Dixie Chicks

[BriardChickens]

Those Ancona's are 18 weeks old, the first ducks I hatched ever! Hatch date may 16th!just thought I'd share!

 

[Ravynscroft]

@perchie.girlthat is way too warm!

My Ancona duck is on a roll. Second egg today: 70g compared to 63 yesterday!

That's a big jump in size for one day! Sounds like you have an overachiever!

Those Ancona's are 18 weeks old, the first ducks I hatched ever! Hatch date may 16th!just thought I'd share!

I can't Ovate right now, but that sure deserves one!! So happy for you and such lovely eggs!!

Dagnabit, I'm jealous... Lady Grey hatched out May 17th, I think... can't wait for her first egg...

 

[Beer can]

@perchie.girl that is way too warm!

My Ancona duck is on a roll. Second egg today: 70g compared to 63 yesterday!

Awesome! Green eggs and ham for breakfast?

For What its Worth today its 105° F or 40.6° C.....

deb

105° F !!!

I'm happy and sweating with 70 now, 40 at night is just to cold not to have little heat in the morning though...Paid $700 for propane fire place, used maybe three times in two winters when power was out. Decided to save on wood and run it this fall, hold off on wood boiler. Dang remote/thermometer/thermostat wont work!!! died! Now instead of setting it at a certain temp I can only just turn it on, will not turn on as needed in the middle of the night, going to wake up by my oldest at 5:30am telling me it's freezing turn it on!! New remote $150!!

Lol
It will not look nearly as crazy when done

Coop in progress

WOW, the other pic made it look like it was 50 feet in the air LOL! Nice coop!

I understand. I wonder if mine have colds? They died from predator attacks but the sniffles/sneezes/coughing stopped. I am sure the tylan 50 and special feed helped. During all that I caught a very bad cold and was taking Nyquil and dayquil night and day. Halls cough drops too. Them decided to give it all up and had a big( beer mug sized) good and strong Captain Morgans spiced Rum and coke with lime. Maybe the lime did the trick? Feeling better. Lost some expensive Chickens to predators recently and the sickness they had was scary. I still Dont know what it was/is.

Mine didn't have 'colds', first one welsummer, 'down in the dumps' spaced out like, not interested in eating, wings droopy sorta, didn't spook or move quick, saw her in the coop instead of run with the rest of them (not normal) got rid of her. Second one brownleghorn, same thing also with droopy comb flat to her head turning dark at the points. Got rid of her as well. Don't have time or $ for sick chickens. No others showing symptoms yet...

Me? Wish I just had a bad cold, doctored with Captain Morgans Lol.
I've had zero energy and lived on the toilet for three days... I never get sick, rarely, haven't felt this bad since I tried raw milk out of our silos at work. Always wanted to try it, smells so good, sweet, open the lid on a trailer holding 70,000 pounds of raw milk smells completely different then opening a gallon jug. Always heard raw milk is so much better for you, and I had access to a unlimited supply! Mind you I personally checked each load for temp, and then in the lab checked for antibiotics and plated under a microscope for bacteria, so I thought I was safe. Drank a couple big glasses, didn't find it anything 'special' but good.
Had the craps for a WEEK! BAD! I was about to go to a doctor and confess what I did, figured I had Ecoli or listeria or something. Truck drivers that drank the milk laughed, said it wasn't the milk, just my system wasn't used to it. HUH? Then I ate about ten Chobani Greek yogurts and I was fine...And I've never drank raw milk again...
This bout I think being no one else in our family with five kids showed any symptoms of a virus may have unfortunately come from my pickles. Not sure, but not taking any chances, they tasted good but I think I'm throwing all three gallons away. I made 15 gallons of pickles this yr. Plus at least five my father in law made, and tons of cukes eaten fresh, best cuke yr ever. Three of them in a crock, half sours, salt and garlic water no vinegar, naturally fermented like sauerkraut. I ate the first one the night before I was sick for five days....Maybe I should wait until I'm a 100% and try another? Or dump them even though I'm not 100% they made me sick?

 

[Alaskan]

Try one out on someone you hate.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

Beer can, dont throw them out just yet.
Test them on a chicken.
Maybe the sickest one you have left....
Hey I Am not kidding. They love anything with vinegar in it. I used vinegar in the wet feed.

What you did not use mustard seeds and sugar? The more sugar the crispier. Also
Did you soak them in cold salt water first to draw out mositure to make room for the sugar salt water and seasonings? Sugar! And add sugar, Not Kidding.

 

[Alaskan]

I found if you put them on a paper towel with salt sprinkled on them for an hour before jarring them up.. It makes them crisper.... Right?

 

[Beer can]

Beer can, dont throw them out just yet.
Test them on a chicken.
Maybe the sickest one you have left....
Hey I Am not kidding. They love anything with vinegar in it. I used vinegar in the wet feed.

What you did not use mustard seeds and sugar? The more sugar the crispier. Also
Did you soak them in cold salt water first to draw out mositure to make room for the sugar salt water and seasonings? Sugar! And add sugar, Not Kidding.

I think to much salt for chickens, half sour recipe called for lots of salt.
Hmm, sugar....father in law let me borrow a 1965 pickle and relish book (pickling everything from watermelon rind to zucchini to fish, 500 recipes) most dill pickle recipes call for some sugar, I don't want sweet pickles so I don't add sugar, now I'm thinking maybe they had a reason? Little sugar not to sweeten but to hold crispness?
I use pickle crisp but maybe they didn't have it a hundred yrs ago?

I found if you put them on a paper towel with salt sprinkled on them for an hour before jarring them up.. It makes them crisper.... Right?

I use a 1/4 tsp per quart Ball Pickle Crisp, calcium chloride, better than pickling lime, no presoak, very crispy.
I don't can my pickles always cold pack.

 

[ApiaryandAviary]

I found if you put them on a paper towel with salt sprinkled on them for an hour before jarring them up.. It makes them crisper.... Right?

Yes, the reason is as I said. It is to remove water/moisture so they will act like sponges and absorb the pickling liquid. I
Make sure I use lots of mustard seeds.
Sweet pickles and sweet relish is different than bread and butter pickles or dill pickles. I dont use pickle crisp. Sugar makes the pickle crisp. My recipe has to be adjusted every hundred years or so for modern day read and measurements. They are mentioned in the bible also. I am not certain how old my recipe is. But I know the area of the relatives that passed it down.
I would think if they had not first met with salt to drawnout mousture so they can soak up the pickle juices then they would rot or spoil maybe not last long on the shelf. I dont know about taste. Personally I have never used a pickle kit, bottle or package so I dont know about crisps.

 

[Beer can]

Pickle recipe in the bible, I just was told by wife this morning that it is in the bible husbands are supposed to make their wives coffee, it's in Hebrew....lol.

 

[Beer can]

Didn't take long for 'Gizmo' to find a new sleeping spot.