Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

Hi,
My son came home from the VAMC hospital late yesterday. So happy to have him home and glad not to have to don those purple gloves and yellow gowns. His ward was still quarantined yesterday as we checked him out. They call the Norovirus the GI Virus. Anyways glad it is over and he is home. I am learning not everyone is happy with one of the hatcheries I had considered. I have talked to Nellie at the Fancy chick. Expensive but I feel better about getting Jubilee Otps from her and I am looking forward in getting in on the waiting list for Silver Lace orps and Gold Lace orps with her. Would rather just be able to order and get but if I must be on a waiting list would prefer hers. She seems nice over emails and everyone says she is the best. Her pictures of her orps are beauties. And if anyone knows of anyother supplier just as highly recommended please let me in on your trade secrets. I also have consided Ewecrazy. No longer considering Jubilees from Greenfire and Need to find a different person or place who breeds Tolbunts. If anyone knows of Tolbunt Polish Please please let me know. Thank you. ReMe

sounds rough but good news he is home

 

[Outpost JWB]

my first fertile egg!! woohoo


this was egg from today I also cracked yesterdays it wasnt fertile anyone know why that might be?

I am confused as to what you are asking I think. You have a rooster right? Are you asking why it's fertile one day and not the next? Sometimes the hen does not accept his "presents". Therefore it doesn't make it to the egg.

 

[Amberjem]

I am confused as to what you are asking I think. You have a rooster right? Are you asking why it's fertile one day and not the next? Sometimes the hen does not accept his "presents". Therefore it doesn't make it to the egg.

ahh ok...so when a chicken stock piles sperm when and how does it do that wouldnt that mean they would be fertile all the time then?

 

[vehve]

Hi Jem, I'm good. So, when are you throwkng own eggs in the bator?

Sam, sprouting helps with the green thumb itch... still no mail?

 

[hennible]

Nope. Checked yesterday
As soon as the chickens are out I'm rearranging the spare room and putting up my plant light... And hatching some ducks...
Shhhhh on that last part

 

[Peep_Show]

Heya, Amber. Thanks for the "genesis of my gardening passion" question.

My folks had nice formal gardens at their house and so we kids pitched in with weekend garden chores at a young age. Dad was into begonias and hanging fuschias and always had a competition going with his brother (who got his gardening smarts working as a florist...his yard always looked like some fantabulous spread out of a gardening magazine). Later in years I was in charge of the veggie garden terrace at the folks' place and the fishpond.

I went to UC Davis (ag school, among other things) and gardened in the house I lived in there...also was able to keep chickens for the first time!

Got married and the first house we bought after a few years of apartment life was a 5-acre stud farm with pastures. We put in veggie terraces and fruit trees. The neighbor had an orchard. Learned A LOT while living at the ranch (landscaping, pasture management) and also completed the Master Gardeners program while there. Divorce. And then various moves (most places with yards) until finally current DH and I are here in New Mexico. The yard here has formal gardens, lots of lawns, vegetable yard, orchard... Plenty to keep my hands dirty, so to speak. Spent the better part of last year rehabbing the place (abandoned for nearly two years) and saving the neglected trees, pruning errant shrubs and bushes, getting the irrigation back on track and just yard management.

My favorite plant? Anything that gives back edibles. Love my apple trees right now. Favorite flower would be tulips (which the rabbits seem to get before I do), gladiolas, roses (at present 52 bushes) and I am never without a lavender bush or two.

Gardening is very affirming, enjoyable and relaxing to me even with all the physical labor. Kind of like hatching eggs...full of hope and promise. Kind of like horse training as it seems I'm always correcting the previous owner's mistakes. Kind of like positive zen philosophy because out of the worst of manures beautiful things will grow. And it's always an adventure dealing with assorted States' environments (coastal, desert, mountain)... with each move it's like landing on another planet with all the diverse flora.

 

[hennible]

Gardening is something I can do with no thoughts of anything else clouding my mind

 

[Peep_Show]

Amen

 

[Outpost JWB]

x3. I love gardening. Last year's garden got fed to the chickens after all the weeds took over. Because right after I planted it, I had MOHS surgery and I was told "The sun is NOT your friend". Too bad I wasn't told that 40years ago..... My poor daughter is not allowed in the sun unless she is slathered in sunscreen.

This year, I am gardening at dusk and dawn. But we will have a garden

 

[Amberjem]

Hi Jem, I'm good. So, when are you throwkng own eggs in the bator?

Sam, sprouting helps with the green thumb itch... still no mail?

I am gonna test a few more eggs then will collect a couple and put em in the bator



I am soo sooo excited we have most of the fence done we just have a small part behind the shed and the side of the shed and the front yard fence is done with gates wooohoo....beable to let the dog in and out thru the door and not worry love it!