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[maidenwolfx80]

Thanks danz. Maybe it was one of those instances where teh fertilized eggs from one of the olandsk were teh ones you hatched?? I cant wait to see what they turn up looking like. I am going to message the cochin add
Thank you Chickies it does look tempting

 

[HEChicken]

I have the remote start on my van-- LOVE it. When it's really hot outside or really cold outside-- I love having the heat come on or the a/c come on full blast. Nice to get into a comfortable car and not freeze or sweat. And yes, I love my heated seats! I will never have anything but leather too--- sooooo easy to clean up! My van pretty much has all the options on it you could think up, so it's a lot of fun to drive and have. Of course this is van #2, but it's exactly the same thing my other one was, even down to the sunroof, so at least I don't feel too screwed over! LOL Glad you have your car back, I know how you feel about being mobile again and getting to run around when ever. That is ridiculous about the prices of used cars!! Geez--- if a car manages to make it to 20 years, it's time to DONATE that sucker-- not sell it! What on earth are they thinking trying to sell an old car like that? They are worth nothing by that point. I wouldn't pay a dime for something like that. Have you tried all the internet sites to hunt down a vehicle? We discovered that cars were just cheaper out of state! I hope you can find something that is reasonable. Maybe you could find a nice 4 year old car with low miles for a good price else where??

Oh, I guess I wasn't very specific. I am just looking for an old farm truck to have around the place for when we need to haul stuff. All we have are enclosed vehicles and a couple have roof racks but getting stuff up onto them and tied down will only work for certain items, so right now whenever I need to haul something large - like when I bought the hog panels - I have to borrow a truck and/or trailer. I finally decided now we are living out here we need to haul oversize stuff often enough to justify having a truck/trailer of our own but....I don't want to spend a ton for a newer vehicle because it is something that will likely only be driven a couple times a month.

This really scares me to death. I would so hate to have to slaughter my birds because I couldn't give them water. I really want to convert my washer to a gray water cycle so I can at least water a few plants with it. I want to fill my freezer to the hilt with meat because I may have to make it last. Did poor people end up starving to death during those times? I see more and more ponds that are completely dry. They did a new aerial map for google last summer and the difference in pictures is heart wrenching. Old pictures showed green fields and trees. The ones taken last summer show nothing but brown and many bare trees that just didn't live. When the trees die out we are in for big trouble.

I didn't mean to scare you! When I talked about animals being slaughtered for lack of food and water I was thinking about the cattle and sheep on the bigger ranches. I suppose its possible that a commercial egg operation would have to scale down if they were running out of water but I'm sure backyard enthusiasts like us would all have been able to keep going.

We have a chest freezer too and I do like to keep it full but sometimes I worry about what happens if it quits working and we lose the freezer full of meat.....

 

[Hawkeye95]

Hawkeye, my son called last night and he had gotten sicker. (He said he called to see if I was alright but I think he secretly needed some Mommy sympathy.) He was on vacation this week and disgusted cause he could have just taken sick pay if he hadn't been. I do worry a lot when my kids get sick because they all have some asthma. Luckily most of them eat and live a lot healthier than I do and have some decent immune symptoms. But they all have to call Mom when they are sick. I secretly love it! I am glad they still recognize me as a source for comfort or sympathy.
I haven't had a car payment in so many years this just really bothers me. I went for at least 15 years without a car or house payment either one. It would be wonderful to get back in that condition. I had planned before I retired to keep it that way and have ample savings to buy a new car. But things change and necessity calls. I hate debt!

Oh no, I'm so sorry he is feeling worse. Well that stinks, because if it is flu, it's going to get a whole lot worse. Darn. When my DH and I first married, we had both come into the marriage with no car payments. But we had older cars. So we only owed on the house. I was also working at Boeing, so when I finally had to donate my car and buy a new one, I was able to pay it off really fast and we were back to no car payments again-- in fact, that is the car that my DH is driving now! But then he needed a new car and we had enough in savings because we knew it was going to come up, that we bought our diesel truck with it. But then we decided to have more than two kids... which means they don't fit in a sedan anymore... so we got the minivan and had our first set of car payments in quite a while. Now it looks like we're just going to be trading back and forth on payments as our cars age. Sigh. I don't see a way out of it! I'm not a big fan of debt and to change that, I would need to go get my job back. A REAL job-- not some pud job I am dreaming of having so I can have my summers off. I think I'd rather have fun in this life than do that though.

