-hours of downright horrible and finally the recovery. For both of us, it's resulted in very high fevers. Mom found a product called Sambucus Elderberry Syrup from Nature's Answer. They have a children's version also. It has astragulus, echinacea, and elderberry. All three of which help strengthen the immune system. I didn't find out about it for me, but we've been giving it to our Baby Girl and it seems to be helping make the symptoms a bit more mild. It's not the best tasting, but it works. Since we had to give her a fever reducer, too, we just mixed the two.

Friday was a "fun" day at work. One of our brilliant guys decided the fire sprinkler supply line was a great place to do pull-ups, and ended up rupturing the line. He flooded out a good portion of four floors of the building, plus killed all sorts of electronics the entire way. The early estimates, which are always low, sits at over $4 Million! Who does these things? I mean, seriously? If we are half-way operational by the new year, we'll be lucky.

 

[RockNSuccess]

Thanks.  Sometimes my wife hates that I'm so long winded and tend to over-explain things, so sometimes I wonder if people just skip over my long posts.  In today's world of short FaceBook posts, text messages and whatever this Twitter thing is, people are way to anxious just to skip to the end and expect to understand.

Thanks for the hugs.  The flu is going through our house and now my parents'.  First me currently at the end of recovering, then our baby a day in to it and my wife is well on her way to join the fun.  It's a really nasty one this year, too.  From starting to feel it to horribly sick is about less than 24-hours, the about 12-hours of downright horrible and finally the recovery.  For both of us, it's resulted in very high fevers.  Mom found a product called Sambucus Elderberry Syrup from Nature's Answer.  They have a children's version also.  It has astragulus, echinacea, and elderberry.  All three of which help strengthen the immune system.  I didn't find out about it for me, but we've been giving it to our Baby Girl and it seems to be helping make the symptoms a bit more mild.  It's not the best tasting, but it works.  Since we had to give her a fever reducer, too, we just mixed the two.

Friday was a "fun" day at work.  One of our brilliant guys decided the fire sprinkler supply line was a great place to do pull-ups, and ended up rupturing the line.  He flooded out a good portion of four floors of the building, plus killed all sorts of electronics the entire way.  The early estimates, which are always low, sits at over $4 Million!  Who does these things?  I mean, seriously?  If we are half-way operational by the new year, we'll be lucky.

Demos~Sorry to hear about the flood. That is really horrific! I once had a guy tell me, "You know that gene women have that makes them say, 'This is not a good idea.'? Well, men don't have that." LOL When I hear stories like yours, it makes me believe his theory!

 

[Phottoman]

Like Mary, one of 'he many reasons I ferment. Once you start mixing it with water, you'll quickly see why they won't eat it dry. It takes a LOT of water to get it past the thick paste stage. Think about how many beaks of water it is as you're mixing it in. The scoby at the bottom of my main bucket was so thick and heavy that I switched over to a single bucket system. Definitely turkey way to go.

I started reading the thread on FF about two months ago, I am currently around page 550 with that only being half way.

You mentioned going the one bucket way ... I did that too, but I found that two buckets (for me) work wonderful. Not the two bucket way others are doing with holes in the bottom of one, but two different buckets, but one is marked with a "+" and the other is marked with "ODD." The "+" I use on even days of the calendar, the "ODD" on odd days. At the end of this month when we have a 31 Dec followed with a 1 Jan I will just switch the lids. I place a towel over the buckets then a lid is just set on there, it keeps the dog from getting in there and eating the FF.

Anyway, the reason for the two buckets is ... it ferments an added 24 hours, well, actually 36 hours from the last time I use it, add feed and water, mix well, then set it aside for a day and a half while I dip into the other bucket. And it smells good, just like baking bread.

Just thought I would mention this.

And I put up a video a few days ago of me feeding the FF to the girls, in a few days I will post a video of me giving them their Barley Fodder too.

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[LadyKotaDoria]

Thanks.  Sometimes my wife hates that I'm so long winded and tend to over-explain things, so sometimes I wonder if people just skip over my long posts.  In today's world of short FaceBook posts, text messages and whatever this Twitter thing is, people are way to anxious just to skip to the end and expect to understand.

