calling any one from missouri

[SueT]

Mine could never figure out the nipples.

All mine started out as baby chicks W the vertical type. Early on, there were some adults that learned from watching the chicks drink, but thereafter they all used them and still do in the summer. I think it made it easier to understand the horizontal nipples.

 

[jthornton]

Mine could never figure out the nipples.

When I got home with my chicks I gave them some boiled egg yolk the took one and touched her beak to the vertical nipple, the rest paid attention.


JT

 

[1cock2hens]

When broiler chickens are raised in a commercial setting you literally just dump thousands and thousands of chicks along a feed line with nipple waterers on both sides of it and they have no trouble figuring it out.

 

[jthornton]

I was putzing around on the lathe making a practice bowl and it came out better than I hoped so I thought I'd share it with you folks. The wife saw that and said "That's Mine".


JT

 

[SueT]

72º here! Here are some golden shavings from cutting up Osage firewood…all for the chickens…

My husband also has a lathe, he made this little Osage orange bowl yesterday…

 

[jthornton]

How does your husband do the bottom of the bowl? Is it green wood?

I wish I could find some osage orange it's beautiful wood.

JT

 

[SueT]

How does your husband do the bottom of the bowl? Is it green wood?

I wish I could find some osage orange it's beautiful wood.

JT

You don’t have Osage orange on your place?
Here’s the foot of that bowl

 

[jthornton]

How did he turn the base? I always have grip marks from the holder thingy...

JT

 

[SueT]

How did he turn the base? I always have grip marks from the holder thingy...

JT

I asked him, he said, “I have some Cole jaws, and I mount the face of the bowl on that, and bring the tail stock up with a small pad to push against the base of the bowl. Then I cut off any crush marks.”
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Storm system is arriving here. There is a tornado warning in OK. So far no watches for MO.
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[shawluvsbirds]

I was putzing around on the lathe making a practice bowl and it came out better than I hoped so I thought I'd share it with you folks. The wife saw that and said "That's Mine".
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JT

72º here! Here are some golden shavings from cutting up Osage firewood…all for the chickens…
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My husband also has a lathe, he made this little Osage orange bowl yesterday…
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Those are spectacular!

I went to get my oil changed at sawyer in Lamar today, had a 12:30 appt and didn’t get out of there until after TWO!

BUT.
They must be running a special. It only cost 31.45 and they rotated my tires!
Maybe because hubby bought tires there recently? Idk.
But i felt better about wasting 2 hours of my life sitting there watching the weather station.