Tea Time.... Relax with us and have a cup of hot tea!

[poult]

Thanks me too it's so cute!

 

[poodlechicks]

My throat's been bothering me lately (I think it's from yelling at the kids, so I guess I actually have a certain amount of control over it), anyway... I've been drinking my tea with quite a lot of honey and lemon b/c of my throat. But I'm trying to lose weight, so I was wondering if anyone knows of a tea that would sooth my throat w/o all the honey (calories)?

Hi Tea! Hope you're feeling better by now. There are some teas that can help. Throat comfort from Yogi, sleepy time throat tamer from celestial seasonings come to mind. There is one from traditional medicinals that also helps, but the name escapes me. They all have licorice in them, so if you are not a fan it won't taste too nice. It's worth a try, though.

 

[poodlechicks]

Hello I like tea & would like to join your tea chats! I really like sun tea with some milk & sugar.

Welcome, pout!

 

[poodlechicks]

I think it's a girl. Looks like there's some red in the head and neck area. NH roo over WL hen gives a sex-link, kind of. I've done some reading and the ones that hatch out with red are females, but the ones that hatch out white are not necessarily boys, they could be girls with white bleeding into the red (even with as much as all white).

Here are the red sex-links I got this morning. Well, that's most of them. I got 12, but they're all over the brooder, so I couldn't get them all in the frame at the same time. lol





Yeah, DH keeps me from going anything crazy. Except chickens. Well, he doesn't let me go too "crazy" with them. As long as he keeps letting me buy chicks and/or hatch eggs, I'm happy. =)
No geraniums here. I'm not a fan. But roses are something I could collect, them and daisies, and chickens, and children (although we've stopped collecting those for now), and I like blankets and little boxes and coffee cups and....I can't think of anything else right now.

Ebb and flow house? Is that a pet name or a green-thumbed-person actual term?
I did the same thing with chickens. I started with one coop, then built a new one for those chickens, then a neighbor hatched me more chicks for the first coop, then she gave me a brooder and I got chicks for that, then they went to the first coop, then we re-built the first coop, and ... Well, you get the picture. We're working on plastic tote brooders, and our next project is going to be another NH coop.

Yeah, I only replace extra boys with chicks (hopefully girls) and hens that I lose to predation. Thankfully, I don't have any no-longer-laying hens. Although, one isn't laying right now; I hope she's not on the way out. I'm going to have to get the kids to hunt for a hidden nest.

I want a little bit of everything, so the mixed chick route is the way to go for me. DH likes the NHs, so that's why we have those. =)

Thanks! It looks like it probably is.

I just kill plants, so DD handles the garden. It's really just herbs in pots, but I'm hoping to get some heirloom seeds from my Aunt. We'll see how those do. I'm hoping for sunflowers and tomatoes; IDK what else I might get, maybe some corn. We'll see.
I'll have to look locally for the orange mint; that does sound good!!!
Don't worry about talking to plants, at least they're basically alive. I talk to appliances.

What cute babies!! I haven't talked to appliances yet. I think I would definitely scare my family

 

[poodlechicks]

3goodeggs, your nursery is beautiful! Wow!

 

[3goodeggs]

thank you.
It gets a head of us easily.

 

[poult]

Welcome, pout!

Thanx hi! Love your avatar how beautiful!

 

[poodlechicks]

Thank you, poult. Yours is very cute. I take you raise ducks. You mentioned you raised geese and turkeys. Do you raise chickens, too?

Tea, a tank takes at least 8 weeks to cycle. I wouldn't be adding ammonia, as you want the levels to drop. I would add plants and let it cycle some more. If you other tank has no record of disease, you might want to add a little of its water to your new tank. It's the best thing for cycling. You didn't mention a filter, but I am sure you have one in there. Some people add a fish they don't mind losing to speed the process. Of course, it has to be from a disease free source. Don't use feeder fish. Keep me posted on your progress.

 

[poodlechicks]

Today I have some free time, so I'm going to a few threads to see what's new. I haven't been able to do this for quite a while. Wish you all were here now for some nice conversation. Whatever you're doing today, have a great time!

 

[poult]

Thank you, poult. Yours is very cute. I take you raise ducks. You mentioned you raised geese and turkeys. Do you raise chickens, too?

Your very welcome! & thanx! Yes I have two muscovy drakes the one in the picture isn't mine I want it though! I currently have 0 turkey's & may not be getting any again they got sick so I culled them but now since their not around I realized they ATE A LOT! I have a lot of extra feed(well not extra lol!) now so I think I won't be getting them again any time soon.I also have two female african geese & 8 wonderful chickens! The chickens are almost all mix bred & I have four polish/sizzle/unknown/wyandotte eggs in the incubator right now they are due March 5th I am super excited!

Here is Lewis showing off