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[DwayneNLiz]

Hey folks - here's a top tip for yard work. When you have a huge area of waist high grass to mow with a dinky hand mower with a blunt blade, and you've been at it for about 4-5 hours straight, if you start to lose track of your line and begin to stumble sideways, you MIGHT have gotten dehydrated and need a wee little rest...

You'd think I'd know better by now. I guess I'm just stubborn like that. ("Just a little more!!!")

Off to go lay back down on the floor.

- Ant Farm

I dont have this problem we are still losing snow. And any grass that may grow that high is in my horse's pasture and she eats it very quickly

oh and my husband doesn't let me mow the lawn i tend to run things over... like granite ledge....

i swear it was covered in moss and i couldn't see it

 

[Phage]

That brings me to a dilemma...

DH comes back on Tuesday and has and does not want chicks in the house or garage. Fair enough his tools are covered in dander. Also he also complains about electricity usage (we are 100% solar and over produce so

).

Anywho I have 4 bators running (basement, kitchen and 2 in living room, + some chicks hatching (basement) and some 1 weekers in hall. Then no more hatching till the 12th.


The bators can be moved to the basement (out of sight) and the chicks collected on Monday.

The plan was to be down to one bator by Tuesday (not happening). ALSO I have just been given another 4 doz RARE eggs to hatch, and have another dozen cream legbars that someone was meant to buy but flaked. If I set the new eggs I will have to hand turn them (I am at work most of the time) OR I could juggle the eggs a bit and hand turn some of the older ones where hand turning less often is less critical.

How critical is turing in the last 9 days of incubation?

Or God forbid not set the last 5 dozen.


Any ideas?

 

[kwhites634]

Well, I didn't know that either until... Two years ago I think.
I like to plant new things, and then figure out how they grow once they start to grow. I mean, I didn't know that a tomato plant was going to vine upward on a stake. Peas were interesting, and the cucumbers were very confusing. I was told that some grow in a bush. I still haven't seen it, but I assume we're not talking about an actual three-foot tall bush!
I have an uncle that used to raise chickens. He told me that all chickens lay white eggs unless they get to scratch in the dirt. Brown eggs come from dirt. He doesn't know where I get my blue and green eggs from. Sadly, he's not an old time farmer that believes that Rhode Island Reds or leghorns are the only chickens. He's just that stupid.

Tell him you have blue & green dirt

 

[kwhites634]

Hey folks - here's a top tip for yard work. When you have a huge area of waist high grass to mow with a dinky hand mower with a blunt blade, and you've been at it for about 4-5 hours straight, if you start to lose track of your line and begin to stumble sideways, you MIGHT have gotten dehydrated and need a wee little rest...

You'd think I'd know better by now. I guess I'm just stubborn like that. ("Just a little more!!!")

Off to go lay back down on the floor.

- Ant Farm

One word of advice: GOAT

 

[rIrs roost]

I just heard the wildest thing ever!

I was showing my GD one of my darker RSL eggs, & told her I working toward even darker ones from my BCM rooster's daughters.
I told her eggs come in various colors, and she asked if there was a chicken that laid white eggs. Obviously, I told her there was.
She said "Really? I thought they dyed them white".  The girl's 24!  Scary!  

I had a 50 year old woman ask me what was wrong with my blue and Brown eggs. Around here all people see is white.

 

[kwhites634]

I had a 50 year old woman ask me what was wrong with my blue and Brown eggs. Around here all people see is white.

That's 'cause you're in the middle of Frank Purdue country

 

[Pensmaster]

I had a 50 year old woman ask me what was wrong with my blue and Brown eggs. Around here all people see is white.

I had a lady that I used to sell to. She got past the brown part but one day as I brought her the dozen eggs she wanted she told me that she didn't want them because something was wrong with them and she proceeds to crack them and shows me that the yolk was too yellow.

 

[kwhites634]

I had a lady that I used to sell to. She got past the brown part but one day as I brought her the dozen eggs she wanted she told me that she didn't want them because something was wrong with them and she proceeds to crack them and shows me that the yolk was too yellow.

Not only that; they didn't taste like styrofoam, either

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Hi All

My internet is so slow and I dont know why!!!

Kiddo feeding the cleft beak duck, we have 6 out so far a few more eggs to go.
GEESE are drawn down ! And two bators of eggs are locked down too!
All chicks are gone so plenty of room for the next batch!


cleft beak Duck

 

[kwhites634]

Hi All

My internet is so slow and I dont know why!!!

Kiddo feeding the cleft beak duck, we have 6 out so far a few more eggs to go.
GEESE are drawn down ! And two bators of eggs are locked down too!
All chicks are gone so plenty of room for the next batch!


cleft beak Duck

Well, Hello there