Surviving Minnesota!

[Cebarmlds]

Well, get him a stiffer one....

He's had his roof rake for like 30 years and he's very sentimental about his stuff, no way would he want a new one

 

[duluthralphie]

He's had his roof rake for like 30 years and he's very sentimental about his stuff, no way would he want a new one

Leaving the old rake and trying the newer technology would make him a bigger and better person...

Look at me for example I gave up my depth finder of over 50 years and entered the raffle for a new fangled one and have never been happier fishing..

 

[Cebarmlds]

Depth finders are electronic so yes they change, how much could a rake change??

 

[duluthralphie]

With the advent of carbon fibers in the last 30 they would have made huge improvements...

 

[Cebarmlds]

I will need to investigate these carbon fiber rakes

 

[duluthralphie]

Ok

 

[Earthlark]

If you would like Dominique’s instead of barred rock.. I could help you out. I doubt many people can even tell them apart. (Other than us chicken peoples)

Yeah, Dominiques would be great! Just read a short history of them... and how to tell them apart. PM me a convenient time/place to meet. Thanks!

Now just gotta find one of the other breeds.

 

[MNChickMom]

Would anybody in the TC area (I'm in Roseville) happen to have about a dozen fertile Black Australorp eggs and/or a dozen Barred Rock eggs I could buy from them? Or maybe Rhode Island Reds or Orpington or the like if not the first two. Just getting going with chickens and trying to do it on a budget. (I see ordering eggs online doesn't make sense as they cost more than day-olds, especially with my possibly bungling the incubation... Have a bunch of quail hatching in a couple days, so we'll see if I am successful there first. )

What color Orpington?

 

[jerryse]

Morning . 55 here for our low . Very unusual . Going down tonight to more normal temps .

 

[duluthralphie]

Yeah, Dominiques would be great! Just read a short history of them... and how to tell them apart. PM me a convenient time/place to meet. Thanks!

Now just gotta find one of the other breeds.

I think we need to discuss “chickens” before we pm.

It seems price is the main issue. The chickens or eggs are not going to be cheaper or much cheaper than buying hatchery birds.

All birds are not equal. Some of us pay fairly hefty prices ( in chicken terms) for our birds. We care for them, we feed them, we treat them with better conditions than the hatchery stock. They are more costly to keep than a thousand or more in confinement.

We search out better birds to improve ours, or in the case of Jerry to make a new variety or breed.

We spend tons of money showing our birds, which entails washing, grooming, giving them individual lodging. Then traveling 100s of miles to show them. Which means 2-3 days or more in a motel, all of which costs money.

Now we do trade and give birds between ourselves. We help each other with chicken tasks, processing them, vaccinating them, testing them and so forth. Many work with 4H kids or are 4H kids to preserve a rural lifestyle in an world becoming urban way too fast.

Many of us know each other personally in real life.

We do none chicken things together, we are friends. I might be touchy today, but I read your post as being a tad rude, for lack of a better word..Hopefully I just read it wrong. I have “given” away too many birds or eggs to strangers only to have to compete against my own birds the next fall..

If you want to join us as friends or would be super one can never have too many friends. If you think coming here and asking for eggs or chicks is just a cheaper way to get birds, I am not interested in selling them to you. If you want all the rest I will gladly sell them to you, and see you at our next gathering for whatever it is..

So if costs is your only concern I suggest you try a hatchery.

Thanks..

If this is out of line I will pull it down.. must be old age hitting me..