Yes, I saw that! Almost ended up with two girl American Buff gooserz this spring, but it was too much to handle with all these chicks, so I said no. I'll get them next year. Ideal will sell two females (Metzer and others are only either straight run or pairs) - I don't want ganders, mostly because I need them not to be a problem for the chicken sitter. (And me, of course.) Also, with Ideal, I can drive to pick them up (3 hours one way, but better than subjecting them to shipping if it can be helped).
I bought a 6x10 utility trailer (with wood floor) for $200 off - I've wanted to get a trailer for YEARS, so now I have so much building to do, I'm getting it on sale. AFTER I bought it, turned out they couldn't find the titles for either of them (the bane of getting one on Saturday - they couldn't reach the weekday guy to ask him where they might be misfiled). I have a very good TSC, and the manager was working to help me, but this was just bad luck. They are ordering one for me to arrive next week so I'll be sure to have a good clean title, and offered free rental this weekend for the chores I have in mind. I was too tired to take them up on the rental this afternoon, but will probably do so tomorrow - I have a heck of a lot of lumber to buy for tractor coops and big coop building.
So I just went home and emptied the 4Runner (packed to the gills with bedding and chick starter, and Sweet PDZ and cat food and cat littler and grit and extra buckets, and probably more stuff I'm forgetting - I tend to wait and do all my shopping at once). Taking a break before I start working again. I think I'll sand and seal some lumber, then work in the garden while it dries, then sand and seal more, lather, rinse, repeat. (I used a non-toxic sealant on regular frame lumber rather than pressure treated for the coops.)
Woohoo!!!!!
OK, off to work more.
- Ant Farm
In for a break and getting incubator started next.
