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[ChknLvnFam]

Hey Chicknmama, sorry I haven't gotten back to you yet, we're working out logistics on how to get a 9 month old baby to handle the car ride down there. He gets cranky after awhile and isn't his usual happy self.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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No problem

I'll keep Blue here, and take the other two to the auction Friday (unless your friend for sure wants one of them - in which case, let me know which one).

The birds I plan to put into that coop aren't even laying yet, so I don't need it for breeding at this time - probably not until spring, I just hate to coop those boys up all winter and have to feed them, to boot.

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My regular feedstore went up on all their prices by 20%
I am gonna be shopping around. I think it might be under new ownership, too, because all of the old counter people are gone, and I don't care for the ones in there now. I understand feed is going up, but sheesh, they re-arrange the place and figure they can charge you 20% more just for that?

I like a feedstore that when ya go in you can find exactly what ya need (or get help to find it) and has their prices posted so you don't have to ask and get a vague answer because they don't feel like looking it up (even though they are just sitting on their butt having a donut because you are the only person in the place because of their nasty attitude).

Day & Day has gone down on a lot of their feed, while this place is going UP. I'm gonna check down in Burkesville and over in Edmonton to see if they have feed any cheaper.
I paid over 9 bucks for 14% layer mash today (it used to be 7.50) and the sweet feed went up a couple of bucks, too. Heck, I can get Flock Raiser at Day & Day for $13.something - and it is crumbles (and 20%), which I want, anyway. I may just spend a little more (and besides, if ya buy 6 or sometimes it is 10 bags of any feed at Day & Day ya get 10% or 20% OFF per bag.)

I am just fed up with the other feedstore the last few times I've been in there - today was the last straw. I notice they had No One else there, either, so other folks are probably fed up with them too - they used to be busy everytime I went there, no matter what day or time.

Oh, one more thing - last time I went in there I needed Grit. Everyone has Grit? Right? not this place. She had to order it, and it finally came in this week, and she asked if I wanted it (at 1.50 more than any other place, even TSC) and I said no, I already bought some someplace else (like two dang weeks ago) and she just gave me a dirty look. There's customer service for ya.

Ok, whining is over,

On a great note, gas is down, so hubby can't complain as much about all the driving I'll be doing Friday

Ok, gonna go and play with my critters now,

Peace -
Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

You must be using MW

Their prices are always more than Day&Day. I get all my feed there, even dog food. They also have a deal on their dog food, that if you buy 6 bags, the 7th one is FREE!! And you don't have to get them all at once, they have a card that they mark whenever you get one. Not sure if it is for all of their different kinds, but some of them work that way. Plus, D&D has 2 big wipe away boards, with ALL their prices posted!

 

[cthrash1]

Just in case the interested party falls through....Does anyone have or know someone that has plenty of land for a Chocolate Lab? Will need to be on a quiet rd or way off a road because he loves to run. We don't know how he'd be with chickens because I have only showed them to him in my hands and they were very protected...He is a bird dog though so probably would not recommend him being around them loves to chase if it will run unless you could teach him not to. He is house trained but knows how to open storm doors, and he's gone

, has had all shots up to date, family raised, soft mouth although he is still puppy so does mouth but you just say NO or OUCH and he stops and licks you so he is still teething I guess. He is around 10 months old. Very smart, will sit or lay on command and knows what the word "treat" means and will go straight to bed when you mention it because he knows he'll get one, but still needs more help with staying focussed. He is a such sweet boy and will try to crawl onto your lap while being petted, yes he is a lap dog. He does still need work with jumping on people when he is excited or riled up to play but I think having free roam priveleges will probably cure that.
We are right next to a busy road and haven't had an opportunity to get our chain link fencing from my parents yet. He slipped out today and as my hubby was going after him, Coco came within a hair of being hit by a big UPS truck and in the process of avoiding him that guy almost hit another car and then almost got hit again when he stopped to check out some road kill in the middle of the road. My DH finally got him home and said he couldn't handle having to bury another pet right now(let alone it being his dog to start with). So he wants to find a good home for him where he has plenty of room to run.

ETA: Was going to post this in the Other animals section but figured it would do better here since we are all from KY here.

ETA Again: He is purebred but is an imperfect one and has no papers...Has the white under his chin and on back toes. My vet says the standards are beginning to allow this small imperfection into the shows...Maybe it will stop some breeders from killing these imperfect ones at birth. Don't know if that still goes on today but MANY years ago as a teen we knew a breeder that did that.

 

[ThiefPouter06]

Meri, This is one sharp roo! I think I will have to test some eggs this spring for you. Once one of my hens go Broody I'll send you a pm. I am trying to create a dual purpose breed that is buff spangled and has a small crest on the back of its head(like a legbar). So far I have Buff orpingtons and a SLW. So I think if I cross one of the spitz to a BO and then cross those to a Buff Orp/SL wyandotte , I could possibly get what I want. I may make a mess but that is ok too lol.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

matt y. :

Meri, This is one sharp roo! I think I will have to test some eggs this spring for you. Once one of my hens go Broody I'll send you a pm. I am trying to create a dual purpose breed that is buff spangled and has a small crest on the back of its head(like a legbar). So far I have Buff orpingtons and a SLW. So I think if I cross one of the spitz to a BO and then cross those to a Buff Orp/SL wyandotte , I could possibly get what I want. I may make a mess but that is ok too lol.

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I am waiting patiently for these guys to lay (or for him to do something Roo-Like).

