She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[OldMissionChick]

Wow!  You must be exhausted!

Yea my body is, I can feel my hamstring burning.

Nope! Ain't going there!

[COLOR=FF0000]SC!!!???[/COLOR]

As I wrote that I shook the can of worms first. I probably should of said after 2 the hats no longer fit, or something other than juggling balls lol

LOL, Shhhh, he's sleeping.  He'll jump through that window in the morning.

Window = the quote... right?

My cat has never bothered mine either.

I feel that... ok, maybe not that much, we only get two tons at a time....lol

4 will get us thru the winter. Our average is about 12.5' +/- and last year in the beginning of November we had a good 2-3' already. I think we were about 15' by the end of the season.

 

[FridayYet]

Wow. I have never lived in a cold winter climate and can't imagine it! I did get tired of living in the two-season area in CA (Beautiful winters, hot smoggy summers).

Here we get a dozen or so small snowfalls per year, maybe a few inches at a time, which usually melts in a day or so. There are actually 4 seasons here, which is great, although I kinda froze when it got to the point I couldn't wear flip flops last winter! (LOL)

Had to get used to the dog's water bowls freezing and bought a heated water base for the chickens. Took me a while to get used to it!

 

[kwhites634]

I love the pellet stove...so far. We've only had it for one season. Hopper holds 3 bags at once. The only thing that I really hate is the daily cleaning. The last place we lived in, a nice little brick house, had fuel oil heat. I had to get a minimum of 100 gallons per delivery which was running about $400 at the time. With the heat set about 70 it lasted about 6 weeks. The pellets are about $250 ish for a ton here which is 40 bags. In the coldest part of winter that ton will last a good month-ish. (And it is warm warm warm!) Plus if I don't have the money to buy a ton, I can get them by the bag unlike fuel where you have to purchase 100 gallons and unless you want to pay an emergency rate you have to wait until delivery day to get it so if it's not scheduled before you are SOL.

Never heated with oil, thank God. When we moved in here in '73 we installed a small woodstove. Shortly thereafter I bought the biggest stove Timberline made, rated for 2500 sq. ft., & installed it in the basement. Cut 2 registers into the floor, & the stairs leading upstairs create a natural draw to main level. The house is total electric baseboard, but I can't recall the last time it was used; that stove does a good job of heating all of the 2400 sq. ft. We still wear heavier shirts or sweaters sometimes, but it beats paying for oil or electric. Even when I had to buy all my wood I was better off.

 

[OldMissionChick]

Thought once about getting a pellet stove, then I priced the pellets. I get most of my wood for the price of the gas & oil to go after it & cut it.

We wanted a wood stove really bad (we live on 10 acres of hard wood so its plentiful) but the vent pipe was almost as expensive as the stove itself. The pellet stove can be directly vented straight out the wall and not go past the roof line. We get our pellets from Home Depot and thats the only thing that goes on the card.

I love the pellet stove...so far. We've only had it for one season. Hopper holds 3 bags at once. The only thing that I really hate is the daily cleaning. The last place we lived in, a nice little brick house, had fuel oil heat. I had to get a minimum of 100 gallons per delivery which was running about $400 at the time. With the heat set about 70 it lasted about 6 weeks. The pellets are about $250 ish for a ton here which is 40 bags. In the coldest part of winter that ton will last a good month-ish. (And it is warm warm warm!) Plus if I don't have the money to buy a ton, I can get them by the bag unlike fuel where you have to purchase 100 gallons and unless you want to pay an emergency rate you have to wait until delivery day to get it so if it's not scheduled before you are SOL.

Cleaned daily? Only clean mine about once a week running 24 hours a day. We have propane so I completely understand emergencies. I thought I ran out twice. Thankfully once there was maybe 0.5% left so I didnt have to have pay the maintenance guy to come out. I immediately got on their budget plan. Boy do I miss natural gas!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Never heated with oil, thank God. When we moved in here in '73 we installed a small woodstove. Shortly thereafter I bought the biggest stove Timberline made, rated for 2500 sq. ft., & installed it in the basement. Cut 2 registers into the floor, & the stairs leading upstairs create a natural draw to main level. The house is total electric baseboard, but I can't recall the last time it was used; that stove does a good job of heating all of the 2400 sq. ft. We still wear heavier shirts or sweaters sometimes, but it beats paying for oil or electric. Even when I had to buy all my wood I was better off.

The upstairs here is always HOT...lol Last year I had the fan running a good share of the winter because all that hot air finds it's way up here...lol

We wanted a wood stove really bad (we live on 10 acres of hard wood so its plentiful) but the vent pipe was almost as expensive as the stove itself. The pellet stove can be directly vented straight out the wall and not go past the roof line. We get our pellets from Home Depot and thats the only thing that goes on the card.
Cleaned daily? Only clean mine about once a week running 24 hours a day. We have propane so I completely understand emergencies. I thought I ran out twice. Thankfully once there was maybe 0.5% left so I didnt have to have pay the maintenance guy to come out. I immediately got on their budget plan. Boy do I miss natural gas!

In the begining and end of winter I can get away with going a few days-maybe even a week- when we are only running it on the first setting, but in the middle of winter when we have 30 below with windchill and I am running it at setting 3 I have to clean at least the burn pot daily no less than every other day or the burn pot gets build up and not enough air gets through and the pellets only burn half way through and wasts a lot plus I have a lot of half burned pellets still going as lit embers. I usually don't do a full clean but once or twice a week during that time, but I have to clean the burn pot. The pellet stove is the only source of heat we have, so if that goes we are in trouble....lol When we looked at the place to rent it had no heating system in it at all. The landlord was talking about a propane/fireplace heater- but my father is on oxygen and that had an open flame, so he said something about putting in a wood stove- which I have no desire to deal with so I asked about a pellet stove and that's what we went with.

