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[wingstone]

Quiet thanksgiving. Meal with my brother and sister in law. Nephews family couldn't make it, sick kiddo.

Spent black Friday at work, came home for ten hours then went back in for twelve more. Rest of my week is repeat, repeat, repeat. Stupid work has me changing hours a couple times a week.

Yeah, I rant like wingstone (I'm scared, wingstone is in my dictionary)

Critters get feed and water and I'm off to bed every afternoon. My poor dog feels neglected.

I think I'll spend Christmas alone with a bottle of wine. To much work between now and then, everyone had vacations over the holidays.

I think I'm tired, I better head of to bed.

I would say get some sleep, you will feel better. But the truth is those kind of hours take a huge toll on us...and the difference there is, you know you are working twelve, I never know ahead of time.

How about we build a big bonfire in the field for Christmas and just sit around that and drink, .

That is the reason why I have no dog. Wouldn't seem fair to a pet to be alone like that.

 

[wingstone]

Being so cold out, I am spending the day cooking off bones and catching up on some needed housework.... hating it... would much rather have a fork full of crap..
Not sure I will ever be fully domesticated, I really could live in a barn.

Every water container is freezing today, the challenge of winter, and I really need to know why the hay bales are stored up in the barn, that hill is slippy and hubby says the bales belong up there.

Rabbits are darn lucky that I still like them.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Here is Bambi's buddy Thumper. He was a rescue from someone that didn't feed him as a puppy. He was caught on the couch and gave me the eyes lol

So adorable!

I've had free range turkey before from our Growers Market. It tasted NOTHING like we had last night. This turkey was amazing - although only a 32AA. . And the dark meat was so dark, it looked like beef. YUM! I swore we would never raise turkeys again, but now I know this is something we need to do every year. These pics for LMP

That looks delicious! What kind of turkey was it? Was it hard to raise and process? How long does it take to "mature"?

have 'swome' tea and we'll 'twalk'...here is a topic..."Rhode Island is neither a road or an island"..discuss ... I miss you ....the "grand-kids" are doing well, getting bigger, settling down a little and their combs and wattles are just a tad past pink .. maybe someone will finally get off the dime and lay an egg soon

I hear Ya, I have 8 chickens, and only 3 are laying right now... Wing, counting down the days til I can enjoy fresh Chicken again....

 

[LittleMissPurdy]

Quiet thanksgiving. Meal with my brother and sister in law. Nephews family couldn't make it, sick kiddo.

Spent black Friday at work, came home for ten hours then went back in for twelve more. Rest of my week is repeat, repeat, repeat. Stupid work has me changing hours a couple times a week.

Yeah, I rant like wingstone (I'm scared, wingstone is in my dictionary)

Critters get feed and water and I'm off to bed every afternoon. My poor dog feels neglected.

I think I'll spend Christmas alone with a bottle of wine. To much work between now and then, everyone had vacations over the holidays.

I think I'm tired, I better head of to bed.

..wish we were closer..if you had/have the time & energy for a road trip, our door is always open to you Ray...you know that

..there is always extra food made for anyone stopping in!!

Being so cold out, I am spending the day cooking off bones and catching up on some needed housework.... hating it... would much rather have a fork full of crap..
Not sure I will ever be fully domesticated, I really could live in a barn.

Every water container is freezing today, the challenge of winter, and I really need to know why the hay bales are stored up in the barn, that hill is slippy and hubby says the bales belong up there.
Rabbits are darn lucky that I still like them.

that IS one heck of-a hill there to have to climb!..

please be careful..could at least one bale be left on the low-end of the hill, maybe covered?...just trying to help out

So adorable!
That looks delicious! What kind of turkey was it? Was it hard to raise and process? How long does it take to "mature"?
I hear Ya, I have 8 chickens, and only 3 are laying right now...

Wing, counting down the days til I can enjoy fresh Chicken again....

hahaha...Anne, I am jealous..you get three!!..haven't had eggs for quite some time now...I know i am doing all the right stuff for them..they just have to make up their minds

..oh, and a little bit of

thrown in there...

 

[barbiegirl]

Everyone's home grown turkeys looked so good! Blarneyeggs what breed were your turkeys? They were so pretty.

I was able to repair one run today so I feel accomplished. lol One more to go. Hubby is planning on making a roof for part of one of the runs. We had scored a free roof on craigslist and were saving it to make a barn like coop. Think right now we need the runs more covered sigh

 

[wingstone]

Question!!
The bones from yesterday's rooster in a jar and the leftover turkey carcass was cooked off today for stock....in the morning I will give what is left to the birds to pick at......
Can the cat's have any of it, since they are cooked bones, plenty of meat for them to pick off, but not sure with it being cooked bones

 

[dheltzel]

Collected 21 eggs today!! Not that impressive given the total number of pullets/hens we have (over 100), but since the days are getting shorter and colder, and many of the pullets are too young or just at the minimum age - I'm happy with that.

If anyone is looking for hatching eggs for the New Years hatch-along, let me know and I will save some back. Most are mixed, but we get several Barred Holland eggs each day, and they are pure (and among the best and earliest layers).

 

[barbiegirl]

http://wnep.com/2014/11/29/popular-turkey-killed-in-tunkhannock/

How sad

 

[fisherlady]

Question!!
The bones from yesterday's rooster in a jar and the leftover turkey carcass was cooked off today for stock....in the morning I will give what is left to the birds to pick at......
Can the cat's have any of it, since they are cooked bones, plenty of meat for them to pick off, but not sure with it being cooked bones

I never worried about bones I gave the cats, it was always the dogs I wouldn't give chicken bones to. I think the cats are able to break the bones up into finer pieces. After we put the bones through the pressure cooker I break them up into chunks with a large pair of pliers and then put them through the manual grinder and feed it back to the birds.

 

[wingstone]

Amazing how many meals can be made from poultry.