Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Scrambles55]

Cheeka.... that sounds like a sweet deal. The friend moving in and helping. Also, your postal customers are great people. That's what I love about community. Last year, DH and I were blessed to harvest 2 deer and an elk, so we gave a deer to his cousin who is battling terminal cancer. I hope we can do the same this year.

 

[Scrambles55]

Oh Oh..... someone just tried to crow a few times. I couldn't see who it was. The are only 2 months old.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hello? We just got back from fishing. DH and I got 30 Kokanee in less than 3 hours. Woohoo!

Awesome! You got Fish-on-Friday covered for over half the year. Do you smoke it? yummy!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Dr. Oz spoke about the cross contamination, and the lack of regulations on "gluten free". I disagreed about the information on today's chickens. I have been to Perdue and Tyson plants in the past year. All butcher at nine weeks, allowing smaller chickens up to twelve weeks. Not the six weeks claimed.

Stevie Nicks is due in about two weeks.

Anywhere from a dozen to two dozen chicks as of today. I am so against aborting (doing it myself anyway) that I can't toss extra vegetable plants, and will do anything to revive a house plant before sadly tossing it. I can either take all the eggs, or all but six. If I take them all, I will replace them with green eggs from the house.

Oh, crap. Another hen is missing. I may have a second broody.

Sounds like chicks are in your future! You don't want Stevie Nicks to hatch any? Raise them over the winter and you you will have pol pullets to keep or sell before spring. Unless they are all cockerels. Yeah, that.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Nice haul Scrambles! y'all will eat very well this Winter! I've got some striped bass and brown trout stashed away and one of my customers gave me an amazing venison roast - he'll have more in a month... I'll have plenty of venison, I let one neighbor cross my land to get to state land for hunting. he shares as a thanks for the access. old BH used to provide lots of food from the land and water... I've got good resources now because of the eggs. I've got jams and jellies, sealed servings of beans & brussel sprouts, and today I got a cute little hen decoration, to go with a rooster decoration another customer gave to me for my birthday last year... amazing how many people think of me out of context... I mean, I'm just the postal lady... one lady leaves me apples all the time, another lady, it's a cold bottle of water. last week, a woman gave me a 100' dog cable run and the lady who used to be Chester's grandma keeps buying big bags of food even though he's been mine for over 2 years. Life is good. it's crazy that I haven't moved yet. now it's a wrench. I hate to leave. I'm working on a new arrangement with an old friend of mine who's son is committing to a college out east. she wants to be closer and has asked how urgent it is for me to move... could I wait a year or even 5? she would move in, help me make home improvements and we could sell when he graduates. in the meantime, she's willing to take care of everyone and everything so I could travel to see my folks. she has family nearby and tons of friends down on Long Island. it's a smart move. just have to wait for him to finish his senior year.

That sounds ideal. Freedom to travel would also give you the chance to check out places to live. It could take a few years to to find the right place for you and the flock. As long as your friend isn't some sort of compulsive baker...

 

[Scrambles55]

W4W.... We smoke some of the Kokanee and DH likes to fry some up. We have a cat, Snickers, who loves to eat salmon. DH decided to cook her up a filet of her own with no spices. She refused it.

Nope.... "I want spicy fish". So now she get to eat whatever Dad eats.

 

[Scrambles55]

BTW.... Kokanee are not that big. 2 would be a good meal for meal. 4-5 for DH and Snickers.

 

[cheeka]

yeah, it's a sweet deal for me to have my friend move in. I've known her since 1978 - she's a great friend, an awesome Mom - her daughter was just recruited for the Navy Seal program, she is highly decorated already and makes us all so proud, if a little worried from time to time with her missions... and her son has been recruited all over the country by colleges and universities looking for soccer players. he's played all over the world... and way way back, she was so scared about being a single Mom... I told her point blank - you got this woman! and she did. I've been cheering her on since day one... so to have her come to me and offer to help is a God Send.

the flock was out today for a bit, but my leg was hurting so bad it went all the way to my back and I put them up a little early for their taste... but at least they got out, right? I feel guilty.
pics later and maybe a video link... I got a few good videos of Chicks vs. Vienna Sausage bits

 

[cheeka]

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Vienna sausage! Just like big fat worms! Cheeka, what's wrong with your leg? Did I miss something?


Scrambles, Snickers is a lucky cat, getting all those fish.


Hard to believe autumn has begun. We've had a late heatwave going here. Getting cooler, only 88° today.

Most of the chickens are molting and there is a carpet of feathers under the roosts. My little Serama with the respiratory problem is still wheezing and sneezing. Hope she pulls through. Still no sign in any of the other birds, thank goodness.