Thanks for the hugs.  The flu is going through our house and now my parents'.  First me currently at the end of recovering, then our baby a day in to it and my wife is well on her way to join the fun.  It's a really nasty one this year, too.  From starting to feel it to horribly sick is about less than 24-hours, the about 12-hours of downright horrible and finally the recovery.  For both of us, it's resulted in very high fevers.  Mom found a product called Sambucus Elderberry Syrup from Nature's Answer.  They have a children's version also.  It has astragulus, echinacea, and elderberry.  All three of which help strengthen the immune system.  I didn't find out about it for me, but we've been giving it to our Baby Girl and it seems to be helping make the symptoms a bit more mild.  It's not the best tasting, but it works.  Since we had to give her a fever reducer, too, we just mixed the two.

Friday was a "fun" day at work.  One of our brilliant guys decided the fire sprinkler supply line was a great place to do pull-ups, and ended up rupturing the line.  He flooded out a good portion of four floors of the building, plus killed all sorts of electronics the entire way.  The early estimates, which are always low, sits at over $4 Million!  Who does these things?  I mean, seriously?  If we are half-way operational by the new year, we'll be lucky.

Demos~Sorry to hear about the flood. That is really horrific! I once had a guy tell me, "You know that gene women have that makes them say, 'This is not a good idea.'? Well, men don't have that." LOL When I hear stories like yours, it makes me believe his theory!

Demo, I love you posts. I enjoy full explanations. It only frustrates me when I watch documentaries on TV all they do s make me ask questions. I have to keep reminding my self, I want information you would get in school over years of collage. All they are trying to do is Intertain and if the watcher learns anything it is an incidental. Letter writing for hundreds of years was an art, in the 19 century the art started wayne a long death until past the middle of the 20th century. The phone being the biggest culprit. Then technology of computers, tweets..... Writing, composition will return thu mediums such as this. Are attention span has been not reduced, but has not grown from the time we were kids.

Study (again our tax money), shows that the written word to day is at the 4th an 5th grade level. Even writing for highly educated people writing seldom is past the 6th grade level. We routinely violate rules of gramer. Language is a living thing, I have had to accept chages, what was offensive in lauage is not accepted, "me and him" is now Ok, when I say "he and I" is now never used except by people that had to learn English as a 2nd lauage in school.

On the subject of "not a good idea". Has any one heard of the DARWIN AWARDS? It is awards given posthumously to brave men and woman that have volunteered to remove themselves from the geane pool to improve the species. Most are men, question is why? (Children are not eligible becouse they are yet fully formed). http://www.darwinawards.com/

 

[RockNSuccess]

Demo, I love you posts. I enjoy full explanations. It only frustrates me when I watch documentaries on TV all they do s make me ask questions. I have to keep reminding my self, I want information you would get in school over years of collage. All they are trying to do is Intertain and if the watcher learns anything it is an incidental. Letter writing for hundreds of years was an art, in the 19 century the art started wayne a long death until past the middle of the 20th century. The phone being the biggest culprit. Then technology of computers, tweets..... Writing, composition will return thu mediums such as this. Are attention span has been not reduced, but has not grown from the time we were kids.

Study (again our tax money), shows that the written word to day is at the 4th an 5th grade level. Even writing for highly educated people writing seldom is past the 6th grade level. We routinely violate rules of gramer. Language is a living thing, I have had to accept chages, what was offensive in lauage is not accepted, "me and him" is now Ok, when I say "he and I" is now never used except by people that had to learn English as a 2nd lauage in school.

On the subject of "not a good idea". Has any one heard of the DARWIN AWARDS? It is awards given posthumously to brave men and woman that have volunteered to remove themselves from the geane pool to improve the species. Most are men, question is why? (Children are not eligible becouse they are yet fully formed). http://www.darwinawards.com/

"...brave men and women that have volunteered to remove themselves from the gene pool...". ROFLMAO!!! I often see things and say, "Well, there you have it, Natural Selection at work." I am not a Darwinian, but he had some pretty good points.

 

[Arizona Son]

Thanks. Sometimes my wife hates that I'm so long winded and tend to over-explain things, so sometimes I wonder if people just skip over my long posts. In today's world of short FaceBook posts, text messages and whatever this Twitter thing is, people are way to anxious just to skip to the end and expect to understand.


Friday was a "fun" day at work. One of our brilliant guys decided the fire sprinkler supply line was a great place to do pull-ups, and ended up rupturing the line. He flooded out a good portion of four floors of the building, plus killed all sorts of electronics the entire way. The early estimates, which are always low, sits at over $4 Million! Who does these things? I mean, seriously? If we are half-way operational by the new year, we'll be lucky.

