Paisaneaux, I bet those plants were calling your name. That's why you had to buy them huh?
Way to go!
Take pics of the tractors when you can.
grambysfarm, what is the hatch-along? i guess you need an incubator for that? that counts me out.
Barred Babies, yes i have heard of Bargain Bee. I'm signed up to receive the emails when a new deal is available? I love it!
Is there anyone from Louisiana that can sew and has time to sew?
I have a WWYD (what would you do) situation. About 6 months ago, I was informed that an older guy that lives about 500 feet (around the corner and down the highway) from me had his entire flock of chickens and quails culled because of "something". At the time, I didn't know any other details. Well, I called the Department of Agriculture in Baton Rouge and I spoke to someone (i won't say who) about this man's birds. That person told me that yes, the birds were being tested at that time but nothing to worry about. This person told me that if the situation was serious that the Dept. of Agriculture would contact everyone in the area to let them know. Well, I never heard anything more about the situation, so I figured that everything went well. But at the same time, I noticed that this man didn't have any more chickens in his yard. Well, this same guy (whose chickens and quails were "allegedly" culled) and his son dropped by my home on Friday evening while I was outside during chores. Well they begin to tell me that they had to cull their entire flock of chickens and quail (100 chickens and 300 quail). He went on to say that they had a few chickens that were experiencing "cold like" symptoms and they were sneezing and coughing. So, they called LSU and LSU went out to test them. Well, lo and behold some of his birds had Newcastle Disease. I almost hit the ground when he told me that. He said that the Dept. of Agriculture explained that he needed to cull his entire flock and in addition disinfect his buildings and put some sorta lime or something like that in his soil. They told him that he shouldn't get any more birds for at least 30 days. I was in shock and at the same time scared. They said that they waited about 3 months before they bought any more birds. He said their new birds are doing ok.
My concern is that I am afraid of people bringing diseases to my yard and passing to my animals. I really don't want this person to step foot on my property EVER again now that I know that his birds had Newcastle Disease. I can't put my animals in jeopardy by someone bringing diseases into my yard. Am I being too paranoid? What should I do?
What would you do?
I would like to purchase one polish, one silkie and one EE this weekend at the Expo. WIll ANYBODY have any? Females of course, and I am not too particular on colors. We purchased 4 chicks this weekend...2 red crosses and 2 yellow somethings from 
