Surviving Minnesota!

[I Love Layers]

I am lucky and very grateful my family survived the era of Russian controlled Hungary. It was actually the time my grandmother and grandfather escape. It's quite the story. My grandma went through WWII and the Cold War. She tells me all about her exciting adventures of running from bullets from the Russian military taking Hungary from Germany and about the German officer and his family who occupied their farm home for a while. She also told me some dark and gruesome stories of watching her neighbors marched out of the village during WWII and then when the Russian's came and basically took all their livestock including her pet goat. She escaped the country under the cover of night arranged for her uncle who was already in America to be her sponsor. Her grandfather went missing through. I think he tried making a run out of Hungary after his wife died and got caught. They never saw him again.

Not sure about my grandpa's family history and his adventures/stories before he came to America. He passed away from a heart attack when my mother was 13 so I never knew him but half of his family were Jewish (married in) and I guess during WWII none of them were ever found again T.T We don't talk much to grandpa's family as they are very angry at our family. I think because my grandma's family is fairly wealthy and they wanted to borrow money and my grandma said no. They were upset about that and stopped talking to us.

We don't know much about what happened to my family due to them being dead or under such high control.
Have you ever read the book Under the Twister Cross? That's actually about my grandmas side of the family.
My great great uncle from my dads side had unbelievable luck though. He operated a tank, during a battle a bullet happened to come through the barrel and kill everyone but him inside. He crawled out and played dead on the ground for a day or two. Finally the Germans noticed snow melting on him rather then staying if he would be dead. They threw away his rosary and bible, they were going to shoot him but he knew enough German to beg for his life. From there he was taken to a Concentration camp. I'm not sure how long he was there, but he ended up escaping but was still in behind enemy lines. He traveled for quote a while til he found some soldiers who took him to the nearest US camp. After that I think he had to be operated on for something and then was sent home. I had another relative who drove around the President or an important British figure, cannot remember. Another one paratrooped on D Day on the beaches of Normandy. They were all lucky to get out also.
My grandpa was in during peace time. Their sergeant warned them about Korea, and said it was going to be bloody and bad. My grandpas time was over and he could renew but decided not to due to his father getting older and wanting to come back and run the ranch.

 

[KlopKlop]

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all!!

this morning has been just delightful! Baking breads and deviling eggs for christmas gatherings with the Yule Log fireplace burning on the tv with music. not sure when it became a tradition but we always try to find it on TV on christmas.

chickens are enjoying christmas treats as are the pooches. DW and I will settle in shortly to exchange gifts. She is going to love mine i booked us tickets to fly to the Keys in Florida in March (She had some input on this) and a gift certificate for a swimming with the dolphins encounter she wanted to do that so bad when we went on our honeymoon to Jamaica but we just didnt have the money for it with the wedding and all.

That will be our one hoorah for the year as now that Christmas is over we will need to tighten the belt if we want to build house this spring. we had some flyer miles to use up, so this will be a nice cheap vacation.

@I Love Layers those are some neat books. great gifts for a young aspiring chicken wrangler! is the cover on the one ripped, or is it suppose to look like that? the little seal thing seem to line up.

 

[I Love Layers]

Good morning and Merry Christmas to all!!

this morning has been just delightful!  Baking breads and deviling eggs for christmas gatherings with the Yule Log fireplace burning on the tv with music.  not sure when it became a tradition but we always try to find it on TV on christmas.  

chickens are enjoying christmas treats as are the pooches.  DW and I will settle in shortly to exchange gifts.  She is going to love mine  i booked us tickets to fly to the Keys in Florida in March (She had some input on this) and a gift certificate for a swimming with the dolphins encounter  she wanted to do that so bad when we went on our honeymoon to Jamaica but we just didnt have the money for it with the wedding and all.  

That will be our one hoorah for the year as now that Christmas is over we will need to tighten the belt if we want to build house this spring.  we had some flyer miles to use up, so this will be a nice cheap vacation.

@I Love Layers
 those are some neat books.  great gifts for a young aspiring chicken wrangler!  is the cover on the one ripped, or is it suppose to look like that?  the little seal thing seem to line up.

Nope I think it's supposed to be the old cover and then the new cover. But they made it look like a rip

Merry Christmas everyone!

Not much of a blizzard yet. Its supposed to come in the afternoon and tonight. They said maybe even a thunder blizzard.
Dads currently out feeding so I should probably go take care of the birds while I can still see relatively

 

[KlopKlop]

Nope I think it's supposed to be the old cover and then the new cover. But they made it look like a rip

Merry Christmas everyone!

Not much of a blizzard yet. Its supposed to come in the afternoon and tonight. They said maybe even a thunder blizzard.
Dads currently out feeding so I should probably go take care of the birds while I can still see relatively

they are still talking upper 30's and rain here today. gross!!! not what i was hoping for on Christmas.

