My leukemia's back.

[willzpapa]

Any North Carolina folks in here abouts???

 

[N F C]

I noticed the neighbor's trees are changing colors, but for me the real herald of autumn was bringing the horses home

. We send them to a friend's pasture each summer and bring them home in October. I didn't think I was pining for them or anything, but man I couldn't quit looking at them in the little pasture last night with a huge ol grin on my face. I just love the smell of a horse.

Putting together my crochet hats and making some flowers and butterflies from yarn scraps to see if anyone wants to barter at the swap. Doctor appt today and I'm picking up our pork on the way home. I also found a family on CL who are going to sell me a dozen Colombian Wyandotte eggs to use as a test in the incubator. They don't want the chicks back, so I'm thinking to butcher the cockerels and use the hens in a sex link cross, we'll just see how they look.

Honey and I are still trying to decide if we're going to head to the swap tonight and get a room somewhere. The con is the expense. The swap doesn't open until 9am, so we could just get up butt-early and easily make it. Then again, we haven't had a night out for oh so long, the expense may be well worth it.

Go for the night out Rachel...you & Honey deserve a little R&R!

Popping in to say "Hello" after seeing several of you post comments on the interview....

@donrae , So pleased to see you are doing nicely since the transplant! God does keep His eye on us.
The Columbian Wyandotte cockerels will make tasty meals. I butcher those that will be culls before they reach 8 months. By then, I know which ones have the type and color for possible breeders. Wyandotte hens make lovely broody mothers. There is a Columbian Wyandotte page on Facebook that you might be interested in checking out.

Pretty birds!

 

[lazy gardener]

NK, those CR make me want to add an other breed to my flock. I have one SLW, and she's a nice blocky gal. But, My Pioneer takes the prize for a big butt blocky hen. She's huge. When she settles onto the nest, it takes some serious muscle to budge her. Her daughters are real pretty, and following her footsteps of being nice layers. One of them started laying at 16 weeks. Just like Momma. Momma lays huge eggs.

 

[ronott1]

Any North Carolina folks in here abouts???

Welcome!

I am from Northern California.

 

[willzpapa]

Good to meet y'all so to speak

 

[Blooie]

Northern Wyoming here. Nice to meet you too!

 

[N F C]

Any North Carolina folks in here abouts???

Florida here

 

[N F C]

Good morning everyone!

I know Rachel is going to a swap today, what's everyone else up to this weekend?

We're going to spread the compost piles over the garden to get it ready for next year. Any volunteers wanting to help? Don't want anyone to miss out on a chance to have some good dirty fun, lol.

 

[Blooie]

Good morning Rachel and Team Rachel. Today we're heading up to Billings for some chicken shopping. Need a couple more pieces of white vinyl lattice for the run We put an addition on it this summer and never did get around to finishing the fencing in front, and we have to drape lattice over the run itself in order to prep for getting it covered. We have a strong cold front moving in on Sunday. Temps are supposed to drop like the proverbial rock - down into the 30s with extreme winds on top of it. We could see sustained winds of 30, with gusts to 50 from late Sunday afternoon until late Monday night. Goodie. I ordered my clear tarp but it won't be here for a few days yet. So may as well get the other materials we'll need and get the prep work done so all we have to do is wrestle with the tarp and we should be ready for winter. Thank the Good Lord that there's no precip expected with this cold front.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

I got a friend coming out...have him my old tool box as I brought my work one home with me when I retired. Going to take a few people to move it. Then I'm smoking a big old pork butt today and bon fire time...a few cocktails are in order...