Hoss crowed today, LOL sounded a bit weak, but he tried really hard - it was cute (Hoss is my bantam cochin cockerel I got from Cindy). I've also heard James Brown crow - but not Roscoe. They are all in the same cell/coop at the moment. They seem to get along really well. Also in there is Roscoe's two girls, an SLW who thinks Hoss is her man, and Etta, James' girl.

Well, hubby is starving to death (so he says, LOL) so I better go make him dinner.

ETA - with my luck ALL of those dang spitzs are roos.

Peace -
Meri​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Yep. I checked out at Janes' feed today - they aren't any better than M&W - so the search continues.

LOL I hear hubby opening and closing cupboards, I'd better go....

Peace -
Meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

ok.... back, hubby is full and kids are gone, Mom has been dutifully called, so now I can post.

I didn't get the pics taken of the donkeys today - I had to go get feed, then a friend called (he is minus his truck this week) and he needed feed - naturally, LOL since I'd already been to town once. so I ran to take him to the feedstore.

By the time I got back it was raining and they all looked really pitiful. They have tons of shelter available - why they do not use it is beyond me.

Even my chickens refused to go in, they were soaked. I did see them at one point (during a particularly hard rain period) hiding under my truck, LOL. Stoopid birds, LOL. So, I closed the coop windows, turned on the lights (hoping they would get the idea and go in) but they still stayed out. So I turned on a heat lamp in their coop, so they could dry off when they did come in. Everyone is in bed, now - and the donkeys are still standing out in the rain looking pitiful.

Maybe when it stops raining I can get some decent pics.
NOT that I want it to stop soon - we need the rain too badly.

OOOOO I just remembered I made a gallon of ice tea, hmmm, will have to grab some when I'm done here. Anyway...

I am ready for a nice warm shower, a nice glass of tea and to curl up in bed with my book I got today. I'm reading this series of mysteries set around this guy who runs a soap making business. So far it isn't a bad series. I like my mysteries gorey, but these are fun to read, too.

What do you all read when ya get the time? I like mysteries/thrillers, mostly, and I love satire, like Christopher Moore's books. I think one of my fave books has got to be Lamb, The Gospel According to Biff - made me laugh out loud. I also like the author team of Preston & Childs - they write mystery/thriller books (a little more gorey ones than most others you find).

Can ya tell I've been a bit rambling lately? Not sure why - maybe it's the weather,

Well, I guess I'm tired, LOL gonna go get that shower. (stayed up late, got up early - with this weather I'm ready for bed about now, LOL)

Peace -
Meri

 

[ChknLvnFam]

The Foxfire series are excellent as far as non-fiction goes. Alot of learning about appalachia has been lost over the years (great material on livestock in there).

The taking- Dean Zoontz
Neanderthal- John Darnton

I usually blast through a 400 pager within about a weekend so I don't read many novels very often because it becomes too repetitious. I've got a bunch of paperbacks that would keep you busy for a long time if you want them when I pick up blue.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I have one foxfire book, and I like Dean Koontz. Never heard of John Darnton. Yeah, I read fast, too - this series I'm reading now is short books, takes me a few hours at most to read them. If I sat and read them right through, would maybe take 4 hours or so. I like a book that'll keep me interested until the end. And - one that grabs me from the first page.

I have a lot of non fiction - mostly historical stuff - I'm the family genealogist. My sister calls me "The Keeper of the Big Book of Dead People".

It took me years to get some of that info - darn right I'm keeping it in my house, anyone wants to see it, I'll either shoot em off a copy or they can come over and look at it here - it doesn't leave the house. I am happy to share, just not my only copy.

My stepdad's daughter had hers all on her computer - years of researching her family history - her husband accidently wiped the hard drive - they nearly divorced over it.

(which is why I have multiple copies - cdrom, paper, photos, etc... not just on this computer).

I love doing the genaology, though. My kids (and my sister's kids) are mostly not that interested - until they have an assignment at school, and need the info LOL.

I once nearly gave poor hubby a heart attack when I found a piece of info I had been searching for for three weeks straight (staying up half the night, I was obsessed) I found it and screamed at the top of my lungs

he came running in thinking I had done damage to myself. I simply yelled (big smile on my face) "I found Oren!!!"

Oren was my GGG Grandfather, and I knew he had served in the Civil War - I had a photo of him. I just didn't have details - I found his full service record, troop movements, everything - it was a gold mine find, I was slightly pleased, to say the least.

Most folks who aren't into the whole genealogy thing wouldn't understand.

Hubby certainly didn't, LOL.

I haven't done any further searching for awhile, I ought to try again, once I have some free time (free time? what is that?) I got stuck on my mother's father's side - I can get back to his parents. His mother was Germanic speaking, they came through Canada, and he had Native American (I believe Ojibwa) mixed in there. Needless to say, they are hard to track down. It is a weird name, too - not very common, you'd think I could find them. Probably got changed somewhere, because the only "Karrars" I can find are either the ones I already know, personally, or they live in Saudi Arabia, LOL and I know that aint it.

I even tried grilling the Ojibwa folks I knew back in Michigan, to see if "karrar" was similar to some Ojibwa word - nothing. nada. zip.

Brick walls hurt when ya hit em. So, I haven't done much researching for a few years.

I have met some cool folks, who I turned out to be related to. I helped one guy find his GGG Grandfather, (who happened to be my GGG Grandfather's older brother.) He was thrilled, he sent me pics of their gravestones when he finally found them and went to visit the cemetery up in Canada. (his part of the family went to Canada, mine went to Michigan.)

Well, I still have to go get that shower - so---

Peace -
Meri