I'm soooo going to Frank's soon! Gotta get a look at that kind of set-up...I don't know that I need anything but better stripes in a project (Who me?? A project?? NAW!!) but it'd be great to gab with someone like him.
I wish that were the case, but when they called me a few weeks ago, they gave me a ship date of the 10th, and when I talked to them this morning, they confirmed that the chicks shipped yesterday. At the time I hadn't sent the email as it was filtered to my trash but I later found it and was surprised to find it had been sent so late in the day. Its possible your chicks were actually in transit most of two days, and in that case, I'm glad to hear they made it fine. I'm sorry about the loss of the two - if they were in transit for two days during a winter storm, it could just be shipping stress. Hopefully the rest will be okay now.
They look really good! I think as long as you don't pass off someone else's photo as your own, you're probably all right. Best is if you can actually reference whose photo it is and that you have permission to use it. Worst is when you post a photo and claim it is your own intellectual property.
Sorry to hear you had to go to the ER. Hope you are okay. You didn't drink too much of your beer and fall down did you?
So, why don't you take a day off and go with us to Frank's? It would be so much fun to have you along. I may have to re-nickname my van from The Happy Bus (dubbed in 2002 when purchased new as a clue to the children) to The Party Bus and paint it in psychedelic colors. Or, in Guatemala their public buses are nicknamed The Chicken Bus because people are allowed bring their live chickens and whatnot with them. They are wildly colorful. I may prefer The Chicken Bus name and colorscheme, now that I think about it.
Chicken Bus has it! You need some of those peel on/off graphics so you could be chicken bus some days and Mom on others.
Congrats on the arrival of the chicks - what breeds did you get (sorry if you already told us and I forgot). I'm still waiting on mine that were shipped yesterdayThat is great that Casper is so full. I don't think we've had near as much rain in this neck of the woods so I'm glad to hear there's more on the way.
I had ordered from Ideal a couple times and my chicks have always taken two days. But they arrive healthy for the most part.
Welcome! I think you'll fit right in. Many horse people here of which I am not the rest are bird people. I've got lots of ducks.......and chickens....and ...
I had thought about driving down there to do a duck trade. Too many other things going on. I think the weather probably hurt sales a lot.
Hope today is a better day.
Oh man that really bites. Luckily we missed most of the ice. I have giant cochins and a black roo but I'm not giving him up. Maidenwolf has one of his boys.
How about creating some small roll ups. You could use flour tortillas and fill them with some shaved meat, pieces of chicken or whatever you had, lettuce and mayo or ranch dressing. Easy peasy. Or you could fill them with anything for that matter. I even eat them with peanut butter and jelly sometimes. You can buy a big package of them on the cheap and it doesn't take that much to fill them.
Oh my .. _ all this stuff going on over Danz house -- must stop..
This is good news, hope it all works out with the house.
bahahahahaha--last snowstorm one of the churches here had a message-whoever is praying for snow please stop--sent you a pm
I don't keep water in the coop so I don't have the issue with soaked bedding. Feed in the coop, water outside, and it works great. I also don't provide them with a pool. I had a wading pool last summer for them to cool off in (chickens and ducks) but put it away so it wouldn't freeze and crack over the winter. I use the big rubber bowls for some of my water, and the ducks can get their whole beak wet in those to clean out their nostrils. Otherwise, when the want to go for a swim, the females fly down to the pond or hop over the fence to the lagoon. The males are too large to take off so when I open the gate in the afternoons for free range time, they hike down to the pondThey LIKE to swim. They don't NEED to.
DH would not appreciate you encouraging me ... besides, it's the same problem as with more chickens. There is just no room.
Okay, folks, I am seeking input on a non-chicken matter. DS just informed me that each player has to take their turn bringing food for the whole team to eat in between games (every game is a double header). The reason he was telling me? To introduce the idea to me that "the boys on my team aren't the kind of people who eat wheat bread" (normally the fare involves sandwiches). My response to that was "well, if they're hungry enough...." and he said, "no, please, they'll take it out on me". So here is my dilemma. I don't like to even buy white bread - it goes against everything I believe about nutrition. But I don't want my son to be known as the kid who brings the "weird" food either. So I'm thinking to do something other than sandwiches and that is where I need ideas. What I'm picturing is a little lunch box type of thing that is easy to just pass one out to each kid. It will contain a boxed juice (100%), probably a piece of fruit, and then something substantial enough to satisfy a hungry teenage boy, yet nutritious enough I don't feel guilty serving it. Any and all ideas gratefully received. (Oh - we don't have a date when we need to bring food yet - I just thought I'd start planning now so I'll be ready when it is our turn.)
It gets my hackles up that people -- and I know many of them myself -- think whole wheat bread is "weird" or "exotic" food. Then again, I also know people who are afraid to try my vegetables because of the green confetti (otherwise known as herbs).Do you think they'd be OK with just cold cuts, cheese, fruit and juice? Maybe some carrot sticks to replace the lettuce or tomatoes on a sandwich? Then you wouldn't have to worry about bread, and it would still all be finger food.
