Okies in the BYC The Original

[Stimpy]

I'm not sure, but I think that the brunette on the women's curling team from Denmark is sending me subliminal messages thru the TV. I don't know what she's saying tho, because as I said, she's danish. What should I do?

-Stimp-

 

[poultryand bees]

Jeannie, your friend's daughter may need some counseling for behaviour like that. Anyone who enjoys torturing any kind of animal isn't thinking straight. It sounds like she also needs counseling regarding her ability to lie without any remorse. Just my two cents.
Sorry you had to go through that trauma tonight.

 

[nnbreeder]

Whenever I go out to a farm to work on equipment I always try to get the people there to tell me stories about their start in farming and the successes and pitfalls. Well I was out one day and the place I was working was immaculate, not a blade of grass out of place, nice brick home a few outbuildings and a barn.

I got Martin to talking about the place and found out that he and his wife had bought a bare quarter (320 acres) a couple of years after they got married. The first structure that was built was a chicken coop and with that they moved out to the farm to save renting a place in town.

They lived in that little place till the first harvest and once the bills were paid there was enough extra to either build a house or a barn and after a year in what was to become the chicken coop they were both ready for a house. It was a tough descision but Martin's dad told him " you will never pay for a barn with a house but you can always pay for a house with a barn". So the barn was built and filled with hay and grain that was harvested off of the quarter. Now he didn't have to pay storage at the elevator and he would not run short of winter feed for his cattle.

The next year they built a house, they were able to keep cattle through the winter instead of selling them off when the grass got short and was able to sell them at a time when the market was higher. And they were able to build a house that was twice the size of the original plan.

No matter what you do starting out in a new venture is tough and sometimes downright scarey. The needs have to come before the wants and never make just a single descision. Always leave yourself some room just in case things don't go as planned.

I asked Martin about his descision to build the barn instead of the house and he said that for the first year he questioned it every day but he said that in looking back it was the best thing he had ever done. Through the years he had sold millions of bales of hay out of that barn and it had helped them to slide through times when others were struggling financially.


I have kept that story in my mind for years and before I do anything around here I ask myself whrther I am building a house or a barn. If the answer is a house I usually abandon the project and move to one that will bring me closer to the day when I can build a house.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Take two aspirin and maybe you will see her in your dreams.

 

[poultryand bees]

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Les,
that is an excellent story and I am going to think about it often in the future. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[nnbreeder]

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I hear coffee is always good with Danish!

 

[poultryand bees]

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I hear coffee is always good with Danish!

 

[faerielady]

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I hear coffee is always good with Danish!

That's so horrible it's hilarious...

 

[nnbreeder]

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You know the grass will come on in another month and things will start looking a lot different for you. I will type out a story that was recounted to me by an older farmer but it will take me a few minutes.

I think the winter and working on alot of things has allowed me to grumble to much over the abundant blessings I have been bestowed with this past year, and come Spring I know I will be so happy as will the animals.. I wonder though if animals get S. A D ? also.. things that make you go hmmmmmmm

If you watch the horses you will find that yes they do, they are not as active on dreary days.

 

[poultryand bees]

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yes... chandler....just playing around with chickens...

frewall - welcome to a wonderful group of folks, many of whom have addictions to hatching eggs, attending poultry auctions and acquiring poultry.

Disclaimer: since addicts tend to be enablers, some of us may try to assist you in acquiring an addiction to hatching eggs, attending poultry auctions and acquiring poultry. So, what kind of chickens do you have already, what kind would you like to acquire and do you have an incubator that you are wanting to fill with hatching eggs?