Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[Leahs Mom]

Yep....pretty much like she is in her 70s. Well....except she line dances and square dances now and she didn't back then. Back then she turkey hunted a good bit and won the big turkey contest away from all the guys a lot.

Okay...I wasn't talking about YOUR mom

.... When I saw that photo of her that you posted I was thinking that you must be pretty young because your mom looked pretty young to me!

Now, of course, YOUNG is subjective...but that really is what I thought!

 

[chickachee]

OK, enough of this teasing and inferences....how old is everyone? I'm 46. OH, STOP IT!!!! Stop laughing!

It's not THAT old!!!

I'll be 61 in December. I don't feel that old. and yes I do remember what our Moms were like when they were my age. We are a hip, groovy crowd!!! I grew up in some good (and bad) times. JFK, the Beatles, Woodstock, Haight Ashbury, good music - aahhhhhh

 

[Beekissed]

Okay...I wasn't talking about YOUR mom

.... When I saw that photo of her that you posted I was thinking that you must be pretty young because your mom looked pretty young to me!

Now, of course, YOUNG is subjective...but that really is what I thought!

Yes...my mom is different. She can still do cartwheels across the lawn at 78, runs her own chainsaw/weedeaters/mowers/tillers with much vigor, does all her own house maintenance and has for years and can work circles around you and I, no matter how young we may be. She truly is a marvel to me and I want to be like her when I grow up.

 

[galanie]

57. Warning: The older a woman gets, the more she looks like her mother. I never thought I looked a thing like mom till I was 50 LOL.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'll be 61 in December. I don't feel that old. and yes I do remember what our Moms were like when they were my age. We are a hip, groovy crowd!!! I grew up in some good (and bad) times. JFK, the Beatles, Woodstock, Haight Ashbury, good music - aahhhhhh

I remember it well.

 

[wingstone]

Bee, your mother sounds like a wonderful person..please give her a

for me....It is people like her who are an inspiration to us younger folks (cough, cough )....Father in law is 92 and yells at me when I try to help him. frustrating but I do understand.

 

[Beekissed]

57. Warning: The older a woman gets, the more she looks like her mother. I never thought I looked a thing like mom till I was 50 LOL.

I can only dream...my mom is stacked. She wears a 32DD and her waistline is the envy of all women who see her, old and young. I will never live up to this little woman who has had nine children. In that pic you saw, she was wearing 2-3 layers of clothing because she was going to be dancing in the cold night during her re-enactment/role~made her look fluffy. She weighs 110.

 

[Costa Rica Art]

Arggggggggg! I Sat last night and typed for a long time (two finger typer) only to have the whole thing disappear when I added a smiley, gave up, went to bed. Anyway, I’m doing this in Word so if I lose it on the forum I’ll just copy and paste.
Now let’s see, you asked about the beach, well I can see the Pacific coast from my upstairs window on a clear day. About the only thing I do now is a little surf fishing, too many tourists plugging up the beaches. The seafood is great, there are good eating places around the wharfs where the fishing boats come in to unload (if you know someone who can buy off the boats you save big time). We eat a lot of fish, mostly tilapia. The shrimp are great most any size you want. You can get a good sea bass meal for under 10 bucks. Fruit is very cheap here (what grows here), I bought 3 golden pineapples the other day for $2USD. Every restaurant has some kind of fruit drinks as well as making your own. I make raw milk yogurt which added to fruit in the blender makes awesome smoothies. It is the rainy season now but I do sit in the backyard in the sun especially in the morning with my cup of Costa Rica’s fine dark roasted coffee. The dark roast I buy direct from the growers co-op would compare to the best fancy coffees in the states. The cost of living here varies a lot, any state side foods or products are not cheap, there is an added 34% import tax plus shipping. Beef is high price, I pay 8 bucks a kilo for premium ground beef. Pork is reasonable, fish is OK and chicken isn’t cheap. I had a pig butchered which came out to a $1.80 a pound, it was only partly cut up and we had to wrap it. The taxes on our remodeled 1,800 foot house is around $200 a year. Buying prime building sites can be costly. Wood is very expensive, more so than in the states. Most places including our place is mostly concrete, no fire insurance needed. Cars are very costly, something between 2 and 3 times what they cost in the states, new or used. If a person buys smart and lives in an area not in the big town then it is easy to really cut cost. We’ll end up keeping 10 hens, way more eggs than we will use but when you share with your neighbors, Ticos (the native folks) they seem to be more than willing to share when they find a bargain, it is great. Crime is where the druggies are, big city big problems just like in the states. Heavy drug usage is new to CR and they are having problems catching up. Where we live it isn’t a major problem. Costa Rica’s native population is dropping while more folks are moving here, thousands from Nicaragua so politics and laws are a mess trying to figure out which way to go. What affects the USA also affects CR, it takes about 2 or 3 months to catch up but it always does, the drought in the states sent prices up here and like there, the gouging goes on!
Here is a photo from my back yard, more can be seen on my blog going back near the beginning. http://agardeninparadise.blogspot.com/



Hope this answers some of your questions, you can PM me for more info.

Tell us about that! Do you live on or near the beach? Do you partake of the pleasure of that ocean front life? Eat lots of cheap seafood, sit in the sun all day sipping fruity drinks? Inquiring minds wanna know.....

Is the cost of living cheaper or more expensive? Crime? Food?

 

[galanie]

57. Warning: The older a woman gets, the more she looks like her mother. I never thought I looked a thing like mom till I was 50 LOL.

I can only dream...my mom is stacked.  She wears a 32DD and her waistline is the envy of all women who see her, old and young.  I will never live up to this little woman who has had nine children.  In that pic you saw, she was wearing 2-3 layers of clothing because she was going to be dancing in the cold night during her re-enactment/role~made her look fluffy. She weighs 110. 

Hehe I just meant in the face. I don't have my mom's body either.

 

[flagirl]

64 next month, but feel lots older since I took nasty fall playing tennis last week. Embarassing since my partners are 10+ years older than me! Have wanted chickens for years and finally have them a year now. My mom is 94 and enjoys watching and hearing about the hens.