 

[sideWing]

How'd you fix it? Or did you replace it?

I replaced it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Mine dropped to 74 degrees for several hours today. They were room temp. Thermostat freaked out. It's fixed now. We shall see how it turns out.

That sucks... had mine freak out during the Easter HAL... looked over and it suddenly said it was set for 156°!! Temp had climbed to 104 and I yanked the plug fast... had a decent hatch, luckily... hope yours are ok...

 

[sideWing]

That sucks... had mine freak out during the Easter HAL... looked over and it suddenly said it was set for 156°!! Temp had climbed to 104 and I yanked the plug fast... had a decent hatch, luckily... hope yours are ok...

I think they had several hours at 75 degrees, but I think they will be ok. Fingers crossed.

 

[chicapee]

So, here is my baby, I am thinking girl now. Anyone?





Turned 2 months on the 12th.

Pretty Girl!

@Cynthia12 here are a few of mine. The black split is turning out to have the best feathering. They are almost 21 weeks.

Gorgeous, hope mine will be as nice.

You win!!!
I'd recommend moving her sooner than later. If she's 8^tc4y enough, the others may leave her alone, but they will sneak into her nest when she takes a break and add eggs or mess with her eggs. Some folks have broody eggs broken when other hens mess with the nest.

They'll be just fine.

It's a pretty boring experience until they hatch. Then... what fun!!!

When the eggs start hatching that humidity will rise all by it'self. Megan, follow these instructions very carefully. Sit down in a chair. Bend both elbows to 90 degrees so that your hands are in front of you. Be sure your palms are facing down. Now, the next steps are very important! Lean far to the left. Bring your right hand, keeping the palm down, out to the side. Then slide your palm onto the seat you are sitting on. Tuck it under your right cheek. Now, lean very far to the right. Now, bring your left hand, keeping the palm down, out to the side. Then slide your palm onto the seat you are sitting on. Tuck it under your left cheek. Now, you can sit up straight. When ever you feel the urge to mess with the eggs, unless you have an Amy worthy reason to be doing so, repeat all of these steps.

Never heated with oil, thank God. When we moved in here in '73 we installed a small woodstove. Shortly thereafter I bought the biggest stove Timberline made, rated for 2500 sq. ft., & installed it in the basement. Cut 2 registers into the floor, & the stairs leading upstairs create a natural draw to main level. The house is total electric baseboard, but I can't recall the last time it was used; that stove does a good job of heating all of the 2400 sq. ft. We still wear heavier shirts or sweaters sometimes, but it beats paying for oil or electric. Even when I had to buy all my wood I was better off.

We used oil in England, it is very expensive. We just put in a wood stove in the living room a day before the first arctic blast made it down here. I refuse to use electric. It heats the whole house. We have plenty of wood, from our woods. I do need to split a bunch that we harvested this spring.

I think they had several hours at 75 degrees, but I think they will be ok. Fingers crossed.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Nope! Ain't going there!

SC!!!???

My arms were jello earlier. Thankfully only 7 bags were damaged in transport and easily returned.

Here it is all stacked. The last 3 full layers required use of a step ladder. Yet another short girl problem lol

Wow, impressive! Go, OMC!

at you age you should know believe NONE OF WHAT YOU HEAR . and nowadays with all the things they can do with plastic believe only half of what you see. want me to say it again.

If you're on the internet you can't even believe half of what you see cause it's all photoshopped!! lol I'm amazed at some of the stuff people believe. Next to Google, snopes is my best friend....lol

My homie. The truth shall set you free, or at least annoy the story tellers, which can be nice from time to time. lol

Yeah! That's my Xena, Warrior Princess!!

BA's???? Ooooh, would love some new BA and LO blood for my project pen...

Window = the quote... right?

Yep. Innuendo.

That window was wide open.

Never heated with oil, thank God. When we moved in here in '73 we installed a small woodstove. Shortly thereafter I bought the biggest stove Timberline made, rated for 2500 sq. ft., & installed it in the basement. Cut 2 registers into the floor, & the stairs leading upstairs create a natural draw to main level. The house is total electric baseboard, but I can't recall the last time it was used; that stove does a good job of heating all of the 2400 sq. ft. We still wear heavier shirts or sweaters sometimes, but it beats paying for oil or electric. Even when I had to buy all my wood I was better off.

Sounds nice!

Sometimes its hard to juggle that many balls.
Today I moved 4 tons (thats 8,000 pounds) of wood pellets for our stove. Not excited for how sore I am going to be tomorrow.

I'm sure when sc moves that much wood, his arms are sore, too, but I don't think juggling balls is his specialty.

Ugh. Yup, you are going to be sore! Might want to take some ibuprofen to keep the inflammation down.

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Wow. I have never lived in a cold winter climate and can't imagine it! I did get tired of living in the two-season area in CA (Beautiful winters, hot smoggy summers).

Here we get a dozen or so small snowfalls per year, maybe a few inches at a time, which usually melts in a day or so. There are actually 4 seasons here, which is great, although I kinda froze when it got to the point I couldn't wear flip flops last winter! (LOL)

Had to get used to the dog's water bowls freezing and bought a heated water base for the chickens. Took me a while to get used to it!

Love NM!! Beautiful place.

And we have pip-off in the bator.

Back to bed I go. lol