California - Northern

[ChickNmamma]

The Silkie thread is sleepy.... Do any of you know what color Silkie/Sizzles I have?

1 buff, 2 splash, 2 blue? I am confused

That looks right to me, altho the splash have more black than I am used to - did you hatch any Paints?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Happy Birthday everyone!

Yeah for all the babies and incubators so we can all share in the upcoming baby pictures.

I can't tell WWW from the other 2 that made their appearance last night, must be a good sign.
If the last one makes it I'll have 7 from this bunch. I'm going to try and trapnest these girls, there were 2 cross beaks in the ones that did not make it. Once found she can go in the layer flock. The biggest disappointment was that another chick like Lucky, (avatar), quit early. Another reason for trapnesting-try to find who is throwing these genes.

Sure I missed alot, but doing this from recall. Now to get ready for sewing class tonight.

 

[liz9910]

Something weird is going on, when I try to leave posts in certain forums I get an error message saying I'm new and my posts have to be approved by a mod.

 

[ronott1]

Something weird is going on, when I try to leave posts in certain forums I get an error message saying I'm new and my posts have to be approved by a mod.

The site just re booted. Did the problem go away?

 

[liz9910]

I'll try again.

 

[capayvalleychick]

Epicurious' food dictionary defines Mother of Vinegar as: A slimy, gummy substance made up of various bacteria — specifically mycoderma aceti — that cause fermentation in wine and cider and turn them into vinegar. Known as mère de vinaigre in French and sometimes simply as "mother" in English, its growth is best fostered in a medium-warm environment (60°-85°F). The mother should be transferred to a new mixture or discarded once the liquid has turned to vinegar.

The mother means it has the correct bacteria in it.

Here on BYC, I learned how to save money on ACV. You can easily turn cheaper vinegar without the mother into vinegar like Braggs. Start out with a small bottle of vinegar with the mother (like Braggs) and a gallon bottle of cheaper (usually store brand) ACV. Having another empty gallon sized bottle is also handy.
Simply mix the Braggs vinegar with the cheap vinegar. Put cheesecloth or a paper towel with a rubber band over the top of the bottle, instead of the cap, so that it can breathe and ferment. Let it sit in a warm, dark place for a few weeks to ferment.
I always have 2 gallon bottles of ACV like this. One holds the finished, fermented ACV. The other is ACV with mother in progress. I just keep buying the cheap ACV and adding it to the ACV in progress. When it has fermented long enough, I pour it into my ready to use ACV with mother.

 

[PetRock]

Which one did you get?

The Genesis 1588 with turner from GQF. $198.50 total, no tax & no shipping charges.

 

[liz9910]

The Genesis 1588 with turner from GQF. $198.50 total, no tax & no shipping charges.

Direct from their website? That's the one I've got my eye on too.

 

[SilkieRose]

Kind of hard to see in the video, a closeup would be better. Looks to be a very pale buff and a couple of blues, I'd need a better look at the others.

Ok...here they are

Benina or Benny




Peep





Gracie May






Charlie






Hope-- the runt

 

[SilkieRose]

The site just re booted. Did the problem go away?

Doing the same to me!