Dixie Chicks

[BriardChickens]

I DON'T want to see lightning like this

I think this is what our storm looked like, the one I was talking about...

 

[Amberjem]

Good morning all you lovely ppl @vehve are you done hurdling yourself around on two sticks and the snow?

@hennible it's gardening time!!

heya @draye ... @Beer can thats scarey nasty looking storm,

@RavynFallen set more eggs!!!


@minihorse927 FILL the incubator!!!!

whats up @NotAFarm ?


@tntchix whats new and exciting today?

@ApiaryandAviary have any good and new exciting chicken recipes?

@Peep_Show whats cooking in the garden? I planted a frost peach and a yellow egg plum tree the other day

@JW12 have you gotten the mess from winter and everything cleaned up?


@perchie.girl how is moving into the house and getting it stocked and habitable for you going??

@Bogtown Chick hows the chickens doing anything new and exciting with the approach of summer?

and who has pictures to show us today??



So a question for everyone... How do you go about selecting your breeder birds? Is it finding a bird bringing it home... hatching chicks out how do you select from the chicks you have for those you are keeping pls be detailed explain and expand



ohhh and a lil turkey update Dumpling the broad breasted bronze turkey is doing good @Sharps Big 50 likes him and has been holding him a few times... the turkeys soo laid back he doesnt mind @Sharps Big 50 inexperienced bird hands and allows him to pick him up without getting more nervious........he likes to pick dumpling up and whisper turkey recipes into his lil ear........he even went so far as to look up info on how much feed the turkey may consume before processing weight

 

[Amberjem]

heya @blackgoat how have you been?

 

[minihorse927]

I'm trying!

 

[minihorse927]

when I get off work I will tell you our process for selecting breeder birds @Amberjem

 

[Amberjem]

you didnt get those leghorn eggs @minihorse927 ???

 

[minihorse927]

you didnt get those leghorn eggs @minihorse927
 ???

she's collecting for my order now!

 

[perchie.girl]

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Oh wow I read this through email last night but didnt open BYC to see the picture....

Id be hauling my horse into the bomb shelter because thats what I would have if I lived in tornado country or country with storms like that.

On a side but related note I heard on the news that there is a record Dearth of tornadoes this year...

http://www.weather.com/safety/tornado/news/tornado-count-hits-record-lows

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Good morning all you lovely ppl ......

@perchie.girl how is moving into the house and getting it stocked and habitable for you going??

So a question for everyone... How do you go about selecting your breeder birds? Is it finding a bird bringing it home... hatching chicks out how do you select from the chicks you have for those you are keeping pls be detailed explain and expand

ohhh and a lil turkey update Dumpling the broad breasted bronze turkey is doing good @Sharps Big 50 likes him and has been holding him a few times... the turkeys soo laid back he doesnt mind @Sharps Big 50 inexperienced bird hands and allows him to pick him up without getting more nervious........he likes to pick dumpling up and whisper turkey recipes into his lil ear........he even went so far as to look up info on how much feed the turkey may consume before processing weight

@Amberjem

first of all Have I ever mentioned to you that you are a fantastic host and keep this thread lively and people contributing. Its a job I have tried and have been quite unsucessful with.... Bravo Jem....

As far as the house.... Its more a work in progress for my own mental health... There was a hint of it this year but I ignored it till I finally admitted I had become housebound.... Afraid to leave This house by choice to go up to a place that is good for my mental health.

After looking back at my posts yesterday I posted On the Old Folks Home.... but Oops I forgot to post here....

Back from the house.... I couldn't make myself stay the night. Too much to make it comfortable for me...

The cats trashed the bed so I need a new mattress cover I wouldn't put clean sheets on what was there. I may throw the mattress out.... It was an inexpensive memory foam mattress from Walmart. They are four inches thick to start but grow a little more after they acclimatize. VERY comfy This one was my roommates and she never turned it... So that and the ikk factor and the fact I have no couch .... I need a new mattress..

Then there is the whole deal of no Television... The two I have there right now dont work. But I need to watch a video to get to sleep.

Oh I can get to sleep with out but its a fretful night.

First thing I saw when I got there is the Rain gutter is coming off the house again.... a quarter of it was laying on top of a wall. Then the patio where the goats fell through... the fascia board has come off now the front of the patio is swooping down. I knew I would have to replace it eventually but this is showing me the whole Pergola needs to come down.... rotted wood they dry rot kind. Bad framing too.

MY driveway is beginning to look like a weedy meadow... AND the whole place needs a good weed whacking... front yard entry yard Court Yard back yard and "the area where I want to build the new coop" YARD

Horse ignored me... sigh... I deserve it.

But I got in got the supplies in didn't measure for the landing... but I suspect something about four by six will do... space wise. Hey Wait that's the size of my stall mats... Hmmmm.

Any hoo I got my mail... Probably about two months worth... on the way into town for an early dinner or late lunch. The Restaurant is in Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel. They have a new chef and I was impressed with the menu. Last time i was there they had just remodeled and reopened and their Chef then.... not so good. I never went back.

So had a Cobb Salad for dinner and a Guiness for dessert.

Couldn't make myself go home to settle in for the night. But I will be back this week because I left the door unlocked

I need to go to the pawn shop and get a kick*ss vacuum cleaner. I found rat evidence..... Once I get the Orifices dealt with out comes the warfarin... I lived in a rat infested house once.... NEVER again.

So next when I go up Warfarin, 1/4 inch hardware cloth, and a temporary Mattress pad. I have a dog door that goes into the sliding glass door frame that needs to come out.... Rat entry. The Cats (no longer with me) dug out the insulation under the Water heater. Its on a three by three framed box... That is getting the stuffing stuffed back in and hardware cloth fastened around the bottom. There are a couple of holes in the floor One in the kitchen one in the Utility room and one in the wall by the only bedroom. I pulled heater vent covers in order to replace them with some fresh looking covers... never got done... Old ones not replaced... my fault.. So Hardware cloth over those temporarily till I can FIND said new covers

The one in the kitchen is the down vent from the old heater I took out. The hole in the floor is about two feet square... I need to cut a piece of plywood and seal that off. The hole in the utility room seems to be a drain hole for a washing machine. The plumbing stubs for the faucet are above but they have been capped. I can probably cap that with the lid off a soup can... Oh and there is one vent in the ceiling... might as well cap that with some wood or drywall. that was for the original AC vent.

I took pictures but not the best. I missed the flower bloom up there. There are only a few daisy looking flowers and a few belly flowers... not wall to wall like it usually is.

I will post pix tomorrow or after my nap.

Oh and I saw my first Black tailed Jack Rabbit this year. Looked to be a young one under a year.... only about seven or eight pounds and about two thirds the size I have seen them before. They get long legged and max out at about twelve pounds.

And a Teeny eensy grass hopper landed between my feet when I got out of the car... Green and khaki camouflage... I love grass hoppers ... went to grab my camera and he had places to go things to do.... I heard him land about six feet away. There was a male quail singing his song that sounded so much like a Rooster... I had to listen till he was done. Far off I could hear what sounded like a dog begging for something an Ummm Ummm Umm sound... Roadrunner.

That's the beauty of the desert. If you really listen there is a cacophony of sound amidst the silence.

I still havent brought in my camera for the pictures.... Not the best though... I miss My SLR. sigh.

deb

 

[Amberjem]

my tiny tim tomatoes the smallest tomatoe plant isnt it cute? also have buncha other ones as well ohh ohh and my carrots are coming up finally!! least I think they are carrots coming up