Consolidated Kansas

[fitzy]

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so you still have these eggs and how so quail eggs taste, I have had duck and goose eggs but not quail eggs, and if you still have some left I would be interested in some, I can pm you for directions.

yup, as of now, i still have plenty eggs....i've been getting 80-100 per day, but i just switched their feed to a lower protein to save some money...supposed to be processing within a week or two...shoot me a pm and i'll give you directions to here.

 

[HEChicken]

Slight change of subject but just wanted to warn all Kansans about what is in the area at the moment. Sitting in my dining room yesterday, a movement out the corner of my eye got my attention. A bird had landed on my fence and my first thought was "What kind of bird has a long, black tail like that?" For a second I actually thought one of my chooks had made it up onto the fence which would have been a stretch seeing as how they never get more than a few inches off the ground! Anyway, as I watched, it turned around and looked right in the window at me and to my horror I saw it was a hawk. I live in suburban Wichita, folks! We just don't get hawks around here. Luckily, my little girls were in a pen and my big girls, who free range, were camped out in the dog igloo due to the rain. I snapped a pic and it knew I was there but stayed awhile anyway, looking for an opportunity. I ended up going out and flapping my arms and yelling, and it flew away. I didn't see it again all day. Below is the pic. Kind of a cute face actually

 

[fitzy]

i live a bit off the beaten path and see a few hawks almost daily...what i cant seem to find is the owl that had a couple meals at the expense of a few of my hens!

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

A family of hawks live in the trees a block from my house. In the spring the numbers increase as the eggs hatch and the babies take wing. They fly over my pasture heading out to hunt and then come back over in the late afternoon/evening as they go home again. So far, no problems. I assume they get plenty of rodents from the fields. One did a fly by of a dove sitting on the power line, didn't bother it and the dove was unfazed by its closeness. Guess they have a pact also. The dove population is increasing a lot lately.

So interesting watching them soar for minutes upon minutes and never flap a wing even once.

 

[Nana2KJS]

Had a bee-YOO-ti-ful day for the big parade in southeast Kansas today. Too bad I had to spend most of it indoors working.

But tomorrow promises to be even nicer... might be a good day to get the hoop house up ... wonder if the lumber yard will be open?

 

[EweSheep]

Hello you all!

I am doing my family research and came up to a dead end finding this place called Turpin Station.

From what I have on the rest of the family, only one been born in Turpin Station and the rest of the siblings born in Great Falls, Greenwood Co, KS. They were born around 1870's to 1889.

Where in the heck is Turpin Station located????????????? I thought it would have been a train station or once a town that disappeared or gone by the turn of the century.

The family in question that lived there were Ashley and Sarah Jane Johnson, had lived in Greenwood Co, KS. They had many sons and two daughters (that I know of). Arthur, Clark, Althea, Jesse were the kids if you needed more information. It would be neat to find the homestead if it is still standing.

 

[Nana2KJS]

Spring forward - fall back - just a friendly reminder!

 

[Kansaseq]

What a gorgeous day! I am going riding with a friend--whoo hoo!

 

[Chickies-duckies-etc]

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I am getting some info about some people from the Madison area, which is in Greenwood Co. that carry the Turpin name. Guess that doesn't help you if you are looking for Johnsons.

One thought on looking for a "place" by that name - it could have been a cattle pen on the old Katy railroad line. The Katy ran N. of Madison to the South. Virgil and Gridley are in Greenwood Co. and might be on the old Katy line. So tracking through that area might give you some clues. Someone I know worked with a turpin in the 60's and could give some possible names for more current times. Let me know if you would like any of this expanded on.

By the way, the "town" I live in was once a thriving cattle railroad town. Complete with schools, motel, etc. Now, only a handfull of houses are here and there is nothing to be bought, not even a can of pop. A ghost town from the cattle, railroad days.

 

[ChooksChick]

You are all lucky not to have hawks every day! I'm smack in the middle of Lawrence, right off the campus, and we have them over looking for chicken dinner all the time- there's a red-tail nest in my neighbor's tree a block away. We have owls, too. Pays to be diligent and have dogs who protect the birds, I'll say!