EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[dan26552]

Thanks! I woke up very early (BEFORE my house rooster started crowing) when the outdoors cockerels got going. (I notice that my unattached bachelors crow earlier and more often than those with families.) In my sleepy haze, I worried that Monkey might not be ok (since I couldn't hear him) - not that I had a reason to. So I got up to check. The little 1 week old chicks were milling around in the dim light (turned their light on), and when I went to see Monkey, he raised his head to look at me like, "what?", then dozed off again. He wanted to sleep in - got up and started crowing about 30 minutes later. (Domesticity changes a fella, apparently.) 

So, I figured I should take advantage of being awake (since I suppose I could crash any time!). I had fed and set out the sourdough starter last night, and so I made the bread dough this morning (will rise most of the day - it's the slow, minimal-work, no-knead method), and I'm currently making a batch of boiled eggs for next week. 

I'm only supposed to have one cup of coffee, but I am thinking maybe I'll make an exception and have a second cup - don't tell my doctor...

- Ant Farm

e Eleven just made it out.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote:
I think these are small, pet pigs for her. (Gosh, so much work for not a lot of return...)

 

[daxigait]

That brown one looks bred to me either that one of two things you have worms or you are feeding to much.

 

[duluthralphie]

I'm shocked.... You watch Abott and Costello?
Lots of ice so little time...

I was wondering, I saw a bunch of fish houses leaving the lakes yesterday.

 

[duluthralphie]

Also, if you are just raising a couple don't expect to make any money. It is too expensive in a small operation. You can't compete with bigger producers. The best I was able to do was raise a pair selling three sides for what I had in them, and everyone pays processing. They eat six pounds of feed a day or so so it can get expensive. Make sure you get a good deposit upfront so you don't loose too much if someone backs out.

That is kind of a "ralphie". No matter what we raise we can't compete with the large guys.

 

[duluthralphie]

Eleven just made it out.

I think I have a migraine.

 

[duluthralphie]

I think these are small, pet pigs for her. (Gosh, so much work for not a lot of return...)

Pigs are the coolest pets though.


When we were kids we were not allowed to have horses. My Dad hated them, claimed he spent too much time behind them working when he was a kid.

My Brother and I looked for horse substitutes. We would use the cows when we had to go get them from the pastures. This had 2 downfalls.

1) The cows did not like it or cooperate.
2) When Dad caught us riding a cow, he became quite unreasonable

So we moved on to the pigs. They were great. If you fall off a pig it is a short fall, the ground is mushy and soft around them. Dad did not seem to mind. The pigs learned their names and came running when called.

The only downfall is Dad sold or butchered them fairly often and we needed to train new pigs every summer.

Pigs are totally devoted to you if you rub their bellies.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Think I'm going to make cauliflower soup today. Maybe also cauliflower curry. I have a lot of cauliflower in the fridge that I need to use.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I was wondering, I saw a bunch of fish houses leaving the lakes yesterday.

when does your walleye season end?

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I was wondering, I saw a bunch of fish houses leaving the lakes yesterday.

some people on great lakes pulled their shacks during the January thaw we had but the real cold weather after froze everything back up. And they moved them back out on the ice.