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[daxigait]

Well, my two HRIR breeder pullets ship tomorrow . Definitely the most expensive birds I will own. They will be half of my breeders next year as I have two prospective ones.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

Well, my two HRIR breeder pullets ship tomorrow

. Definitely the most expensive birds I will own. They will be half of my breeders next year as I have two prospective ones.

How expensive?

I have always thought I have the most expensive birds in my flock as I went to an auction as a newbie and didn't realize I was bidding "per bird" and not "per lot". LOL!

 

[daxigait]

How expensive?

I have always thought I have the most expensive birds in my flock as I went to an auction as a newbie and didn't realize I was bidding "per bird" and not "per lot".  LOL!

The pair is costing me about 250 with shipping.

 

[kajira]

The pair is costing me about 250 with shipping.

wow, that's a heck of a price tag. But... that's what I am thinking of spending on the sebastapol's next spring, or close too it. 75 a bird.

 

[daxigait]

I saved my egg and extra bird sale money for them.

 

[mlm Mike]

Just candled my second batch of shipped eggs. Had 26 in there. 7 were infertile completely on day 5/6.

3-4 more looke like they MIGHT have the start of blood rings, but I'm going to give them another 5-7 days and see if they are dead, or if it's just weird vein placement before tossing them.

The rest are looking great! :O

All of the lavandar silkie eggs that were in there, looked iffy... and two of the splashes. All the buff ones were infertile. Wonder if I should tell the seller I got them from that all her buff eggs weren't fertile?

Good luck with this hatch. Yes, I think you should tell the breeder all the buff ones were infertile, a good breeder would want to know this.

Quote: The 5 week olds are weaned already, or were they with her too?

Has anyone else heard that Bass Pro Shops is buying Cabela's?
We have both very close to where my wife and daughter work. My wife goes to Cabela's on the way home from work and she's afraid it will change or even close.


Quote: Yes, I have heard of Bass Pro buying Cabela's.

That beach looks lovely. I would even tolerate a few other people on it, not many, but a few.

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I'm just thankful they are molting early this year, they usually seem to molt in the dead of winter.

My two ducks (khaki cambell and a blue swedish) are on their way. Only 2 hatched, but because of it, he's putting me on a list for more ducks/turkeys in the spring, and is sending me some chickens in a couple weeks to give me some layers. The chickens will be copper marans and fullsized cochins, and a couple of others, to try out and see what does okay in the heat here.

I didn't really NEED anymore chickens... but it was hard to say no. LOL

I hope they have a safe trip.

Quote: When I visit my mother in MO, they talk about going to Springfield, but we always end up at Cabela's in KC instead. I have been to the BP in St. Louis before.

Great new all six ayam cimani eggs are developing

Well, my two HRIR breeder pullets ship tomorrow

. Definitely the most expensive birds I will own. They will be half of my breeders next year as I have two prospective ones.

I hope the arrive safely and do a really good job for you.

Quote: Oops.

 

[BullChick]

Ever have one of those days?
I am pretty darn good at cooking and baking. However, there is one thing I have never been very good at. Making pie shells. The only way I can do it is to roll it out between sheets of wax paper. Unfortunately, I have not done any pies in a long time. I forgot to add the flour to the wax paper. When I went to flip the shell into the pan, it stuck to the bottom piece of paper. Okay. I can fix that. Right? Well...
It took a few tries, but the shell rolled out kinda okay. I had to do a little piecing it together around the sides.
The second one went better, but that was a given. Part of the shell slid to the edge of the counter, and broke off onto the floor.
Then I went to make the pie filling. I don't think I have ever used canned pumpkin before. I will not intentionally use it again.
When it came time to add the eggs, I went straight for the duck eggs. Unfortunately, one of the eggs fell on the floor. One advantage of fresh eggs is thick shells. It only cracked some. Unfortunately, it broke enough that part of the shell fell into the bowl. I never did figure out where it went. I tried using a sieve spoon, but it was too good at hiding. If I do share these pies, someone is going to get a surprise.
At this point, I have two mediocre looking shells, flour all over the floor, as well as all over me. There is egg shell in the pie filling. Oh, and my yoga pants are too long. The hems are now covered in everything that was on the floor. I am doing well!
I toss in the other ingredients, hoping that I am not going so fast that I am getting the measurements wrong.
The last thing I had to add was butter. I now have to pee like crazy. Did I stop to go to the bathroom? Nooooooo! I wanted to finish making the filling! Did I end up regretting that decision? Yeeeeessssss!
So, I cleaned everything up (Yes, including me. Stop laughing so hard!) and put the filling in the fridge to chill. I decided to get some Kool-Aid. I ended up spilling it all over the floor. I went to take a drink, with the glass in the wrong hand. Not that most adults have a problem with that. Unfortunately, I did! I spilled it down my shirt.
Something tells me I am going to be burning the pies.

