NY chicken lover!!!!

[Beer can]

I hadn't caught the beer part til now. I won't be coming if there is alcohol.

I could bring some Belgian Trappist Dubbels, or maybe a Tripel, brewed in a abbey, by Trappist monks, Orval or Chimay perhaps?
'Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, which thou hast deigned to produce from the fat of grain: that it may be a salutary remedy to the human race, and grant through the invocation of thy holy name; that, whoever shall drink it, may gain health in body and peace in soul. Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.'
And it is sprinkled with holy water.
Just kidding rancher, please don't bite my head off...

I understand your concern, and I actually posted the beer kegs comment as a little bit of a joke, even though I could, I have four stainless 5 gallon soda kegs for homebrew. I bottle sometimes also when I want to give some away, but it is so much easier to just keg it.
I actually don't even drink in public anymore it seems. Family and work is most important to me now days, we have five kids and they all want something, need something, want to go somewhere, play outside, not conducive to drinking...I think I have had a couple beers at a restaurant once in the last three yrs. I save my beers for at night when the day is over, works done, the kids are in bed, and I can actually relax and enjoy them, watching TV, movie, news, puttering in the garage, whatever.

Little history on the Trappist beers, OMG they're goood, but super expensive, Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown brews similar, but they ain't monks. I watched a series of videos with Michael Jackson, the 'Beer Hunter' not the singer, he visited those Monasteries, awesome episode, the 'tuns' beer vats were old wooden open round vats in the cellar, not very sanitary, cob webs hanging all over. They leave the windows open, add no yeast to the wort, wild yeast blows in from the wind and they let God ferment it. They do not profit from the sales, all proceeds go to charity.
Did you know the monks invented Limburger Cheese? They wanted a cheese that was strong enough to stand up to the strength of their beers. When I heard this I had to try it, I love stinky super sharp cheese. I thought it was great, had it plain, and on sour rye with red onions like they do, very good. Then I tried it sober...almost puked, super disgusting, smells like sewer, tastes like...I can't even say...Made with the same bacteria that is responsible for human body odor, it's

Limburger killed Mighty Mouse!!

edited to add; Rancher my wife doesn't drink either, so I'm usually on my best behavior

 

[Gramma Chick]

this is norbert. she's a TV junkie. sometimes she gets in trouble because the TV is on the cool side of her tank and i have to make her bask

Cant you put the light on the TV side ? so she doesnt miss anything ?

 

[wallaroo]

Cant you put the light on the TV side ? so she doesnt miss anything ?

the way space works in our (teeny tiny seattle apartment) that's not an option. but we sometimes give her netflix in a tablet on the hot side.

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: What about a mirror ? on the sunny side ..? couldnt she see the tv that way reflected in the mirror ?

 

[wallaroo]

What about a mirror ? on the sunny side ..? couldnt she see the tv that way reflected in the mirror ?

if she sees her reflection she thinks it's another lizard and bangs her nose on the glass. we had to put paper snowflakes all over her tank to minimize the glare as it is. and the angle is all wrong for TV access anyway. she does enjoy a good wildlife program on the tablet while basking though!

 

[Pyxis]

this is norbert. she's a TV junkie. sometimes she gets in trouble because the TV is on the cool side of her tank and i have to make her bask one of our cats (not pictured) is totally afraid of her but Cinnamon (pictured here) is her buddy. the other cat is OBSESSED with the dubias though. she desperately wants to play with them.

She's really cute! Caramel's not into tv, instead she likes to run around the floor at light speed and get into everything she can. She can't see the tv from her crossfire and never has been able to, so that's probably why she's not very interested. She does like to watch what I'm doing on my laptop, though. How old is Norbert? Caramel turns four in May

 

[Beer can]

My husband just started brewing beer. We have 2 beers going right now a pineapple IPA, and a smokey chocolate stout for myself! Ready in a few weeks. We could always bring some beer too!

How do you like Sandhill for chicks? Do you hatch and sell the Giants and Sussex ? I'm thinking of maybe not doing a super rare expensive green fire farms breed. I'm liking Swedish flower hens

Never heard of a pineapple IPA, sounds good though, smokey chocolate stout sounds like a great combination! I've only tried a couple smoked malt beers, Saranac Rauchbier and Scotch Ale, loved them.

Sandhill, you had to ask...I give them neither a good review or bad review. I don't feel right complaining about what they are straight forward in telling about themselves. They say they are not a fast food place, you want chicks next week, order somewhere else. You have to order early and get in line. They are busy, husband and wife, school teacher, they're seed catalog of open pollinated heritage seeds is unreal, no where is there a comparison. Couple hundred varieties of corn, more varieties of tomato plants than other seed companies have pages in their catalog, etc. The reason I went with them is I wanted white giants and couldn't find a breeder anywhere and they have a closed flock of Golda Miller line. I also ordered black and blue Langshans, didn't get them, almost didn't get any. They said they were not going to be able to get me the langshans after giving a May 5 delivery date. I went passed the months of dates I gave them, didn't want them too late, and told them my main concern was getting the giants, only ordered langshans cause of the min order of 25 and giants were max 10. So I ended up with the sussex free as packing peanuts with the giants, on July 2....I had some culls, but I'm left with some real nice birds IMO.
The good and bad, they don't breed for show, not strictly SOP, but for 'genetic preservation', they don't over hatch and throw extras in a blender like all the other hatcheries, they only hatch to fill orders and if there is some extra they sell them reduced price in mixed batches.

There is a review thread on BYC for sandhill, some of the bad reviews are unfounded IMO, they answered a email I sent them, and answered every phone call on the days, hrs they say they are available to take calls, and very pleasant people to talk to.

 

[Devona]

Are any of you in need of some backyard breed hatching eggs or a few dozen eggs for you kitchen?

As I am not insured yet I am willing to take donations for the eggs. I mostly just don't want them going bad. We use as many as we can but it's just not enough.

I read that someone puts theirs in ice cube trays and freezes them, then transfers them to freezer bags. Good for baking and such. You could also try muffin or cupcake pans to freeze them in.

 

[Devona]

Nesting boxes were getting compacted.. so I added more Dry Grass to them .. LOVE THE SMELL ! I had trouble stuffing this end one ...LOL This is really funny gramma. She was probably wondering wth you were doing. TT is broody ..so we should have some chicks in a couple of weeks . Hoping for another Grey one

 

[Devona]

Pyxis and wallaroo, those are cute lizzies. Wouldn't mind one myself but have enough critters. My main concern with letting something that small, out of its cage, is if it runs away and I can't find it again. I've seen the little ones in the pet shop and the kids like them. Bakerzdozen, i hope your husband is feeling better now than he was before. My FF is definitely fermenting bc I saw bubbles today. I never saw bubbles before bc I like to keep it dry for easy serving. No draining required. But since I decided to do the one big container instead of the four jars, I emptied them last night into a one gallon plastic dish and rinsed athe jars, throwing the rinse water in with the FF, so I ended up with quite a bit of extra water. I left it that way last night, and when I stirred today, there were definitely bubbles. I added a bit more dry feed today to soak up the extra water. My babies are growing quite large. I took some pics of two of them today.

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Here's a buckeye. She was very calm and sat in my palm for the pictures. The Dominique, on the other hand was quite the opposite!

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Thank you everyone who replied about the Ameracaunas/ Easter eggers in the photo. I canceled the purchase. The seller was not happy.