Homemade V.S. Store Bought

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[cavemanrich]

I asked my husband to clean the water bottles in our chick brooders the other day. 15 minutes later I see him playing with his computer again! I said did you clean those bottles or what? He said of course! Wait for the video if you think I'm lying.. Good grief charlie brown. He owes me 1 brush by the way!

I ran across the following and remember how you like to put DH to work. He might take this idea next time you ask him to peel potatoes.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I ran across the following and remember how you like to put DH to work. He might take this idea next time you ask him to peel potatoes.

I love the barefoot part, standing in water and a "plugged into wall" drill.

 

[Diannastarr]

money is important and i dont have any to waste, so i didn't fall for those hi priced expensive chicken feed feeders , plus i didn't really like the way they work any how HA , so i invented my own , and made theses inexpensive bucket feeders, i feed a wet feed to my hens and this kind wet food feeding , helps to keep my flock hydrated in summer in AZ, the wet food is water mixed into layer crumbles & liquid vitamins and some times a few extras, like tuna or left overs or what ever, and these bucket feeders work great for my 75 bird flock , and nothing gets spilled..!! so i made these bucket feeders, out of plastic buckets i got at the dollar store for $1.70 and they work great, no spilling or waist, i just hang them hi enough so the birds can just get their heads in and bend their neck so they can peck around to get as much feed as the want.

this bottom pic is just to show how to cut the bucket hole & make sure the handle is on either side of the cut hole so it can be hung against a wall, or any way you choose to hang it ..?? like in the center of your coop ..? or just make as many holes that you need or want . make your own designs, but the trick is to hang it just so, and so the birds can just get their heads a part of their necks in and can still peck around & eat all they want .this way they dont spill any feed and can still have full access to all the feed they want...!!!! the blue buckets are from the dollar store and been in constant use for years..! and they are very cheap to replace...HA

 

[Diannastarr]

I ran across the following and remember how you like to put DH to work. He might take this idea next time you ask him to peel potatoes.

that was a good idea, but dang, this guy is in his bare feet in water..????? with a drill that is plugged in to the electric...?????? golly ....HA ...lol... OMG hes lucky to still be alive....HeHeHe jeepers...lol..

 

[Diannastarr]

i dont peel potatoes, the skins are good for you , my organic potatoes i just scrub them up real good and cook...!

 

[jvls1942]

I watched the potato peeling video. then I clicked on the next one, and the next one.
The "Mad Russian" is a hoot to watch, and I
don't think he is really mad..

 

[Diannastarr]

I watched the potato peeling video. then I clicked on the next one, and the next one.
The "Mad Russian" is a hoot to watch, and I
don't think he is really mad..

yes he is a hoot to watch , specifically this last one were he is standing in water and using an electric drill .....lol.... but good golly hes lucky to stil be l alive ....Hehehehe geezzzer....lol...

 

[Diannastarr]

I ran across the following and remember how you like to put DH to work. He might take this idea next time you ask him to peel potatoes.

thats fantastic....!!! but me to i hate cleaning those chick water feeders , this is a totally great idea & this idea will really help out great..!!! excellent your hubby deserves 5 stars & a nice fancy desert for good thinking..!! i use those chick water feeders 2 different ways , firstly i use them the way they have been designed for use , feeding day old chicks water, but then after they are older and wiser like a week or more old , then i clean the water feeders and turn them upside down..! and drill a hole into the center top of the bottle part & use them turned up side down as a nipple water feeder, but no worries after, you do that, you can still use those water feeders the regular old fashioned way they were made for , the day old chicks , the nipple in the top of the bottle part you installed does not in any way harm the old fashioned water feeder but when you want to you can use them the 2nd way i invented to use them as a nipple water feeder , so this is how i did it, wile holding it upside down drill out a hole in the top center of the bottle part, use a 11/32 drill bit , or follow the instructions that came with your water nipples, then screw in one water nipple in the center to create a nipple water feeder , then i hang the nipple water feeder up side down in their pen so they cant spill or knock the water feeders over ever again...HA and their water stays cleaner wile still using the same water bottle feeders...!!!! HA i will try to send more pics , the nipples look like this below , plus you can also make your own water bottle nipple feeders out of any size bottles, like the second pic shows. i hand gallon size bottles on the fence with the one nipple in them , in my rooster pens & put a hose in the top of each one , so when i turn on the one hose it feeds all the gallon jugs all at once...!!!!!! i get my water nipples at amazon, i get like 10 for a dollar some thing ...!!

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[cavemanrich]

that was a good idea, but dang, this guy is in his bare feet in water..????? with a drill that is plugged in to the electric...?????? golly ....HA ...lol... OMG hes lucky to still be alive....HeHeHe jeepers...lol..

Diannastarr, That is called living on the edge....

BTW on the subject of eating potatoes with skins. I like the New Potatoes, and Yucon gold, as well as Red potatoes with skins on. Regular potatoes with gray skin I usually peel. When I go to Wendy's for baked potato, I eat skin and all. ... Sometimes I do encounter some of that Idaho soil.
My favorite way to prepare the New, Gold Or Red potatoes is as follows.
Wash totally with scrubber cloth.
Cut in halves.
Prepare a dry seasoning mixture to dip open faces of potatoes.
Garlic powder, Italian seasoning, Paprika, Pepper, Onion powder, Cumin, Kansas City Steak Seasoning, Parsley, Dash of salt. I vary my seasonings to what I have at the time.
Heat up my cast griddle on my grill and add Olive oil. Canola oil is good too. I just avoid vegetable oil (soybean oil) because it once formed a plastic looking thingie. Medium heat not to burn my food too quickly.
Place potatoes face down with the seasonings on the faces onto well oiled griddle. The moisture of the cut potato sticks the seasonings to it.
Keep checking until done. 15 to 20 minutes depending on grill temperature.