I dislike football but love the hoopla and food
I also agree that sports are important growing up (I played soccer, softball, tennis, and loved floor hockey, as well as no rules outdoor court basketball)
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I dislike football but love the hoopla and food
I also agree that sports are important growing up (I played soccer, softball, tennis, and loved floor hockey, as well as no rules outdoor court basketball)
We were once given this advice and I thank God we didn't take it. I'm sorry but this is bad advice. One it is unethical and two it's not good financial advice. Which is why I keep saying talk to a Realtor.
You could of course talk to your mortgage lender for other options, BUT the roof over your heads comes first of things to be paid.
Talking to your bank can help you get your priorities in order.
The same goes with buying a house. We got advice from friends and a Realtor. FYI, the Realtor who is selling the house is not your friend nor working for you they are working for the seller. You need your own Realtor AND lawyer. It's worth the money to have a house inspected , BEFORE you buy.
Be that as it may, JLaw, DO NOT stop paying your mortgage. Get some advice from your bank, a Realtor, a lawyer if need be. Do not in anyway shape or form take on more credit.
I just got through helping my sister file for bankruptcy and there was no one twisting her arm to take on more credit. If you don't understand how credit works then talk to the bank and have them explain it to you.
I'm not sure how far you are from me, we are in the Utica area. We may be able to try to hatch some for you in our incubator. It's a Farm Innovator 4400. Our 3 chickens live in the kitchen now, but we have their home positioned so that they can still watch TV with us. Very good birds, they love us. We may build an outdoor coop for them but we really like them inside. Our incubator is empty right now.
About football. I'm a college football fanatic. I yell and scream at the tv and throw stuff. I like Michigan, loved it when it was Lloyd Carr's team. Was nice to see him at the Rose Parade! My guy hates sports. So he shut off cable. So now I catch what I can on the internet, and attend a lot of high school sports! Played basketball in college but it's not my favorite, but that's all they let girls do anyhow.
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Okay...whats wrong with this picture? If the evil white stuff falls, I am yelled at by the cheeps. They absolutely refuse to leave the coop unless I have shoveled and scraped all the evil white stuff off the ramp and out of their run. If I didnt do a good enough job, they yell at me...from inside the coop. They are out now wandering the paths that we had shoveled and are now grassy because the snow melted. I find a couple of old cooked chicken legs in the fridge so I step out on the kitchen porch and toss them into the side yard, which is still quite snowy. The rotten terrorists bail out from under the steps, under their coop and off the paths into the snow to fight over the chicken legs. I'm like "really? You wont step out of the coop unless its a pristine scrape/shovel job but you will run across the snowy yard to get a chicken leg?" If we get the heavy snow we are forcasted for on wednesday, I am throwing out some goody in their run, which will be unshoveled, and they can just go for it! Slackers only gave me two eggs today too, after I performed major housekeeping and made their nest boxes really nice and cozy. Oh...and Bill and I have a date for discussion again. He took a shot at me. I will win. He cant escape me in the coop!
Okay...whats wrong with this picture? If the evil white stuff falls, I am yelled at by the cheeps. They absolutely refuse to leave the coop unless I have shoveled and scraped all the evil white stuff off the ramp and out of their run. If I didnt do a good enough job, they yell at me...from inside the coop. They are out now wandering the paths that we had shoveled and are now grassy because the snow melted. I find a couple of old cooked chicken legs in the fridge so I step out on the kitchen porch and toss them into the side yard, which is still quite snowy. The rotten terrorists bail out from under the steps, under their coop and off the paths into the snow to fight over the chicken legs. I'm like "really? You wont step out of the coop unless its a pristine scrape/shovel job but you will run across the snowy yard to get a chicken leg?" If we get the heavy snow we are forcasted for on wednesday, I am throwing out some goody in their run, which will be unshoveled, and they can just go for it! Slackers only gave me two eggs today too, after I performed major housekeeping and made their nest boxes really nice and cozy. Oh...and Bill and I have a date for discussion again. He took a shot at me. I will win. He cant escape me in the coop!
Is this a rhetorical question? If not, mine only go out on the paths. Well not all, the BM's wade through the snow some. If it's not to deep. Others of course have the covered runs, but though's that don't have a sheltered area with straw/hay put down. It doesn't get too covered in snow.
I don't feed the meat, which is your prerogative, but it may also be why they're not laying. If I skip the goodies and scratch then tend to lay more. I don't always skip it cuz if I get 12 eggs a day that's a good thing for me right now.
