Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

lack of common sense has a lot to do with it.
we gave the telephone number of the line that was not working. I know that both lines are located in the same pedestal. Had he/she (yes one of the technicians is a female) checked the work order and the telephone number, they would not have "repaired" the working line..
In grade school they taught us Comprehension of What was Read..
today I am going to have GS help me pour the concrete for the window well.
He doesn't know it yet, but I am going to be helping him.. Yesterday I whacked my hip by kneeling down and standing up too many times.. Had periods of discomfort during the night.
Annie is getting her hip/hips replaced soon.
We can't both do it at the same time. First I will nurse her, then it will be her turn to baby me..
.....jiminwisc.....
The window well is concrete. GS did the bulk of the work. I only advised him and showed him how. I am a great helper..
there are two more on the East end of the house. they do not give us any trouble with being the metal kind. but the concrete looks so nice I might just do those two also.
.....jiminwisc......

Great to get that done!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Recipe please! We love that stuff. Going to get some sauerkraut going before too long too. Got to wonder why the purple stuff gets sweet n soured and the white stuff gets sauerkrauted?

One of the toilets in our old house was up on a raised pedestal, no idea how much it cost the original owners to do that.


We wish, there's a hangup, the scope they sent down the sewer line was really bad awful. We're hoping it won't run us over 12,000 to fix.

Here's the fence: View attachment 1903647 View attachment 1903648

And here's our first chicken:View attachment 1903650
When he's fully hooked up, he spits water!

That fence looks great, you can come build me one if you get bored!

 

[CapricornFarm]

We finally got a really good rain, and then today it drizzled all day. The plants are loving it. I am working on a feeder, but I really need to build those transport cages I planned.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yesterday I got three sides of the transport cage together. It is going to be fairly heavy, but I think the quail will feel safe in it. They are very flighty.

 

[jvls1942]

good Sunday morning,
awesomely nice temp in this morning.
Cappy, what kind of quail do you have ?
I had the really tiny ones. I think they were called Chinese something or other , or Paint ?
they were very laid back .
they laid an egg the exact size of the Easter candy with the malted inside..
I pickeled a quart of them once. it took 40 eggs to fill the jar.
they were a pain to peel the shell off of.
I since learned that if I would soak them in vinegar for a day, the shells soften and slip right off..
......jiminwisc......

 

[NewBoots]

Oh man, pickled eggs, now I'll have to make some. How were the pickled quail eggs Jim?

Friday we were fishing at the dock as per usual. DP hooked something enormous but it got under the dock and broke off before we even got to see it. About 30 minutes later I hooked and together we landed this:

Biggest bass I've ever seen let alone caught. 25 inches long, we're guessing 5 or 6 lbs or more.

 

[jvls1942]

awesome fish.
I once caught a large bass. we didn't weigh or measure it, but the picture of it weighed 2 pounds.
........jiminwisc.....

 

[NewBoots]

Wow, that must have been a big'un!

Rained all day today and will continue for the next 3 or 4 days, time for inside projects, so I tested my commercial hotplate with my new pressure-canner to see if it will maintain temperature/pressure today and glory be, it works! Next step is to start canning our freezer full of trout.

They start building the garage/shed tomorrow and once that's done we can get going on the rabbit hutches and chicken coop & run. Not to mention giving our tools a better home than the kitchen and my bedroom.

 

[jvls1942]

Boots, when you build your shop, put a kitchen table in there.
I do my best work at the kitchen table.

 

[NewBoots]

Jim you are on a roll today.