When I was growing up, we lived in town and had very little money. We ate good!!! Mom always had a flock of chickens for meat and eggs and a garden. I remember helping to gether eggs and help in the garden. A meal always had a meat and two veggies plus a desert. Milk came from someone in the area that was selling raw milk and there was always all we wanted to drink. Real cream was always on hand to use on our hot cereal and to whip for deserts. Bread type items were always homemade, noodles included. The folks would buy beef by the quarter or half and keep a freezer filled. Homemade soap would be made with the fat. I had the chance to work with the costume crew that was working on the movie "Sarah plain and tall" when they were in town. One of the days that Glenn Close was in town they made her favorite meal and the crew got their share of it - beef roast with veggies cooked with it. Everyone was oohing and ahhing and for me it was just like hundreds of meals that I had growing up. I was so spoiled.....

Sounds wonderful!! I remember when that movie came to town! I actually went to a cast call where they were looking for people who had horses. If you were a girl, they wanted you to have LONG hair. Mine was down to my waist at that time. But I only owned paint horses and my white arabian. They didn't want anything to stand out-- they wanted plain 'ole brown horses, so I didn't get it. Very neat experience you had!

Wow sounds like everyone is struggling too. I am there with you all. It is hard to push through and if it wasnt for my birds I think I would be in the mad house. Everyone just hang in there.

I have been looking for bantam cochins and seremas and cant find any that are not very expensive. Cant anyone help

Cochins are expensive. At least, if you're talking to breeders who have them for exhibition. They can go for as much as $150 a piece if they are nice. The BBS colors are quite popular, so they are easy to find, but I imagine the price won't be what you would consider reasonable. Seramas are kind of the same thing-- expensive if they are out of good lines. What are you wanting to do with them? If you just want them for yard ornaments, maybe ordering them would be best-- since the quality won't matter. But if you are wanting to breed quality birds, I don't see anyway out of paying for that quality. I know people who have the cochins you are looking for, but I guarantee you, you won't like the price.

There was a cochin breeder at the last show we went to, and his bird beat out MY silkie! But his prices are around $50-100 a bird.

 

[maidenwolfx80]

Chickies I dont see the sale you are talking about at ideal poultry

Hawkeye- yes I am just wanting pets.

 

[HEChicken]

Chickies-duckies, your description of how you ate growing up is exactly how I would love to be able to eat. I like to be able to produce as much of our food as I can but.....I am still way too reliant on supermarkets. I would love to find a good local source for milk & dairy products.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Oh, I guess I wasn't very specific. I am just looking for an old farm truck to have around the place for when we need to haul stuff. All we have are enclosed vehicles and a couple have roof racks but getting stuff up onto them and tied down will only work for certain items, so right now whenever I need to haul something large - like when I bought the hog panels - I have to borrow a truck and/or trailer. I finally decided now we are living out here we need to haul oversize stuff often enough to justify having a truck/trailer of our own but....I don't want to spend a ton for a newer vehicle because it is something that will likely only be driven a couple times a month.

I didn't mean to scare you! When I talked about animals being slaughtered for lack of food and water I was thinking about the cattle and sheep on the bigger ranches. I suppose its possible that a commercial egg operation would have to scale down if they were running out of water but I'm sure backyard enthusiasts like us would all have been able to keep going.

We have a chest freezer too and I do like to keep it full but sometimes I worry about what happens if it quits working and we lose the freezer full of meat.....

There is a guy (where we bought our truck) that sells trucks no smaller than 3/4 ton size near us. He is on Broadway and ... oh shoot, that road that runs through Haysville (east/west). We didn't particularly like the guy, BUT he has a LARGE assortment of trucks and at the time, we couldn't find anyone with one-ton sized trucks anywhere, and for a decent price. None of them are new. I don't know about prices, we haven't been in there in ages. And keep in mind, trucks hold their value better than cars do. Ark City had a truck dealer, back when we were looking, don't have any idea if he is still there or not. We love diesel trucks-- their engines run much longer and they are better on mileage. I've taken my truck everywhere hauling my horses. I have a Chevy and they tend not to rust out like the older Fords do. We love both Dodge and Chevy. I wish I could remember the name of the guy or his company up the road from me. He has a BIG selection of used trucks.

