Consolidated Kansas

[Trish44]

KsKingBee, I have about 3 inches or less of topsoil that sets on solid limestone. I carve my postholes with a sledge and rock-bar. It does bring back a memory of a friend of mine and fellow railroad worker. He also had a small farm and had the same trouble with rock, when making fence post holes. He got irritated in trying to get a hole made for a yard light in his pasture. One of our older fellow workers suggested that he use dynamite and blast a hole. This was back in the 1960's and many farmer's used a part of a stick of dynamite and some ammonium fertilizer, soaked in diesel fuel, to blast out tree stumps. As he needed a deep hole, he used a full stick of dynamite and a 50 pound sack of fertilizer. To make a long story shorter, there is a good sized pond now, where he had intended of putting a yard-light.

 

[CHIKENROOKIE]

Danz, what color does the white orps lay, those you sold me.

They have not started laying yet and am looking forward to it!

 

[Trish44]

ChickenRookie I'm not Danz but all of the Orps should lay light brown eggs.

 

[CHIKENROOKIE]

Ok, thank you !

 

[chicken danz]

KsKingBee, I have about 3 inches or less of topsoil that sets on solid limestone. I carve my postholes with a sledge and rock-bar. It does bring back a memory of a friend of mine and fellow railroad worker. He also had a small farm and had the same trouble with rock, when making fence post holes. He got irritated in trying to get a hole made for a yard light in his pasture. One of our older fellow workers suggested that he use dynamite and blast a hole. This was back in the 1960's and many farmer's used a part of a stick of dynamite and some ammonium fertilizer, soaked in diesel fuel, to blast out tree stumps. As he needed a deep hole, he used a full stick of dynamite and a 50 pound sack of fertilizer. To make a long story shorter, there is a good sized pond now, where he had intended of putting a yard-light.

Danz, what color does the white orps lay, those you sold me.

They have not started laying yet and am looking forward to it!

Yep Trish is right.

I finally have water to my building!!! Just cold water to the sink faucet but it's working and no leaks so far. Woot!!! I figured out I need another fitting before I can hook up to the water heater so that has to wait until I can get some place that sells them. I also have to start doing some measuring to figure out if I need to buy more pex to run water to my auto waterers but since I don't have pens built yet I'm not in so much of a hurry for that.
I had one of my Sebbie ganders miss marked as a goose so I finally caught him today and gave him some more jewelry. I left the girl band on him so now I can hear him coming because his bands jingle together when he walks.
Have to get back out there. I have hungry birds.

 

[Trish44]

Yay for the water to the building!

 

[KsKingBee]

KsKingBee, I have about 3 inches or less of topsoil that sets on solid limestone. I carve my postholes with a sledge and rock-bar. It does bring back a memory of a friend of mine and fellow railroad worker. He also had a small farm and had the same trouble with rock, when making fence post holes. He got irritated in trying to get a hole made for a yard light in his pasture. One of our older fellow workers suggested that he use dynamite and blast a hole. This was back in the 1960's and many farmer's used a part of a stick of dynamite and some ammonium fertilizer, soaked in diesel fuel, to blast out tree stumps. As he needed a deep hole, he used a full stick of dynamite and a 50 pound sack of fertilizer. To make a long story shorter, there is a good sized pond now, where he had intended of putting a yard-light.

That is some funny **** right there! When I was a kid there was a guy that was getting ready to ship out to Viet Nam. Before he left he thought that he should get rid of a case of dynamite that he stole from the local quarry, the same quarry that Nicholds and McVey stole dynamite from many years later. So this fella drove around looking for a remote area where he would not be seen to get rid of it. It just so happened to be across the road from our family farm, we did not live here at the time, we were suitcase farmers, lived in Wichita and came out every weekend to farm.

This guy set that case of dynamite out in the open and blew it up at about two in the morning. The nearest neighbor is about 3/4 miles away and it rattled his windows and of course woke them up, he said he fell out of bed and thought the world was coming to an end. Yeah, that crater is still there too. Oh, and the guy still went to Viet Nam, the judge made sure of that.

 

[ashncarson]

It has been a long time since I have been here, but I just wanted to stop by and say HELLO...I am loving my girls (we have 6 currently) and am hoping to have a broody mom again this year!

 

[Trish44]

That is some funny **** right there!  When I was a kid there was a guy that was getting ready to ship out to Viet Nam.  Before he left he thought that he should get rid of a case of dynamite that he stole from the local quarry, the same quarry that Nicholds and McVey stole dynamite from many years later.  So this fella drove around looking for a remote area where he would not be seen to get rid of it.  It just so happened to be across the road from our family farm, we did not live here at the time, we were suitcase farmers, lived in Wichita and came out every weekend to farm.

This guy set that case of dynamite out in the open and blew it up at about two in the morning.  The nearest neighbor is about 3/4 miles away and it rattled his windows and of course woke them up, he said he fell out of bed and thought the world was coming to an end.  Yeah, that crater is still there too.  Oh, and the guy still went to Viet Nam, the judge made sure of that.

Oh my gosh you guys are killing me, lol.

 

[chicken danz]

Welcome back Ashncarson.
You guys make me want some dynamite. I really need a new pond. I wouldn't have to pay for all those heavy equipment hours that way!! I'd love to have a pond for my geese and ducks I could see from the house. The pond I have has the bank on the house side so I can't see anything. And it's too far out.