Granny's gone and done it again

[Wishing4Wings]

15 years! what are their life spans?

Can be 20 years, I've read.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Gnight Cynthia, I wish your test goes well for you tomorrow!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Can be 20 years, I've read.

Star will be 15 in feb.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Star will be 15 in feb.

Is she doing better?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Is she doing better?

No, still pooping and peeing on herself. Having a hard time getting up from a laying position.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

tornados

We have a full basement with a little hidey room if we need to. The basement has solid walls about 8" thick, poured in place.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Still, snow is pretty!

I'm freakin impressed! DH wants to know if that is the snow depth at the top or at the top of the 'plow blade' marks.

The best I can do is this...


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This was back in IL the Ground Hog Day blizzard of 11. We were glad nobody was coming down the hill from the other side.

@Granny Hatchet, how do we do it? I keep a running tally of what we use and replace it. Meat goes in the freezer along with frozen veggies. We buy 4 or more gallons of skim milk, remove two glasses from each one into a spare jug and then freeze it. Gotta be skimmed or the fats separate. I make our bread and keep an inventory of canned goods. I know how much food the dogs eat and the chickens and make sure there is two months worth on hand.

When I buy perishables, on hand items are rotated to the front of the upright freezer and the new goes to the back. Same with canned goods. I used to use a clipboard but now I just do it mentally keeping track of what veggies we use the most of. A lot of stuff comes from Walmart.com and is delivered to the house. Here we have HyVee who has Isles on Line. I can go on line, order groceries like shopping, they fill the order and we can pick it up without going inside the store.

Where there is a will, there is a way, in spite of Covid,

That's about how I do, without the on line part. We have a well-stocked basement pantry and freezer.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's about how I do, without the on line part. We have a well-stocked basement pantry and freezer.

Whenever we bring something up from downstairs, we write it on the grocery list on the fridge. That way it gets replaced immediately. I tell The Man it's against my religion to run out of anything. Cuz if I do, it makes me cuss... and I really hate when that happens, lol!

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

Can be 20 years, I've read.

Depends on their breeding, though. We had a breeder around here who colony bred his birds and they were so inbred you were hard pressed to find one who lived longer than 5-8 years. Average is about 8-12 years. Most don't make it due to illness, injury or accidents
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[BigBlueHen53]

I had parakeets many years ago. Such pretty birds. But I have a cat now I wouldn't trust .... Had a conure too. Jack. Loved him but he became too loud and possessive of me. Homed him to a guy who had lots of birds. That's what he needed, a flock.