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[RachaelS]

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Hi Mandi

I am almost to Dripping Springs. Tractor Supply will have some soon

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[RachaelS]

Checking in for roll call.... South Austin here!! And looking for local sources for New Hampshire reds??

Not sure about those but depending on where you are in South Austin, you should check out Callahans next to ABIA or if you are closer to the west side there is a Tractor Supply that will carry chicks soon.


Best of luck!

 

[lovingmyhens]

The tractor.

The coop my husband built.

The tractor.

The coop my husband built.

That looks really good!! Sweet DH

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Originally Posted by hungnguyen

Caught a coon last night. And a skunk last week (must have came from Rosenberg)

What I do not like about skunks, they shoot without asking any questions. Live or dead......

I lived across from a foundry and over a cafe when I was very young. The night guard ate there before work every day. Apparently there was a skunk that kept him company at night. Everyone know about the skunk, so it was left alone. It would shoot anyone other then the guard. Will, it disappeared earlier... Then it was found! The foundry was replacing the old guard shack. It was removed that morning with quite a bit of dirt. The skunk was old and died under the shack. The Guard told me that he know the skunk was old, but why couldn't it go off and die someplace else.

 

[lovingmyhens]

Good morning! It's a yucky day in Houston. I hope your Tuesday is wonderful despite the weather. Let's go guys up and at em!

 

[hungnguyen]

good morning Texans,

g' morning Hens, Seem like we beat Lisa, she is soundly sleep since the skunk is gone.

 

[TexasLisa]

Good Morning Fellow Texans!

Hung, there isn't a smell around here now. Since you have trapped it, please don't send it back to me!

Have a question for you guys. I have 11 hens laying. 2 of the BR decided to lay in my DH smithy (blacksmith shop). One lays on the bench and one lays in the forge. I thought 'okay, no big deal'. Yesterday there were 5 eggs in the smithy. DH has an extra large forge with a huge basin. 3 of the eggs were in there. Should I stop them, if so how do I go about doing it? Or do I let them continue to lay there? Part of me thinks, 'I know where they are, why bother".

Have a great day!

 

[jajeanpierre]

Six degrees of separation and the Texas BYC forum.

I've been in contact with a woman on this list and through our conversations by PM we discovered we shared similar family backgrounds. I shared with her a story about my grandfather being lost in the Arctic in 1929 on the first mining expedition north of the Arctic Circle. I did a quick Google search to give her a short synopsis of the story, but when I read the articles I was confronted by the difference between what I read (brave, courageous, self-sufficient white men) and what my grandfather told me (ill prepared, arrogant and idiotic white men saved by the Inuit at great personal cost to the tribe). So, I searched a little deeper.

I found that a book has been recently written about the search and rescue of the expedition. The author's grandfather had been in charge of the search and rescue operation. She started her book as a way of recording the story for her family. She went up into the Northwest Territories in Canada and asked people if they could tell her anything about the expedition. She was told to read my grandfather's diary that was published the year after they were lost, and it would tell her all she needed to know. The author used the diary of her grandfather and my grandfather to put together both sides of the story. I knew only the lost expedition's story. She knew only the searchers' story. My grandfather was the editor (and owner) of the largest mining newspaper in the world and went on the expedition as a reporter, so his diary would have been written from a reporter's perspective.

Through all this I have found a copy of my grandfather's book--which must be pretty rare since I doubt many were ever published--and this new book. I'm in the process of buying my grandfather's book and ordered the new book on Amazon. I've been in touch with the author who will be sending me photos she has that I don't have. I don't think there will be any photos of my grandfather because, as the reporter on the expedition, he took all the pictures. Still, I'll have a bit of my family history that I didn't have before.

All because of this group. Thank you!

http://www.kerrykarram.com/books/four-degrees-celsius/

 

[TexasLisa]

Six degrees of separation and the Texas BYC forum.

I've been in contact with a woman on this list and through our conversations by PM we discovered we shared similar family backgrounds. I shared with her a story about my grandfather being lost in the Arctic in 1929 on the first mining expedition north of the Arctic Circle. I did a quick Google search to give her a short synopsis of the story, but when I read the articles I was confronted by the difference between what I read (brave, courageous, self-sufficient white men) and what my grandfather told me (ill prepared, arrogant and idiotic white men saved by the Inuit at great personal cost to the tribe). So, I searched a little deeper.

I found that a book has been recently written about the search and rescue of the expedition. The author's grandfather had been in charge of the search and rescue operation. She started her book as a way of recording the story for her family. She went up into the Northwest Territories in Canada and asked people if they could tell her anything about the expedition. She was told to read my grandfather's diary that was published the year after they were lost, and it would tell her all she needed to know. The author used the diary of her grandfather and my grandfather to put together both sides of the story. I knew only the lost expedition's story. She knew only the searchers' story. My grandfather was the editor (and owner) of the largest mining newspaper in the world and went on the expedition as a reporter, so his diary would have been written from a reporter's perspective.

Through all this I have found a copy of my grandfather's book--which must be pretty rare since I doubt many were ever published--and this new book. I'm in the process of buying my grandfather's book and ordered the new book on Amazon. I've been in touch with the author who will be sending me photos she has that I don't have. I don't think there will be any photos of my grandfather because, as the reporter on the expedition, he took all the pictures. Still, I'll have a bit of my family history that I didn't have before.

All because of this group. Thank you!

http://www.kerrykarram.com/books/four-degrees-celsius/

That is totally fascinating !! I am happy that you are getting the full history of what has happened.

Lisa

 

[hungnguyen]

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Dear sister, If the skunk is no longer around, let them lay and make babies. If you want to stop them from laying, just take the egg and eat. When they see their eggs missing, they will trigger them to go somewhere else and create another nest. If you want them to set, then you have 2 choices: One is leaving them alone so they continue laying and proceed with setting. Just tell your Designated Hitter to move his Smith work to the chicken cage next time. The alternate will be to make a box for their nest and put right where they laying now. They will know that you had moved their eggs into a better nest and continue to lay. Then when they set a few days, at night, move the entire box/nest to your cage. Those are $1000 tips. And your hens will live happily ever after. Sincerely