Consolidated Kansas

[OzawkieBantams]

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Well the pic and the link above the pic shows and explains this same concept Mike. You use sugar, water, and yeast. You can see the check valves in the top of the tubing. It worked great for adding Co2 back in the aquairum. When i had to change the contents in the bottles it smelled just like alcahol.

I came by the Swap Meet. I must of missed you.

What time?
I was the one wearing a camo ducks unlimited coat. I left at about 1030

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I came by the Swap Meet. I must of missed you.

What time?
I was the one wearing a camo ducks unlimited coat. I left at about 1030

We got there about 11:20.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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What time?
I was the one wearing a camo ducks unlimited coat. I left at about 1030

We got there about 11:20.

Well there wasnt a very good turn out this month. Only six people when i left.

 

[Naughty]

I have some blackberry bushes that I may have to play with also this summer.... lol - I'm no wine gourmet but I do like the fruity sweet stuff... and love the idea of making it myself.


Wow - I cant believe the change in my lil roo since our other rooster was rehomed w/St. Peter...

He is so much calmer now... he still tries an occasional attitude display - but overall - leaves me alone... and is smart enough not to mess with my kid... of course I have to wonder if it's cause he saw me in the coop with a rake beating the heck out of that possum.... and with a spear afterward looking to finish him off (he was already gone - ran out while I was going to get the spear...) I either scared him - or I am his Hero now for protecting his girls for him... but it was late and he had already started roosting so I will give him a break for his lack of action....

 

[mikeksfarmer]

Hey Daren I am interisted in the stop-cock. If its a one way valve can you get them localy. One that lets gas out but not back in would be a good thing.
I was kinda wondering what half cooked maple syrup would turn out like for wine. Maple wine imagin that!
Thinking that any thing with a sugar conent could become wine. Might be fun to go to the farmers market and pick up bargins.
My Aunt used to just let berries sit around for a few days in a big crock until the skins broke. Then she would, squeeze filter and bottle up for wine making.

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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MIKE,
It is a one way check valve. You can pick them up at any LFS (local fish store).Heck walmart even has them in their pet section, and the tubing price is prolly 2 for less then a dollar.

 

[Naughty]

Wow - so much useful information on this site - I love it!

 

[OzawkieBantams]

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We aim to please

 

[FondofChicks]

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You can get airlocks and stoppers from any winemaking or beer brewing stores. There are a couple in KC and one in Wichita or several places to get them online. A tube into a small tub with water works too. The only thing with water is it may not say clean and you don't want that in your wine. There are sanitizers to use but my preference is vodka. It stays clean and has no effect on the wine if some gets into it. An airlock costs about $1.25

 

[Ivywoods]

I found a bunch of pork loin on sale for $1.11 per pound, so I bought a bunch. Out of some of it I made 50 lbs of pork sausage. Just as I was wrapping the last couple packages I heard a chicken commotion outside. I figured I better go check it out. I thought about taking a gun with me, but being tired from all the pork processing I brushed it off and just grabbed a flashlight. I thought by the time I got there if anything had been there it would be gone already. As I walked toward the chickens I could see the roosters huddled in a corner by the fence and shop, about 10 yards from their open coop. I looked at them with the flashlight, and could easily see that the only one that wasn't there was the buff orpington roo. These roos are all my free ranging yard art, but I still didn't want to loose any of them.

I went to the coop to shine the light in to see if my buff was in there. I bent down to look in and came face to face with one of the ugliest creatures God put on this earth.

I backed up and decided I better go get a gun. All the while I walked back to the house I was silently scolding myself for not taking one in the first place.

Went in, picked up the closest one, which was a pistol and headed back out. I got half way back to the coop and realized I had left my flashlight in the house so I turned around and went back after it.

As I approached the roosters I could see my buff had rejoined the group. When I got to the coop I looked slowly inside, ready to take aim. The coop was empty. I went all around to see if it was hiding nearby, but couldn't find it.

I decided it was time to get the roo boys back in their shelter. Have you ever tried to herd 9 roosters, in the dark, down a snow and mud covered bank back into a house that they fear is still inhabited by an ugly villain?

It wasn't working. I decided I would have to catch them and put them back one by one. That didn't work either. Every time I caught one and put him in, he would freak out and charge back out. Yes, one of these days that coop will get a door on it, too. I decided they were just going to have to go back in on their own. At least it's quite a bit warmer tonight than it has been. I consoled myself thinking at least I hadn't fallen on my butt trying to get those roosters back in. Usually when it's that slick and muddy that's exactly what happens.

Guess I'll have to do a little varmint plinking some other night.