 

[mlm Mike]

Ever have one of those days?

I am pretty darn good at cooking and baking. However, there is one thing I have never been very good at. Making pie shells. The only way I can do it is to roll it out between sheets of wax paper. Unfortunately, I have not done any pies in a long time. I forgot to add the flour to the wax paper. When I went to flip the shell into the pan, it stuck to the bottom piece of paper. Okay. I can fix that. Right? Well...
It took a few tries, but the shell rolled out kinda okay. I had to do a little piecing it together around the sides.
The second one went better, but that was a given. Part of the shell slid to the edge of the counter, and broke off onto the floor.
Then I went to make the pie filling. I don't think I have ever used canned pumpkin before. I will not intentionally use it again.
When it came time to add the eggs, I went straight for the duck eggs. Unfortunately, one of the eggs fell on the floor. One advantage of fresh eggs is thick shells. It only cracked some. Unfortunately, it broke enough that part of the shell fell into the bowl. I never did figure out where it went.

I tried using a sieve spoon, but it was too good at hiding. If I do share these pies, someone is going to get a surprise.

At this point, I have two mediocre looking shells, flour all over the floor, as well as all over me. There is egg shell in the pie filling. Oh, and my yoga pants are too long. The hems are now covered in everything that was on the floor.

I am doing well!
I toss in the other ingredients, hoping that I am not going so fast that I am getting the measurements wrong.

The last thing I had to add was butter. I now have to pee like crazy. Did I stop to go to the bathroom? Nooooooo! I wanted to finish making the filling! Did I end up regretting that decision? Yeeeeessssss!
So, I cleaned everything up (Yes, including me. Stop laughing so hard!) and put the filling in the fridge to chill. I decided to get some Kool-Aid. I ended up spilling it all over the floor. I went to take a drink, with the glass in the wrong hand. Not that most adults have a problem with that. Unfortunately, I did! I spilled it down my shirt.
Something tells me I am going to be burning the pies.

At least you are taking it with humor!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's close to Branson? We went there once when my folks visited. DH and I were newly weds living near Mountain Home, AR (in the tiny town of Flippin :lol)). We were 30 minutes from Branson, as the crow flies, but it took much much longer to drive. We were on an extremely tight budget and couldn't afford the gas to visit more than that one time.

45 miles down I-65 from Springfield to Branson. I know Flippin. I had a girlfriend that worked for Playtex bras restocking shelves in all the mom & pop stores in every one horse town in NE OK, SE KS, SW MO and NW AK. She would come home with a hilarious list of town names.
Yellville, Clever, Possum Trot, Blue Eye, Neck City and my brother's town, Sarcoxie. Don't forget Big Brutus - the electric shovel museum.

i can imagine you had to drink about a gallon of water per day to survive? LOL

More like a gallon an hour.

What

Oscar is the nickname of the Academy Award.

For all of you that have problem of metsl parts corrosion , and you didn't know how to solved it!

Pretty clever.
We would dip entire vehicles, first in a 300' long deionized water tank to strip any oils off the metal. Then we'd send them through the E-coat tank. It was about 150' long travelling with one car entering the tank every 50 seconds. About 10 vehicles would be submerged at any time. The E-coat was a paint that went on prior to priming. The paint was positively charged at 20,000 Volts DC and the vehicles were negatively charged. If the cable came loose, no paint would adhere and the vehicle would emerge clean. We called them white elephants and they had to go around again.
The primer and finish coats were also electrically charged. The systems ranged from 18,000 volts to 38'000 volts. After each of the 3 applications they would go through paint ovens. They were about 350-500F and 400' long. If the oven burners went out, we'd sag the paint on each vehicle - not good. That made for lots of work.
One of my jobs was maintaining the electrical charging systems and make sure the ovens stayed on. They ran on natural gas but we had a deal with the gas company that dropped our price if during periods of high demand, like when it got to about 5F, we would switch the burners from natural gas to propane because residential customers were using much more gas. The switch was hectic because usually the burners would go out and it was a mad dash to get them fired up again on propane.

@Roada Red how about "Little Red Rooster"

Thanks for that. I almost forgot.

I buy from both of them, but haven't heard anything about a buyout. Sounds like BP is getting worried.
I do most of my buying from Sportsmansguide. com

They took advantage of their superior position to eliminate their biggest competitor.

Well, my two HRIR breeder pullets ship tomorrow

. Definitely the most expensive birds I will own. They will be half of my breeders next year as I have two prospective ones.

If you don't mine me asking, how old are they and the price with shipping?

 

[campingshaws]

I've got drawdown on one duck egg. Who's my designated hand-holder?