Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

[Carolyn252]

OMG I haven't been feeling well, and I log on.
Carolyn, THANK YOU so much for the info. I will try to get him an e-mail as soon as.....

Hubby is in school for the next few days, I had ideas of cleaning up the house a little.
Don't know how much the garbage man will appreciate it on Thursday morning, though.
I have bags of poopie litter from all the chicks in the house.
I usually bring it to the compost bins. But with all the snow piles all over the place, I haven't put a priority on shoveling paths to them.
So I have bags of poopie. Yippee. I can't even make it to my garden yet, so I've been saving it for a special occasion.
I think they call it Spring. Or Summer....

And now the ice log jam is backing up onto my front door. Need 6" gutters, so this morning when the doorbell rang, there was nobody there.
An icicle rang the bell. If I don't keep up on the melting, it will flood my downstairs pantry.
Another yippee.

Anyone have any gutter people connections?
At least the totes that I use as brooders can catch the water, and I can go out every few and check/ dump them.
Yippee.

Now to compose a nice letter to the man at the post office.

Your girls are welcome for as long as you need, please don't think they are in the way. they are so sweet.
I need a nap.

Sleep well, my friend. You DEFINITELY deserve and need a nap. Wake up refreshed. Glad my two pullets aren't giving you headaches. I so very much want my place here to be all done with Spring Cleaning before I take them. I've got an ad on Craigslist for anyone who wants chicken manure for their garden to come and get it for free. (That gets my coop shoveled out of a year's worth of poo without breaking my back. Whatever amount they shovel and take, they have to shovel an equal amount and leave for me. (That gets my veggie garden its annual shot in the arm of nutrients.) Win-win deal. I also answered some Craiglist ads of daylaborers to come and clean out the ChickArena, and clean out and turn over the veggie garden beds and pull up some old stockade fencing that's on its last legs.) Waiting for replies. We shall see.

 

[lichick28]

I also went to the sprout site. I was going to order from another co but this one has more seeds available. Eggs went into lockdown this morning. Sitting here & hear my babe silkie roo trying to crow! Any one want a really nice Calico silkie roo that I hatched out last Oct?

I found a new home for the calico roo.

 

[Sallysec]

Hi All, its been so long, but I havent forgotten you guys. I actually missed you all horribly shortly after sandy. Life has been hectic. I just wanted to check in and say that the girls are big now and I am loving them more than I ever expected all eleven survived my care
I am hoping that one of these days life will return to normal and I will have time to read and chat more. Best wishes to you all,

S

 

[littlecritters]

Suzanne, do you have crochet books or flower patterns to recommend for the spring granny square swap?

 

[littlecritters]

Quote: I found a new home for the calico roo.

Wow! That was fast!

 

[smkchick]

Suzanne, do you have crochet books or flower patterns to recommend for the spring granny square swap?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Granny-Sq...1363075&sr=8-2&keywords=granny+square+crochet

This one is great. I've given you the amazon link, but I've seen the book at Michaels.

This is a ravelry pattern. Gorgeous.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ladys-rose---6-square

Here's a link to other 6" square patterns - lots of flowers there too.

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/6in_squares.php


Hope that helps!

 

[queenchick16]

Richard said that he has been buying sprouting seeds from sprout people.org also. Check out that site as well.

 

[JerseyHen]

So, got the call for the chicks this am. There were supposed to be 15. There were 12. 2 frozen solid. 2 near frozen. 4 barely alive. The 2 near frozen didn't make it long. The 4 barely alive got the heater treatment in the car and rode home inside my shirt. All 4 are still with us, but 2 are in sketchy shape (eating and drinking on their own though). The other 4 have the zoomies already. They look like they would have been very robust chicks, so at least they seem like good quality. The hatchery is doing a full reshipment. They have been wonderful to work with and I will not hesitate to use them again. They even had a hotpack in there (I didn't request and was not charged for it, pretty considerate) because they knew the cold would be tough on them. I will let everyone know who makes it. Currently there are 2 WCB polish, 1 WCBl polish, 1 buff polish (pretty sure they sexed this one wrong: wing feathers say girl, stance and attitude say boy), 1 BPR, 1 br leghorn, 1 RIR. The WCB polish have such big caps on their heads already. So cute.

 

[Imprfctme]

Hi All, its been so long, but I havent forgotten you guys. I actually missed you all horribly shortly after sandy. Life has been hectic. I just wanted to check in and say that the girls are big now and I am loving them more than I ever expected all eleven survived my care  
I am hoping that one of these days life will return to normal and I will have time to read and chat more. Best wishes to you all, 

S

So nice to hear from you Sally! Glad all your babies made it so far. I hope we can meet up sometime.

 

[Imprfctme]

So, got the call for the chicks this am. There were supposed to be 15. There were 12. 2 frozen solid. 2 near frozen. 4 barely alive. The 2 near frozen didn't make it long. The 4 barely alive got the heater treatment in the car and rode home inside my shirt. All 4 are still with us, but 2 are in sketchy shape (eating and drinking on their own though). The other 4 have the zoomies already. They look like they would have been very robust chicks, so at least they seem like good quality. The hatchery is doing a full reshipment. They have been wonderful to work with and I will not hesitate to use them again. They even had a hotpack in there (I didn't request and was not charged for it, pretty considerate) because they knew the cold would be tough on them. I will let everyone know who makes it. Currently there are 2 WCB polish, 1 WCBl polish, 1 buff polish (pretty sure they sexed this one wrong: wing feathers say girl, stance and attitude say boy), 1 BPR, 1 br leghorn, 1 RIR. The WCB polish have such big caps on their heads already. So cute. 

Oh that sucks. Sorry. Chick-sicles make me sad.