The Front Porch Swing

[Blooie]

Blooie,   hope his  offspring aren't aggressive.

As much as it will hurt, cockerels from this hatch will be culled. His behavior was just so bizarre that I don't want a repeat.

 

[LBejaran]

As much as it will hurt, cockerels from this hatch will be culled. His behavior was just so bizarre that I don't want a repeat.

I hate culling roos but sometimes it needs to be done. I had to do it with several particularly aggressive roosters a couple years back.

 

[Rhapsody1]

Hi, I like this thread. Az here. It rained and was cool all day. It was the first time in weather records to rain on June 5 th. My little flock was not happy about this historical fact and would have preferred a hot sunny day.

 

[LBejaran]

Hi, I like this thread. Az here. It rained and was cool all day. It was the first time in weather records to rain on June 5 th. My little flock was not happy about this historical fact and would have preferred a hot sunny day.

Welcome to the Front Porch! Take a seat anywhere (except the bucket because I guess there is a turtle under there? Ask Blooie!).

About half of my flock is waterfowl, so every time it rains here we have ducks and geese running around trying to enjoy every inch of water. The chickens have learned that I'll go and lift the big junk from the yard so they can enjoy some rainy time grubs and roaches, so they make do!

 

[browncow15]

Not sure you will get butter from milk. My family makes butter out of cream. (Heavy) if you can skim off enough cream, you can make butter by over whipping it with a beater. My mother and aunt used a large hand churn, when they were young. There will be fluid left over as well as butter. Lightly salt it. It may be lighter in colour than you're used to seeing. The yellowest butter is from all grass fed cows. Raw milk does make excellent cheese. There are recipes on line for cottage cheese, farmers cheese, mozzarella, and ricotta. All are fairly easy cheeses to make. Good luck with your venture, but don't whip your raw milk and expect butter because it WON'T work!

Lol that's what I meant was I am going to skim off the cream for butter

I'll have to look into some cheese to do too! Those all sound yummy!

 

[bruceha2000]

The kids would probably break the glass trying to put their feet up on my seat.

Apparently I'm supposed to go on a trip with these punks again because Nathan wants to go see the new Terminator movie on IMAX. I don't want to go anywhere with these people! I'm supposed to act like a sister to this guy but neither of my brothers have every acted like this A$$H0LE!!!!

And if he has a problem with it, he can shove it.

I think some rules need to be set. There is NO WAY ANYONE will ever put their feet on the back of the front seat of my car. Nor will anyone riding shotgun put their feet on the dash. First - rude. Second - unsafe.

Here is the rule: Feet go up, car stops. Feet go down, car starts moving again. Repeat as needed until you get where you are going, even if it takes a week

You can remember kindergarten class? Boy, I sure don't! Heck, I'm not even sure glass jars were invented yet when I was in kindergarten!

Same here Blooie. I tend to not remember much from years past, especially that far past!

I looked on Google, glass jars were invented LONG before you were born

 

[tjo804]

Quote: Agreed we even left the grocery store once with a full cart cuz someone thought that making a scene in public would get them candy or a toy.
people now just let their kids scream in public and try the ignore them and they'll stop thing. IT DOESN'T WORK! now I find myself leaving stores and restaurants because other people don't care to think of the people around them. Reinforcing bad behavior encourages worse and annoys people who are trying to raise good citizens.

 

[LBejaran]

I think some rules need to be set. There is NO WAY ANYONE will ever put their feet on the back of the front seat of my car. Nor will anyone riding shotgun put their feet on the dash. First - rude. Second - unsafe.

Here is the rule: Feet go up, car stops. Feet go down, car starts moving again. Repeat as needed until you get where you are going, even if it takes a week 


Same here Blooie. I tend to not remember much from years past, especially that far past!

I looked on Google, glass jars were invented LONG before you were born   

I'm generally the one who keeps the car rides safe. No one puts their feet up for long but it doesn't stop the kids from trying.

My mom still has some old glass jars and an old oil lamp from el rancho in Mexico where her grandmother is from. They are more than 100 years old! I'm going to (very carefully) clean them and display them in the living room. I also need to touch up a couple other things for my mom and put in the house. Nice things are meant to be displayed, not hidden in the attic.

 

[MistyMountain]

Blooie,
So sorry you had to cull Scout. We also culled one of our roosters yesterday. It was a long time coming, he was progressively getting worse. More aggressive with the hens and would approach me too often for comfort. He never did any of the things a good rooster would do. Never called the girls for treats, heh he would drop his shoulder and bump them out of the way if I was tossing bread. He would also hide behind the girls when danger was around, instead of confronting it. I deflected a flog from him a while ago with an empty milk jug. He poked holes in it with his spurs! The last straw came yesterday, when DH watched him fighting with the alpha rooster and winning. We had never seen them fight before. Poor old Willie (top Roo) couldn't catch a break. Can't afford any injuries, and while Willie Roo is by no means a "friendly" rooster, he is good at being a rooster. I had high hopes for this rooster, too. He was a gold duckwing color and just a real pretty boy.

Ah life on the farm.

 

[drumstick diva]

bruceha I think my family invented glass - it was always there . Okay this will set me back BUT, when I was 5 or 6 we still had milk bottles (glass) delivered to the front stoop every morning. I also remember a rag peddlers wagon pulled by a horse. And some independents peddled an ice cream cart around the neighborhood - selling cheaper than the Good Humor truck guy.

There seemed to be a corner small store every few blocks - I guess those were the foundation for 7-11 chains etc. I used to ride my bike there and could buy half a popsicle for 4 cents or a whole one(if I was rich) for 7 cents. My friend and I used to alternate paying the 4 or 7 cents. I don't think there was tax on it.