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Good afternoon everyone!

Had my weekly morning off and I'm just starting work. Looks like I don't really have anything to do today and this is going to be a slow week (as long as SW doesn't send a bunch more unscheduled test builds like they did last week :barnie). Crossing my fingers, knock on wood, etc. that it stays that way.
 
Redhead Rae said:
Good afternoon everyone!

Had my weekly morning off and I'm just starting work. Looks like I don't really have anything to do today and this is going to be a slow week (as long as SW doesn't send a bunch more unscheduled test builds like they did last week :barnie). Crossing my fingers, knock on wood, etc. that it stays that way.
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:frow Good morning Rae, have a great day. Figures crossed for you:fl
Parront said:
Good morning! (Still morning in AZ)! We finally got some rain yesterday, almost an inch and the temp went down to 65. What a relief!
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:frowGood morning Parront, have a great day. Good to hear on both fronts.
 
Bad news....my lawnmower croaked.:hit
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Chickassan said:
Bad news....my lawnmower croaked.:hitView attachment 2304225View attachment 2304226
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Reminds me of a joke. There was once a serious older gentleman whose grandkids were always trying to get him to "make a noise like a frog". One day he was fed up and he asked them "Why do you want me to make a frog noise?" They replied, "Dad said, when you croak, we can go to Disney World!"
 
Redhead Rae said:
Hey @rjohns39, I see in you're a member of the Livestock Conservancy. How does that work? I'm considering joining a Cornish breeder. We'd also like to get Red Poll cattle in the future as well.
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Pretty straight forward, you sign up (I have a basic membership) and when you setup your profile, identify what you have and sell. I've gotten way more foot traffic through them than anywhere else. You'll get frequent mailings, mostly asking for money and you'll have access to their research and technical support. If you want to have a booth at Mother Earth News Fairs, you can generally get one for free as a member.

I use their logo on all of my labels that are appropriate. Few people know what that is but it's a great talking point and people who buy eggs feel more invested supporting rare breeds. I had fairly good luck selling heritage turkeys, but again it took some explaining and marketing. Before we were two people, I would process and sell mixed breeds and those that didn't make the cut and preserve the best breeders to hatch and sell poults. My preference for an eating turkey is the red bronze, so I would hatch out 20-30 of those every year and put them in the freezer for sale.

ETA: Here's their member page: https://livestockconservancy.org/index.php/involved/internal/membership
 
Henny, I'm pretty well convinced that the influx of hummers here are migrating. Throughout the year I might have 6 or 8 total regulars. I'm thinking right now we have close to two dozen or more. I counted nine at the feeder in the video and walked around the corner and there were more at the other feeder and I could see them going crazy through the trees. I'm sure many were repeats, but I've never seen that many here at one time and they're all girls. My boys left last week sometime. I read that the boys migrate first and the girls follow. I normally have 2-3 boys here, but never saw an increase in boys... Just one day last week they quit coming to the feeder. Typically, I have two girls to each boy, sometimes three. If the hawks and hummers are starting to migrate south, I'll have song birds here next week. This is way early for a migration. I don't normally see it until October, maybe November.
 
rjohns39 said:
Henny, I'm pretty well convinced that the influx of hummers here are migrating. Throughout the year I might have 6 or 8 total regulars. I'm thinking right now we have close to two dozen or more. I counted nine at the feeder in the video and walked around the corner and there were more at the other feeder and I could see them going crazy through the trees. I'm sure many were repeats, but I've never seen that many here at one time and they're all girls. My boys left last week sometime. I read that the boys migrate first and the girls follow. I normally have 2-3 boys here, but never saw an increase in boys... Just one day last week they quit coming to the feeder. Typically, I have two girls to each boy, sometimes three. If the hawks and hummers are starting to migrate south, I'll have song birds here next week. This is way early for a migration. I don't normally see it until October, maybe November.
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Farmers almanac said wet and not snowy in upper Midwest
 

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