The Front Porch Swing

[BCMaraniac]

Cutting & folding boxsprings so they fit through tight spots is a whole thing. The Internet is full of useful advice about it. Usually mattresses smoosh enough to fit, but even then some common sense is useful. I once could not persuade some of my usual helpers that my mattress had a narrower width so they needed to rotate it 90 to fit it through a door, and then I couldn't persuade them to put it down so I could move it myself (as I have done plenty of times) ... riiiiiiipppppppp!

Your helpers must have been MEN!!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

@rrrmamma... let us know how it works for you. I am going to have to rig up or buy something if I keep processing very many birds. If one can be built I'm sure my boyfriend could do it. He's good at that sort of thing.

Where I live there are a couple places that rent out poultry processing equipment. Everything for about $100/weekend. Cones, scalder, plucker, tables, cooling vats. One place all that stuff is set up on a trailer.

I have my eye on a turkey plucker, but it costs $1,725.00 so I don't suppose I'll ever be getting that.

Maybe I'll get this instead ...

http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Pluck...sbs_hi_15?ie=UTF8&refRID=076Z6Q5T68ZDKRHPQZ74

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Your helpers must have been MEN!!

We call those men TPTB (The Powers That Be) ... cuz I do know (mostly from a distance) some really great men.

 

[love2grinchicke]

I had to spend a while this morning cleaning out a chick pen full of molding straw and rotting food. not my favorite thing to do

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I had to spend a while this morning cleaning out a chick pen full of molding straw and rotting food. not my favorite thing to do

Nasty! I had a huge amount of molding crumbles in my bedding once. Right after that was when I built DIY feeders and switched to pellets.

 

[LindaB220]

Where I live there are a couple places that rent out poultry processing equipment. Everything for about $100/weekend. Cones, scalder, plucker, tables, cooling vats. One place all that stuff is set up on a trailer.

I have my eye on a turkey plucker, but it costs $1,725.00 so I don't suppose I'll ever be getting that.

Maybe I'll get this instead ...

http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Pluck...sbs_hi_15?ie=UTF8&refRID=076Z6Q5T68ZDKRHPQZ74

I have that on my wish list so if I ever get chickens big enough to process I'm going to order it. I have a heavy duty plug in drill so it will be perfect. I'd sure put a big tarp down to keep feathers from flying.

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

I have that on my wish list so if I ever get chickens big enough to process I'm going to order it. I have a heavy duty plug in drill so it will be perfect. I'd sure put a big tarp down to keep feathers from flying.

Make TPTB stand "Down Wind" of the device. OOpsies!

 

[Blooie]

Re barking dogs & crowing roos: it's been said that the only person who doesn't hear a dog barking at 2 am is the owner of the dog! LOL

 

[BCMaraniac]

We call those men TPTB (The Powers That Be) ... cuz I do know (mostly from a distance) some really great men.

There are some really great men in this world, but was just figuring the ones helping with the mattress were of the TPTB persuasion, because if you helpers were women you would have brainstormed to figure out the best way to to it. My DH will actually stop and ask what I think!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

Re barking dogs & crowing roos: it's been said that the only person who doesn't hear a dog barking at 2 am is the owner of the dog! LOL

I've slept with my windows open the past two nights. It makes the nightly crowing chorus a lot more obvious. It's dark guys ... shhhhhhhh!