Surviving Minnesota!

[BantyChooks]

i love the old singers

i have one like this:

but the desk is different

i used to have one like this:

but removed from the desk, it went 'missing'
best machine EVER

I used to use one like the 2nd pic that someone re-wired to work on electric instead of foot pedal. I loved that thing.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

I used to use one like the 2nd pic that someone re-wired to work on electric instead of foot pedal. I loved that thing.

the 201 was electric
i think

 

[duluthralphie]

Neither of those are that old. I have a blue one from the late 40's early 50's in that blue..

I think they put electric on them at end of 1800's. I think have one from 1899. It is basically a treadle machine with a helper motor on it.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Neither of those are that old. I have a blue one from the late 40's early 50's in that blue..

I think they put electric on them at end of 1800's. I think have one from 1899. It is basically a treadle machine with a helper motor on it.

i'll have to go out to garage and take a look at what i have and maybe even take a picture, been awhile since i've seen it

 

[Cebarmlds]

I used to use one like the 2nd pic that someone re-wired to work on electric instead of foot pedal. I loved that thing.

I used to have one like the 2nd pic as well. As a kid we had the treadle machine, it was fun to use.

 

[BantyChooks]

I used to have one like the 2nd pic as well. As a kid we had the treadle machine, it was fun to use.

I thought so too, but it was tiring. I was glad when the man re-wired it.

 

[duluthralphie]

My Grandma never had an electric, she sewed on the treadle all the time....Of course, I was never allowed to touch her machine.

 

[lvie]

Good Morning Chickeners . . . . LOL - been sewing since about 6:00 a.m. and decided to take a break and there is a conversation about sewing machines. My parents had the black Singer and it was a workhorse. It was my machine but when my Dad passed, he had the machine, my sister put up such a fuss I let her have it. Then she moved back from Missouri and left it in storage and then forfeited everything she had in storage so the sewing machine is now in someone elses possession. I know I should not be saying this but . . . . I would love to collect some of those small sewing machines for display. Its just that I do not need another something but I do need to get rid of alot of somethings. Glass ware - lottsa it. Milkglass too.

I sew on a Bernina 710 now for quilting the tops of the quilts and a Janome 3160 for piecing. Kind of happy with my set up.

 

[duluthralphie]

I understand the need to "un-collect" items. I have so many things I want to get rid of. No need for them anymore.

I finally let the birds out. They complained about being locked in so long today. Then ran as fast as they could to the woodshed and under the old granary. They don't like getting wet, but my keeping them in the coop was wrong....I can never win with old hens.


I only got 2 eggs this morning from the coop nests. One turkey egg and one blue egg. That turkey poult looks so silly sitting in a chicken nest. But she lays an egg almost everyday in the nest. The same nest too.

 

[destiny_56085]

Been a while since I've been on and had to catch up....

I had started hatching and incubator is on fritz again. The fan started making a knocking noise and stopped. I just replaced that motor/fan combo less than 3 years ago and had it completely checked out for wiring this last summer. It was a big 400 egg Redwood... After chucking a lot of ruined eggs, I posted the dang thing really cheap on FB and clearly stated what needed to be fixed. A young guy messaged me almost right away and headed over from the middle of SD. So while I was still irked enough to not have much sense, I got on the phone with Smith Poultry and ordered a brand new GQF 1502 with all the bells and whistles. The kid that showed up was so sweet and wanting to get into poultry. Sent him with all the juveniles I had out of the shell so far too... Its so quiet here now...no incubator humming, nothing peeping. Haha give it a month....

To the gal looking for silkies next year. Just a heads up.... Polish fit right in this category of the foo foo's. They really aren't like any other breed of chicken and require ALOT of extra care. They aren't good or even mediocre layers... If you buy from a hatchery, you pay $4 something per chick and end up with butt ugly birds that barely resemble a silkie. If you go to a breeder, you will get what actually looks like a silkie most times... Even their pet quality with minor faults will be 100x better looking than anything from MCMurray. From a decent breeder, you can usually expect to pay $10+ per chick for day olds. No I don't call MPC a 'breeder'... Silkies take ALOT longer than other most other breeds to mature. You are looking at 5-8 months just to tell the sex on them and usually 10+ months to start laying and get any fertility from cockerels. They really aren't good for butchering, so there tends to always be an excess of unwanted roosters floating around and hardly anyone will give up hens by themselves. Best bet is to buy a handful of chicks and eliminate the boys yourself. Another heads up....they usually don't do very well when combined with other breeds either. They don't roost and huddle together on the floor. They usually don't use ramps for those cute little coops. They need feather trims to get fertile eggs and then more trimming on crest or ponytails in winter so their don't freeze their heads. They are cute and fluffy, but ALOT of work in comparison to other breeds.