The Front Porch Swing

[sarahsunshine]

BK, I saw a video once of a "trained professional" giving a wee baby a relaxing massage bath ... it was absolutely the sweetest thing. A nice warm bath must feel very familiar to fresh babies.

Of course, the video has to come with all kinds of "don't try this at home" warnings ... cuz some of us adults lack common sense ...

I'm glad you got to experience some of that with Aliza Grace.

People are nuts... We had a hot tub at our last house (3 of kids were born in it). Before that i thought they were such luxury. Now I I very happy that my children had the opportunity to learn to love water and swim in it in all months of the year. It was great and I actually miss it! From the day they were born (yes, I said they were born in it), they all relaxed and just setted down when in the warm water.

 

[MistyMountain]

 

Sounds like she is playing with the idea of broodiness but is not fully committed.  Those birds I just evict from the nest when I find them or, if I really want to break them, try another method to break the pseudo broody out of them...when they are not committed to the job, they are neither good for being a mama nor are they producing, so they need a broody buster solution. 

You could try leaving a few eggs under her in a nest all her own and see if she gets more serious...if not, I'd break her of it if you are needing the eggs. 

Thanks bee! I sure hope that is her problem. She was still on the nest this morning when I opened the coop. I removed her (same quiet bock bock bock noises) with ease and she went out and got some FF, did some scratching, pooped three times, thought about dust bathing, and then got obsessive about preening herself. Then she ate some more and when one of the other girls approached her she gave a death glare and puffed up just a tiny bit until the other hen pecked her. She got obsessive about preening again and has since followed the flock out to forage. She is not pooping in the box.

I definitely want a broody, but not right now… bad timing. I will give her a couple days before I make a move. If she would have done this 4 weeks ago she could have saved me a TON of hassle with the babies that were in my basement!!

Oh, and I wanted to mention, the honeysuckle is blooming in full force down here, too. It is all over behind the coop. As if I didn't already have a reason to linger down there!! We didn't have it where I grew up, something I look forward to each spring!!

Eta pics

 

[Beekissed]

Me too! The honeysuckle is a smell that I eagerly await each year and just drink it in with every breath! It's like breathing pure love, that smell, and reminds me of childhood when we used to suck the nectar from the flowers...so sweet and good.

 

[OHhappychicks]

Me too! The honeysuckle is a smell that I eagerly await each year and just drink it in with every breath! It's like breathing pure love, that smell, and reminds me of childhood when we used to suck the nectar from the flowers...so sweet and good.

AAWWW!! the simple pleasures!! Our back fence row is full of honeysuckle, but I don't think ours is out just yet. Haven seen or smelled any. We used to suck the nectar too.

I love country life!!!

 

[mimischicksnat]

Hey, Enola! Black Jack is what those of us who live in old mobile homes paint on our roofs to weatherproof them, among other uses. You pour it on the floor or roof, then push it around with a roller. Someone on the forums (wish I could remember his name) painted it on the floor of his coop and up the sides a foot or so. It completely seals all cracks and crevices, including the gap between the walls and the floor and makes a solid, completely waterproof surface.

We didn't do it because we wanted to use DLM, but this guy does do DLM on his and said the last time he cleaned it out it looked as good after four years as it did when he put it down. He recommends it highly. I think it's available at Lowes.

JackE is the user. I did the same with my coop. I'm hoping once I put down the pine shavings it will bring the heat down as the black makes the coop a LOT hotter. But I think it will be worth it come cleaning time and the floor will last a lot longer.

 

[mimischicksnat]

Check out the nutritional info on the white clover for your chickens....averages 23% ~but can be higher~protein and is highly digestible. My birds love it and will graze on it morning and evening...I suspect the sugar levels are higher during those parts of the day.

http://www.feedipedia.org/node/245

I'd bookmark that link...it has tons of valuable info on feed for livestock, particularly forage/graze.

Kind of related?
My neighbor just started keeping bees. I'm afraid the bees would be attracted to it and the chickens will decimate the bees! I'm still worried I'm going to affect her hive...

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I've got this bad boy going again ...



We defrosted another of last Thanksgiving's turkeys in brine ... 48 lbs this time ... without so much ice in the brine so it didn't take as long to defrost and probably won't have as much of that "Corned Turkey" flavor I created last time (I liked that a lot, but it took forever for that bad boy to thaw, and I didn't want to worry about it for as many days this time).

Yesterday I wrestled with it & parted it out ... legs, wings, breast meat, and some very meaty sections that don't normally exist/have names ... started this big pot with the leftover bones, and a big bag of turkey feet from the freezer. I roasted the legs/wings/extra meaty bits last night (that took my two biggest roasting pans) ... I will work on the breasts today (I think I'll only be able to do one at a time because they are THAT huge). First I gotta clean my roasting pans.

So we're back on the turkey soup/turkey sandwich treadmill for a while. Le joy.

I kinda hate to ask how many more of these things I've got in the freezer ...

ETA: freezerS ... I have a smaller chest freezer in my basement full of turkey, but there is a huge freezer over in one of the barns full of turkeys, too. And then the "side" freezer of my egg refrigerator has necks & feet ...

 

[MistyMountain]

First I gotta clean my roasting pans.

If you will cook for me, I will clean your roasting pans…. and I hate doing dishes

 

[wyoDreamer]

Wow, a 48 pound turkey! That is incredible. I can't even imagine how large just a 1/2 of the breast would be. Just ... wow.

 

[Oldmomma]

Well its been a long day and I need some prayers. Got into a dispute with my 2 kids who want to leave and it got a bit nasty. I ended up flinging 2,000 dollars in his face and telling him to get out while they could. He then tossed me a zinger of info and finalized it by saying, "oh guess what there's a memo on my brothers phone he was dying when he wrote it!" It gutted me then he told me by the way the phone died last night...this is the only way we have to renew internet or to have emergency access if we lose internet at the house power wise. I was told my son died at the scene and my brain is foggy as to when we came home and we dropped off and he left for work. I know he messaged his boss telling him he would come in soon as we were done. Ive got the phone at a shop but have no ideas if it can be salvaged. Its a 700 dollar phone only 9 months old. Anyways I tried to contact my embassy for help to get my 2 kids out and was pretty much told, sorry we cant assist! You got 1,000 marines in a carrier off the coast but you cant advise or assist citizens especially young 18 and 22 kids on leaving? I was livid and then the main number was incorrect so I called the emergency number and was told it wasnt an emergency, call the other number! Lets just say my tax dollars are working hard.... Anyways im looking at 1,300 each 1 way leaving if we are lucky in next few days. See you cant buy online no credit cards, and you must go to their offices which are in the city center. Then hope flights will still be going out in few more days. So im losing two of my kids, im alone and honestly going back isnt much of an option.
young man at the phone store asked if we had passports, I said yes and showed him mine. It was like he was holding gold...another friend asked to see my passport and he looked through it, he said they lied. I said what about? He said thry told us US passports say "you are from the best country in the world" inside them! Nope just quotes and images. I told him take a picture if you want. So many youth want to escape to our dream, how do you explain our streets aren't paved in gold? Praying my kids get out safely and things stay safe here until my husband can get here.