@bruceha2000 You must officially suspend my punishment! I got the notion that he couldn't fix it from him, when he came home after almost two hours, sadly shaking his head and saying, "There is no fix for this mess - nothing I can do for them." So HA! HE was the source! Um, but then he poked around on his computer trying to find the parts anyway, dragged out some paper and a pencil, and designed a replacement part! I spent most the day over there snuggling Kendra, who has the wuzwels anyway. Jen was going to bring the girls over here, but Katie had a birthday party and Kendra wasn't feeling well, Jenny was helping the guys by running out for new furnace filters, making phone calls to try to get someone out there, and general putzing. So it was easier to go over there than drag the girls over.
I did a stoopid yesterday. I started chili early in the morning, before the Great Heat Disaster of 2018 started. So we ate some of it last night, and I intended on putting the rest of it in freezer bags to vacuum seal and freeze to have on hand later. So I let it cool first. Too long. I woke up this morning and it was still sitting on the counter. I've never done that before - I usually let it cool a bit so that when I put it in the fridge it doesn't bring the temp of the fridge up, then bag and freeze it the next morning. But I was so tired with all the fussing yesterday that I crashed and forgot it. Now I have an entire pot of chili that I have to pitch. Grrrrrrr Stoopid, stoopid!
That is NOT a spider I'd want to find anywhere near this place!! <shudder> That thing could carry off a small child! <double shudder>
@JaeG There have been people on the thread who were able to use MHP quite successfully for quail, but there are also others that it just didn't work for. Sounds like you've got your heat issue resolved, and if it works for you, then go for it! You have been doing the quail thing a long time and there's a good chance you know what you're doing by now!
Sour, congrats on the Wellie egg! The run is looking great - love the big "pole" in the center!
Debby, I know the feeling.....I rehomed my chickens in August so the last fresh eggs I've had were in September....last of the eggs they'd given me. I've been buying eggs since then..... I could just go over and get some from Jim and Cindy, the people who have my girls, but they haven't had that many with the winter doldrums striking their flock too. It's not so bad - I bought eggs before I ever got chickens and I can do it now.
I know I missed some posts....but then I missed some chili too so it's par for the course. (pun intended, Debby!)