I personally like the way you over-explain things, LOL, it is much preferable to under explaining things. Sometimes though, you use words like "glochids" and "scoby" and nobody else really has any clue what you're talking about it, hahaha

Regarding that 4 million dollar flood, I am just curious about 2 things. Does the taxpayer end up footing the bill, or is there a private insurance carrier for things like that? Also, is the jack-hole that did the the damage, still employed there? Or will he be taken out behind the building and dispatched?

 

[RockNSuccess]

 I personally like the way you over-explain things, LOL, it is much preferable to under explaining things. Sometimes though, you use words like "glochids" and "scoby" and nobody else really has any clue what you're talking about it, hahaha

Regarding that 4 million dollar flood, I am just curious about 2 things. Does the taxpayer end up footing the bill, or is there a private insurance carrier for things like that? Also, is the jack-hole that did the the damage, still employed there? Or will he be taken out behind the building and dispatched?

I think the word you are looking for is "culled". :cd

 

[Demosthine]

I personally like the way you over-explain things, LOL, it is much preferable to under explaining things. Sometimes though, you use words like "glochids" and "scoby" and nobody else really has any clue what you're talking about it, hahaha

Regarding that 4 million dollar flood, I am just curious about 2 things. Does the taxpayer end up footing the bill, or is there a private insurance carrier for things like that? Also, is the jack-hole that did the the damage, still employed there? Or will he be taken out behind the building and dispatched?

Hmm, great point on the specialty words. I assume since you referenced them, you went and looked them up, since glochids was awhile ago! LoL. If you didn't, glochids are the really small, nearly invisible pokies on cactus. They bunch together really tight, so you'll see a dark spot compared to the green surrounding it.

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Scoby is the part of the fluid that is extremely full of the bacterial life. Some have called it backwash, etc. When you use a two bucket system, you strain the grains from the scoby, with the grains staying in the top bucket full of holes, while the scoby drains in to the second standard bucket. Unfortunately, with the mash like Big Sky gives us, the fine powder from the extra minerals and milling makes it through those small holes and you end up with a really, really, really thick glop of super nutrient dense pieces. This is essentially the powder that we were talking about adding water to, but it makes a really thick paste instead.

When talking fermented feed, we'll also refer to "mother" and it's exactly the same as our unpasteurized vinegar conversations. It is a layer of film the develops on top of the fermented item. It is usually a darker version of whatever you are fermenting. The feed tends to be a grayish, while the pineapple vinegar is a dark yellow, apple cider vinegar is a dark orange, etc.

Speaking of pineapple vinegar, I'm starting a batch today from some of the leftovers after canning pineapple chunks, but I have to buy some piloncillo (unprocessed Mexican brown sugar) first. They were on sale last week for 97c each instead of $2.99 each, so I just couldn't pass it up. They were absolutely delicious, too. Out of 8 pineapples, I ended up with 12 pints. The half of the batch, I used a really cool spiral pineapple corer. It was so quick and easy to use, but I found it left a very, very large amount of waste. You figure I got twice as many from the second batch as I did from the first. That's a huge difference. When I run to the store today, I'm buying the rest of the ingredients for pineapple habanero salsa. That's the rest of my days work, and maybe part of tomorrow. I hear it is to die for if you pour a jar over a brick of cream cheese, then use it as a cracker spread. I'm so anxious!


Yes, the taxpayer sort of foots the bill. All of our buildings and vehicles are fully insured, so that will be covered. The Chief and adjuster was already on site before we even had the cleanup half finished. So the taxpayers pay for it by paying for the insurance. The entire government operation gets stupidly complicated really fast. Being the type of job we are, there is a system in place to review terminations and ensure that proper procedures are followed. It's a very high-liability job, and if someone was fired every time a supervisor thought something was done wrong, we'd have no staff at all. He was escorted from the building by our Internal Affairs division and, if he hasn't already done it, will be given the opportunity to resign during the entire investigation and termination. Either way, it is highly doubtful he will ever have a good job again. It's also quite possible he could be brought up criminally for it. It's a huge expense and causing damages to another "entity" like that would be considered Criminal Damage. There doesn't have to be intent behind it, but there does have to be some type of negligence.

I think the word you are looking for is "culled".

Nice!!!