I need to go out and throw down some new bedding and replace nesting straw soon too

 

[holm25]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! I hope everyone has a great day with family and friends!

 

[Momof3plustwins]

We are home!

We did all the Christmas Eve stuff.  Went to Duluth, saw kids and Grandkids.  Went to church. Ate Chinese. we really need to change that tradition.

Drove home.

LadyVictorian  50 becomes 500 fast, in chicken math.   How does VJP take back roosters?  I thought they were NPIP. Do they just take it back or buy it back?  I am wondering if they just take them back and kill them.  Bringing a bird back into your flock can be a PITA. that is frowned on my the state poultry board.

They had contacted me last spring before I was NPIP about  getting some legbars  but I think my not being NPIP at the time scared them off.

I also have heard nothing but good about their birds.


@Cluckies
 if you have a license Plate and description of the truck that took your trailer it must just be a matter of time until you get it back and they are inside looking out, isn't it?


Holms, I understand why you asked that now, never dawned on me it would be anything but set outside for pictures.

I had to fess up as to the turkeys being in the van, Judy found a little something one of them left for us.  She asked how it got there and I could not think of a feasible lie fast enough.


Then she asked if I had a picture of it, So I showed her....

That was followed by, "did you post it to your chicken friends?"

So what I need to know is which one of you snitched me out?  (and on Christmas eve even) She would have never found the turkey gift on her own!


Mom3&2    Nice looking kids the oldest looks a lot like your Mom did.   AND  I heard from Judy what you got for Christmas. Your hubby is making the rest (me) look bad!  Tell him to knock it off!

1. I did not snitch on you. Wanted to clear my name.
2. My mom says that our second daughter looks just like I did except I had darker hair. We did the face swap filter on snap chat together and I kept waiting for it to switch faces until I realized it already had and it barely changed!
3. I have been asking for an anniversary band for about 10 years. I finally told him I went in and picked one out and they know which one it is so whenever he was ready he could go get it. His Aunt owns the jewelry store, which makes that sort of thing easier for us. So it only took 10 years of asking and 14.5 years of marriage but I got one! Now I think you know what to get her for your next anniversary. She will be greatly pleased!

Merry Christmas again to all!

 

[bantiesrule]

Merry Christmas to all! Here is a picture of our chidlers after our Christmas Eve church service.

Very nice looking family!

I doubt they would bring them back and use the eggs, it is just too risky if you get caught you could lose your NPIP. and bringing them in is a pain and takes state approval ahead of time. I am just curious. thanks.

I think you can take birds back (or buy new ones), you just have to quarantine them and, I believe, retest them before you can re-enter them into your flock. You have to keep records of where they were (or where you bought them from) and when you got them back.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! I hope everyone has a great day with family and friends!

DITTO!!!!!!!

 

[holm25]

Ralphie I didn't snitch on you either! Maybe Judy has cameras all over to make sure you do t get away with anything?

 

[I Love Layers]

Just sitting here watching my chickens

 

[duluthralphie]

Very nice looking family!

I think you can take birds back (or buy new ones), you just have to quarantine them and, I believe, retest them before you can re-enter them into your flock. You have to keep records of where they were (or where you bought them from) and when you got them back.
DITTO!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas all!



Bantiesrule I checked on this when I was going to take MrT into my flock. I needed to get Permission from Dr Voss and she wanted to know the reason I wanted a bird from a non-Wegby flock (NPIP.

I then had to test him before I could bring him in, which with turkeys is more of a pain than chickens because I needed to wait for the lab blood test and not just the rapid whole blood test.

Then if he was negative I could bring him in an quarantine him for 30 days, then I needed to test him again. Then bringing him in. That is the same procedure for chickens, I just got a letter from Dr Voss "reminding" me permission is needed before starting the process each year. I assume this was because I never brought Mr T into my flock.

My guess is she just has a direct line from the return desk to the incinerator. I am thinking I might have to implement this same return policy, Charge more or offer "rooster" insurance or something, take them back with a smiling face and kill them the second they leave the drive.

I had just recently checked on this again, I am a stickler for rules and regulations, because MnchickMom has that one rooster and I thought I might need to borrow it for its sperm. I was told I had to go through the whole thing all over again, even if it came from my flock to start with. She emphasized the need prior approval and the reason for it. I am not sure the reason I gave for wanting the PITA sperm was good enough.

I know not everyone tries to follow all the rules to the T, but I really do try, I guess it is a by-product of my career choice or my childhood where I was taught to follow all the rules.. I dunno,


Anyways long answer, like always to a simple question. remark. I just type way too much, also.