If it is a rhetorical question? Never mind.
well of course your feathered dinosaurs are crazy about fresh meat! Chickens are omnivores and NEED their meat in their diet! Those Perdue chicken adverts make me laugh!Okay...whats wrong with this picture? If the evil white stuff falls, I am yelled at by the cheeps. They absolutely refuse to leave the coop unless I have shoveled and scraped all the evil white stuff off the ramp and out of their run. If I didnt do a good enough job, they yell at me...from inside the coop. They are out now wandering the paths that we had shoveled and are now grassy because the snow melted. I find a couple of old cooked chicken legs in the fridge so I step out on the kitchen porch and toss them into the side yard, which is still quite snowy. The rotten terrorists bail out from under the steps, under their coop and off the paths into the snow to fight over the chicken legs. I'm like "really? You wont step out of the coop unless its a pristine scrape/shovel job but you will run across the snowy yard to get a chicken leg?" If we get the heavy snow we are forcasted for on wednesday, I am throwing out some goody in their run, which will be unshoveled, and they can just go for it! Slackers only gave me two eggs today too, after I performed major housekeeping and made their nest boxes really nice and cozy. Oh...and Bill and I have a date for discussion again. He took a shot at me. I will win. He cant escape me in the coop!
The more meat my birds get and the LESS commercial feed they get the better they lay!
If we get snow throw the remains of one of their own to them after you enjoy the rooster meal! They will go through mountains to get to it!
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Hehe..it was a rhetorical question! Just had to put that out there. My cheeps dont get scratch and only boss once in a while. Mostly just layer feed and veges and fruits. They get meat when no one wants to eat it or I have a carcass. I complain about their laying but they need their down time as well. I see lots of new feather growth so I know they are busy refilling their feathers. Hopefully they will pick up soon. Yes, Stony, I sometimes fear for my life when I take meat out to the mini raptors!
Mottled d'uccle... Peepers..She is very cute if I don't say so myself. I just wish that she would start laying instead of just sleeping in the next boxes. I just took this when I went to close up for the night. She wasn't happy that I put her back up on the roost.
Oh man our ducks are going to have a field day with the toads and frogs that we have. If it is anything like last year they are going to get nice and fat!well of course your feathered dinosaurs are crazy about fresh meat! Chickens are omnivores and NEED their meat in their diet! Those Perdue chicken adverts make me laugh!. Pretending that a vegetarian diet is what a chicken wants to appease the masses. Given the option chickens will go for meat protein EVERY TIME!
The more meat my birds get and the LESS commercial feed they get the better they lay!
If we get snow throw the remains of one of their own to them after you enjoy the rooster meal! They will go through mountains to get to it!
Okay...whats wrong with this picture? If the evil white stuff falls, I am yelled at by the cheeps. They absolutely refuse to leave the coop unless I have shoveled and scraped all the evil white stuff off the ramp and out of their run. If I didnt do a good enough job, they yell at me...from inside the coop. They are out now wandering the paths that we had shoveled and are now grassy because the snow melted. I find a couple of old cooked chicken legs in the fridge so I step out on the kitchen porch and toss them into the side yard, which is still quite snowy. The rotten terrorists bail out from under the steps, under their coop and off the paths into the snow to fight over the chicken legs. I'm like "really? You wont step out of the coop unless its a pristine scrape/shovel job but you will run across the snowy yard to get a chicken leg?" If we get the heavy snow we are forcasted for on wednesday, I am throwing out some goody in their run, which will be unshoveled, and they can just go for it! Slackers only gave me two eggs today too, after I performed major housekeeping and made their nest boxes really nice and cozy. Oh...and Bill and I have a date for discussion again. He took a shot at me. I will win. He cant escape me in the coop!
Mine were the same way. But on days I work days I was not shoveling before I left for work. They realized if they wanted to get to their old run they were going to have to walk in the white stuff. Once one journeyed out the rest followed & miracously the lived
I also moved their food & water outside into an old plastic dog crate. If they are hungry they have to walk thru snow. Now they are out in it all the time. Guess they realized they wouldn't doe from it lol And mine have dug up old chicken wing bones that were buried in the snow, mine also lay better the more meat they get. That's proof enough for me.
I did shovel out an area of the veggie garden for them. They happily spent the day out there
Now that I think of it. I have a set up of bales of hay with a piece of plywood over it. It's in such a position that there is no snow underneath. I hadn't planned it that way it just happened. They will venture through the snow to get to the bare spot.
I have another set up of 6 bales but the opening faces east I think so they snow is underneath. Next year I'll set it up different.
This is it. One side has shrunk but there is enough dry/bare space for them to scratch up some dust.
I have another set up of 6 bales but the opening faces east I think so they snow is underneath. Next year I'll set it up different.
This is it. One side has shrunk but there is enough dry/bare space for them to scratch up some dust.
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