Stimulus check spending wish list, anyone?

[hennanny]

Is it hard to get ammo where you live? We had a Gander Mountain store here in town for many years, but it went out of business. Our local Fleet store now carries guns and ammo, but last time I was there the displays were mostly empty. Probably something to do with seasonal supply and demand as I imagine most hunters are looking for shotguns and rifles in the fall of the year, and not dead of winter.

I have been thinking about getting a 12 gauge shotgun for predator protection. Just a basic model, nothing fancy. But, in reality, I have not had any predators to be worried about since I started my backyard flock. So I have put off that purchase.

FYI, last year I found a full camo ammo bag of 12 gauge shotgun shells on the edge of my property. That was a month or so after I discovered some of my windows had mysteriously been broken. I suspect somebody accidently shot towards my house, heard the windows break, and took off leaving the ammo bag behind. Although he left about $200 worth of shotgun shells for me, it will not cover the $1000+ damage in broken windows.

The windows were double paned and I have been putting off replacing them due to the cost. Only the outer panes were broken. Maybe some of my stimulus check could go towards that replacement. Not really what I had in mind, but it is a repair that needs to get done sometime.

all but impossible to find or if you can it is outrageously priced

 

[CluckerFamily]

Is it hard to get ammo where you live? We had a Gander Mountain store here in town for many years, but it went out of business. Our local Fleet store now carries guns and ammo, but last time I was there the displays were mostly empty. Probably something to do with seasonal supply and demand as I imagine most hunters are looking for shotguns and rifles in the fall of the year, and not dead of winter.

I have been thinking about getting a 12 gauge shotgun for predator protection. Just a basic model, nothing fancy. But, in reality, I have not had any predators to be worried about since I started my backyard flock. So I have put off that purchase.

FYI, last year I found a full camo ammo bag of 12 gauge shotgun shells on the edge of my property. That was a month or so after I discovered some of my windows had mysteriously been broken. I suspect somebody accidently shot towards my house, heard the windows break, and took off leaving the ammo bag behind. Although he left about $200 worth of shotgun shells for me, it will not cover the $1000+ damage in broken windows.

The windows were double paned and I have been putting off replacing them due to the cost. Only the outer panes were broken. Maybe some of my stimulus check could go towards that replacement. Not really what I had in mind, but it is a repair that needs to get done sometime.

Some big town stores an hour from me will put out a stock for the day and not replenish until the next morning. Some people go as soon as the store opens.
Our small businesses have stock but they sell out as soon as the shipment comes.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I have a wish list, not sure it will happen but it is a wish list none the less.
Build a lean to greenhouse
Expand the coop/run because I am maxed out on chicken to space ratio and I am not able to feed into my chicken math right now until I expand

 

[Brooks_]

A high watt inverter generator is my top priority.

 

[Sally PB]

I want to consider solar energy. But there are some improvements to the house that might get done instead.

Hubby wants to get welding equipment, and we'd need 220 in the garage for that, I think.

 

[Brooks_]

A nice wish (I probably won't do it). A really nice gas or combo grill and get the gas company to hook up two 100# tanks to it.

 

[CSolis]

Ok, couldn't wait... Used Discover to get the incubator and several more cattle panels for turn out pens. Think I'm gonna make one HUGE one, instead of two smaller ones.

 

[gtaus]

Expand the coop/run

Yeah, I hope to expand my chicken run this summer. My current chicken run is plenty big enough for my 10 chickens, but I converted it into a chicken run compost system and now I could use more room to spread out everything. I dump all my grass clippings, leaves, and wood chips in the chicken run.

At the end of last fall, the compost in the run was 18 inches deep. So now I have to bend over in the 6 foot tall chicken run when I go in there. I harvested about $200 worth of chicken run compost last fall, filled up all my garden beds, filled up all my empty garbage cans for storage and even gave away some compost to my neighbors - but it barely made a dent in the amount of compost I still have sitting in the chicken run.

 

[CSolis]

Yeah, I hope to expand my chicken run this summer. My current chicken run is plenty big enough for my 10 chickens, but I converted it into a chicken run compost system and now I could use more room to spread out everything. I dump all my grass clippings, leaves, and wood chips in the chicken run.

At the end of last fall, the compost in the run was 18 inches deep. So now I have to bend over in the 6 foot tall chicken run when I go in there. I harvested about $200 worth of chicken run compost last fall, filled up all my garden beds, filled up all my empty garbage cans for storage and even gave away some compost to my neighbors - but it barely made a dent in the amount of compost I still have sitting in the chicken run.

I do the same with leaves and grass clippings, but I clean mine out once a month to keep the runs cleaner, and dump it in dips and holes on my property, saving a good portion for the garden areas. Love natural compost for fertilizer/matter instead of chemicals. Not to mention all the entertainment the chickens get out of it.

 

[gtaus]

A high watt inverter generator is my top priority.

I bet lots of people in Texas wish they would have had an inverter to use during that freeze a few weeks ago. Not to mention people getting gouged to pay thousands of dollars per day for electricity when it was switched on.

I have been thinking of getting the much smaller Ryobi 300 watt inverter that uses the Ryobi 40v batteries. Not that it is my dream purchase, but I have Ryobi 40v outdoor tools and a few 40v batteries, so the inverter would be an option in an emergency.

Ryobi 300-Watt Powered Inverter for 40-Volt Battery