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[PetRock]

It is available at this link on Amazon...$119.00 with free s

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0073GIN08

That is the 6 in 1. It is the older model and doesn't have the yogurt setting. If you don't need that setting, it would be a good choice. My old yogurt maker broke so that was my excuse to buy the new 7 in 1 model!

I paid $134 with free shipping and it is so worth the money! I'm not a big appliance lover but this one has made my life easier! DH loves it, too!

 

[Audio51]

Quote: Oops! Didn;t notice that. I used the link directly from the www.instantpot.com website. It says you can buy it directly from them but it's $179. Even that say it is a "Pre-order" for the end of March shipment. Maybe Amazon will get them back in by then. Looks like it's a new 2014 model...

 

[ronott1]

It is available at this link on Amazon...$119.00 with free s

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0073GIN08

Oh no!

Now I am being tempted with cooking gadgets on they thread!

Maybe if I sneak into the spot where the rice cooker is no one will notice.....

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I let the Broody girl out of her cage this morning. She had been acting normal for a whole 24 hours so I thought it would be safe. how long before she returns to laying?

 

[ronott1]

I let the Broody girl out of her cage this morning. She had been acting normal for a whole 24 hours so I thought it would be safe. how long before she returns to laying?

It may take up to 4 weeks. Hopefully she will start sooner. It may take longer if she molts now.

 

[fowlman01]

I checked around on a few other sites too after you posted that. There are some folks who think even kiln dried is not safe, others who think they are all safe, incuding cedar. Most of the sites I found were for rats/rabbits/guinea pigs, etc. I think they are more likely to chew or ingest it than chickens are though. Chicks, on the other hand, who don't really know what food is yet, might be more inclined to eat them. I have stayed away from cedar shavings for years since they said the aromatic quailities make that unsafe, but always though pine was OK. I have been using it in my coop for quite a while with no problems. I never paid attention to whether it was kiln dried or not, but will now.

I have never had problems with pine shavings in the 50 years I have been doing this. People say all kinds of things online. I have not used cedar shavings much, so I don't know about that. I know that if cedar shavings get wet they can stain a bird, but until recently I had never heard anything about cedar being a bad thing. When you read this kind of stuff online these days it would seem everything is bad for chickens.....kind of a miracle any of them survived.

Walt

 

[Country Chick at Heart]

I'm glad that you are going to Karen's party, too!!!  We didn't have enough talking time at the Stockton show! 

No we didn't! We still have to set a lunch date too!

 

[PetRock]

No we didn't! We still have to set a lunch date too!

 

[casportpony]

Darn, I had a whole bunch of replies and my iPad crashed! Oh well, from now on I'll try to reply from a computer! The one duckling is doing better, has put on weight and is no longer looking neurological, but it's still a little slower than the others.

Treatment for it is one very small drop of 10% Baytril (.005ml) twice a day for 5 days and one drop of Polyvisol (no iron) daily. Here it is today (up from 48 grams yesterday):


-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Make sure you don't get Bobwhite quail! They are cute little buggers and I love their call but they take forever to mature and lay eggs! I also read that they are monogamous! I love monogamy but not so much with my birds. I would rather have 1 male and several female. 1 on 1 takes too much pen space. The chosen males are chasing and picking on the unchosen males. It is wild times in the quail pens right now!

Very cute!

-Kathy