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wingstone said:
My big mouth got me in doo-doo again.

You see I have 2 brothers who I am always preaching to about what they eat, literally they live on frozen dinners, I think that is the only aisle they can find in the store.

Well they thru it all back at me and challenged me to eat nothing but what I grow or raise for the entire month of June,,,, when it comes to the brothers, I can not back down from a challenge, and if I do this, they are gonna take my place in the tobacco field this year.




Help...
The garden is not gonna be producing much till then, and I cannot live on chicken alone....I did mention to them that I will not give up my morning coffee, they made an exception for that only since they know me, without coffee

I can only buy things that I can guarantee chemical free since that is what I preach to them all the time.

I made this bet on memorial day, and now that I have had time to think about it, this could be harder than thought, even my water is not chemical free, you can smell the chlorine in it.
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We have talked about doing this if/when our garden starts producing. I just need to find out where to get a Pepsi plant.
 
So I'm starting out on my first adventure in incubating eggs this week coming up.

My daughter's favorite bantam Cochin chick squeezed through the wire run last weekend and was out in the yard after dark. My Shorthair, Jager found her and tried to play with her. You can imagine the outcome was not good.

So I gave Kali the option of waiting till we can find another Silver Laced Cochin pullet or hatching a batch of eggs from our mixed flock and picking out her favorite resulting pullet from the hatch. She went with option number 2.

My cousin has a couple of incubators with egg turners and has hatched chicks quite a few times before. I'm a bit iffy on some of her methods though so I'm going to spend the weekend doing some research of my own I suppose.

Said incubators have quail eggs in them at the moment and will be freed up by Wed next week at the latest. In the meantime I've started gathering eggs. I have them in a carton on the counter, dated in pencil, fat end up, with the pencil under the carton on one side. Every time I walk by I move the pencil to another location to keep them turning slightly.

When I get the incubator it's going in the basement which stays a steady 65 to 70 degrees all the time.

Am I doing good so far? And does anybody have any advice for me?
 
Katt66 said:
So I'm starting out on my first adventure in incubating eggs this week coming up.  

My daughter's favorite bantam Cochin chick squeezed through the wire run last weekend and was out in the yard after dark.  My Shorthair, Jager found her and tried to play with her.  You can imagine the outcome was not good.

So I gave Kali the option of waiting till we can find another Silver Laced Cochin pullet or hatching a batch of eggs from our mixed flock and picking out her favorite resulting pullet from the hatch.  She went with option number 2.  

My cousin has a couple of incubators with egg turners and has hatched chicks quite a few times before.  I'm a bit iffy on some of her methods though so I'm going to spend the weekend doing some research of my own I suppose.  

Said incubators have quail eggs in them at the moment and will be freed up by Wed next week at the latest.  In the meantime I've started gathering eggs.  I have them in a carton on the counter, dated in pencil, fat end up, with the pencil under the carton on one side.  Every time I walk by I move the pencil to another location to keep them turning slightly.  

When I get the incubator it's going in the basement which stays a steady 65 to 70 degrees all the time.

Am I doing good so far?  And does anybody have any advice for me?  
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Since your basement is likely quite damp this time of year even if it doesn't leak, don't add water until lockdown.
 
Yes, I drink water,
Water in my coffee
Water in in my tea
Water in all other drinks, after the ice cubes melt.

Let me clear up this challenge that I have....it is not real specific, it comes from the fact that I tease the brothers about all the chemicals and preservatives that they eat..

It is more of , I bet you can not eat a natural, nothing added diet for a month...when you start really looking at the ingredients, it is amazing what we eat..


Not saying this to scare people, I am sure it is n every food plant, but some of the raw ingredients that go into making a popular snack food, has to be handled with care....seriously, we have departments at work that you must put on a respirator mask with filters, because the raw material is a known cancer causing agent.... and somehow it is OK to eat this, just not breath it.
 
CC.

Even the well water at the farm is tainted after it goes into the house,,,,,,the old guy put all kinds of water softeners on and now if you want to drink it you gotta go to the one spot in the basement that is before the softeners.....

I do sometimes wonder about the birds drinking this water....[/RIGHT]



Today will be my third twelve hour shift in a row, does anyone have some energy or motivation to send my way...
 
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I have been downsizing the number of boys in the layer pen, the girls are getting bare,,,,this is hard at times, how do all of you decide on who stays and who doesn't..
I can think of all kinds of reasons to keep all the boys, I like the sound of crowing, but that's not practical...

Blarney, one of your olive egger boys will be staying, he is my sentry and has earned his spot,...not sure he likes CC though, they keep a close eye on each other.
 
wingstone said:
Yes, I drink water,
Water in my coffee
Water in in my tea
Water in all other drinks, after the ice cubes melt.

Let me clear up this challenge that I have....it is not real specific, it comes from the fact that I tease the brothers about all the chemicals and preservatives that they eat..

It is more of , I bet you can not eat a natural, nothing added diet for a month...when you start really looking at the ingredients, it is amazing what we eat..


Not saying this to scare people, I am sure it is n every food plant, but some of the raw ingredients that go into making a popular snack food, has to be handled with care....seriously, we have departments at work that you must put on a respirator mask with filters, because the raw material is a known cancer causing agent.... and somehow it is OK to eat this, just not breath it.
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I bet you could do it. What you wouldn't be able to buy is processed foods.

If you're the type who cooks meals, it shouldn't be that much of a challenge so long as you're careful about your sources. Of course a garden is ideal, but given the recent popularity of "Organic" produce and meats, it shouldn't be too hard. Just a bit expensive.
 
Finally done with packing all the birds I processed Monday. 9 nice fat broilers, 1 spare roo from the layer pen, 5 scrawny boys someone pawned off on me & I had to fatten up for a month before butchering...still scrawny! Packed the 4 banties, 2 banty/lf crosses & my spare roo whole. Did 3 whole breasts with ribs, the rest of the broilers went in pieces...leg/thighs, breast filets & wings all separate in packs of 2-3 depending on size. Also boiled down the stripped carcases & put 5 bags of broth in the freezer. Most of the meat got brined before packing except the 3 breast sections. I also have in excess of 10 dozen eggs in the freezer in packs of 6, 9 & 12. We like scrambled eggs year round...not just when the girls feel like handing them over.
 

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