 

[chicken danz]

I just ran out to gather eggs and found one of my old Marns hens sitting in a nest. She is near death. Can't find anything but a cut on her foot. It is kind of sad cause I know she is one of my old originals and has served me well. I brought her in and gave her a good warm water bath, wrapped her in a towel and sat her on a heat vent. I should just butcher her but I know I would feel guilty about it. She should die soon and that will be that. Even these birds I don't have a particular attachment to ...it breaks my heart to see them die. I suspect she is just old and weak and the cold was too much for her.

 

[HEChicken]

There is a guy (where we bought our truck) that sells trucks no smaller than 3/4 ton size near us. He is on Broadway and ... oh shoot, that road that runs through Haysville (east/west). We didn't particularly like the guy, BUT he has a LARGE assortment of trucks and at the time, we couldn't find anyone with one-ton sized trucks anywhere, and for a decent price. None of them are new. I don't know about prices, we haven't been in there in ages. And keep in mind, trucks hold their value better than cars do. Ark City had a truck dealer, back when we were looking, don't have any idea if he is still there or not. We love diesel trucks-- their engines run much longer and they are better on mileage. I've taken my truck everywhere hauling my horses. I have a Chevy and they tend not to rust out like the older Fords do. We love both Dodge and Chevy. I wish I could remember the name of the guy or his company up the road from me. He has a BIG selection of used trucks.

That's good to hear as I was leaning more towards a Chevy than a Ford anyway....I may have to drive down and check that place out. There is one I am looking at up near Park City that I like because it has both a 5th wheel hitch and a regular ball hitch so then I wouldn't be limited on looking at trailers. If I can get a good deal on it I'm still inclined to go back for a second look but without my car I wasn't able to get up there and look. Maybe this week....

 

[Hawkeye95]

Chickies-duckies, your description of how you ate growing up is exactly how I would love to be able to eat. I like to be able to produce as much of our food as I can but.....I am still way too reliant on supermarkets. I would love to find a good local source for milk & dairy products.

We do all of our milk and meat buying from Braums. They have hormone free meat and none of the chemicals or hormones in the milk, either. I think it's as close as it can get. It's also fresher than the organic milk you buy at the grocery. The grocery has that organic milk trucked in from States away. Braums has a policy that they will NOT truck their milk any further than ONE day away from their dairy. And if you ever get the chance to visit their dairy, they give tours and they are very proud of the way they treat their dairy cows and the quality of their milk and meats. They are in Oklahoma. My parents went on a tour and were so impressed. I have not been, but would love to have a family field trip down there to see what all the talk is about. We've been a "Braums family" for about 8 years now. We used to buy from them off and on before that, but would get grocery milk if we were there. Not anymore. My oldest son developed a "milk allergy" after I weaned him. We tried soy milk, and all kinds of "milks" and he just did not like them, or he would continue to have reactions with them. Now I have found out that those milks still have some by products in them that are bad for you. I happened to be back to buying Braums at that time because I had been reading up on how bad the grocery store milk was. I let him have some expecting a reaction and nothing. (he drank out of my cup) I let him have more the next day--- and nothing. No reactions. It was so bizarre. From then on, I was sold on the Braums milk and we have never bought anything else. In fact, if we go on short trips, I will bring a gallon along in an ice chest. I'm really on board with trying to do more for ourselves with our own gardening, buying local meats, etc..

 

[maidenwolfx80]

I just ran out to gather eggs and found one of my old Marns hens sitting in a nest. She is near death. Can't find anything but a cut on her foot. It is kind of sad cause I know she is one of my old originals and has served me well. I brought her in and gave her a good warm water bath, wrapped her in a towel and sat her on a heat vent. I should just butcher her but I know I would feel guilty about it. She should die soon and that will be that. Even these birds I don't have a particular attachment to ...it breaks my heart to see them die. I suspect she is just old and weak and the cold was too much for her.

I am so sorry. This cold that sneaks in and being so extreme it really does weigh heavy on older gals. At least she had a wonderful life with you Danz. You take such care of all your birds. No matter how many you have you treat them all with respect and love and give them all you can. Your love made her life worth while. She will die peacefully. Be proud that she died under such loving care.