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[bamadude]

I just saw "free range organic" eggs at our walmart.
Since I am buying eating eggs now.... I may pay the extra $1.50 to check for bullseyes

 

[Latestarter]

Thanks @vehve I just wanted them to be 18-24" above ground and tall enough that I could walk upright inside and move around. I would have preferred to do one long building with runs off one side, but if the structure was bigger than 12x12 I would have needed to submit for building permits and such. The next place I buy will NOT be in a town where all that crap is required. And for animal housing I'll build what I want, when I want, where I want, and HOW I want.

 

[Alaskan]

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I will post a picture of the latest hatch later. They are so cute!

I can't wait to see how the chicks from the Whole Foods eggs turn out.

Yes, stick with the leghorns you can get. We need to have lots of eggs!

Yeah, we FINALLY have bunches of eggs again! And, of course, it is all of my leghorns that are leading the pack! Awesome girls! I will have to make a forty egg crustless quiche for coffee hour on Sunday. Not joking!

AL: the isbar egg is an awesome dark green shade. You will like it

I would be all covered in drool if I had that egg in my pen.

I am wondering if I can be happy and content with just what I have. I worked SUPER hard to sell off and get rid of most of my breeds... But I miss the rainbow basket (didn't think I would) and I keep eyeing ebay and such.

I have these stupidly expensive (and yes VERY pretty) Ameraucanas that have laid NOTHING!!!!

NOTHING!!!!

This is why I tossed out my rainbow basket, it fails when held up to the light of practicality.

Thanks @vehve
I just wanted them to be 18-24" above ground and tall enough that I could walk upright inside and move around. I would have preferred to do one long building with runs off one side, but if the structure was bigger than 12x12 I would have needed to submit for building permits and such. The next place I buy will NOT be in a town where all that crap is required. And for animal housing I'll build what I want, when I want, where I want, and HOW I want.

Totally!!! (About property restrictions)

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Psst....The fertile eggs from Trader Joe's hatch very good feed to egg ratio hens.

If only one would have a TJ with fertile eggs in their town. When I asked, they looked at me like I had 3 heads.
WF carries them but they are too old by the time they get to town. I tried, nothing.

Yeah, the Marans are also for looks, not production... Which is why I got rid of them. I just need better feed to egg ratio.

The penedesencas are laying machines. I have 6 small flocks. I started keeping records on the first of the month. Only the 2 older flocks have had added light.
Laying age females in each flock and eggs for the month through day 14.
7 - 50
7 - 51
8 - 40 (they're much younger and only about half have started laying)
2 - 5
2 - 0
2 - 0
I think that's pretty good for the first 2 weeks of January. Only perhaps 9 are over a year and some are in the 5-8 month range.
Come October there will be a dearth but from January to September it's good. In another month I'll be getting 2 dozen a day.

Butter makes most things better!!!!

Culver's butter burgers are decadent.

I love kielbasa, mom always made her scalloped potatoes with chunked up kielbasa on top, everything crispy on top in a oven. DW makes it with ham chunks... :-(
Don't ever buy turkey kielbasa, it's NOT. I bought a case through work cheap, big disappointment, just long fat hotdogs....Made good pickled sausage though...

We had kielbasa, sauerkraut, potatoes and onions what seemed like once a week. If it wasn't that, it was ham and cabbage. I'm a big fan.
My wife buys turkey everything.

I slice kilbasa diagonally to expose more of the sausage and carmelize it in a bit of Olive oil. We like it crispy but the carmelization gives the cabbage Wonderful flavor. I use two Kilbasa links that are like a loop.

Then once its carmelized I start chopping and dropping a whole head of cabbage. and put a lid on. As soon as I see the cabbage is wilting I tip the lid and make sure all the water goes into the pan. Then I scrape the bottom and lift the meat up out of the cabbage. Till all the cabbage has the juice from the Kilbasa.

By the time its done cooking there is about a cup of water in there....

if I get bored with cabbage I do brussle sprouts.... They get a sprinkle of vinegar.

Oh and Salt pepper Garlic and Smoked paprika on all of it.

deb

sounds good
Brussels sprouts are on the menu here from fall through spring.

I am terrible at both drying out and building

You must be good at something. How about incubating?

The best thing about tragedy is when you rebuild, you can fix the design errors from the first build.

Thanks @vehve I just wanted them to be 18-24" above ground and tall enough that I could walk upright inside and move around. I would have preferred to do one long building with runs off one side, but if the structure was bigger than 12x12 I would have needed to submit for building permits and such. The next place I buy will NOT be in a town where all that crap is required. And for animal housing I'll build what I want, when I want, where I want, and HOW I want.

I feel you.
We need a permit for anything above 100 square feet. That's how I ended up with so many coops. It has turned out well though. Lots of housing options for breeding and quarantine.

Yeah, we FINALLY have bunches of eggs again! And, of course, it is all of my leghorns that are leading the pack! Awesome girls! I will have to make a forty egg crustless quiche for coffee hour on Sunday. Not joking!

I would be all covered in drool if I had that egg in my pen.

I am wondering if I can be happy and content with just what I have. I worked SUPER hard to sell off and get rid of most of my breeds... But I miss the rainbow basket (didn't think I would) and I keep eyeing ebay and such.

I have these stupidly expensive (and yes VERY pretty) Ameraucanas that have laid NOTHING!!!!

NOTHING!!!!

This is why I tossed out my rainbow basket, it fails when held up to the light of practicality.
Totally!!! (About property restrictions)

A rainbow basket is nice. I miss my white egg layers. Especially the white Minorca and the Jaerhons.
My one and only Ameraucana has been a champ through her 7 years. She started about the first of January last year and averaged 5.5 eggs a week till the end of September. Got her first egg January 2 this year and she's laid 7 so far this month. I've kept one of her daughters an Olive Egger and she's also laid 7 so far this month.
The old girl was frequently broody her first few years and raised several batches of chicks for me but not last year.

 

[Beer can]

@Alaskan boonies? Town of 5K? Ours is 1,300 only one gas station, no stores. Most towns here are that size and smaller. I'm only 15 miles either way of towns of 3 and 4k, one has two grocery stores. And I can take a back dirt road to a highway and be in a small city of 13K in 20min driving 70mph, they have several cheap grocery stores, small mall, all sorts of stores and shops.
Nearest Trader Joe's, 100 miles, 1hr 40min, the other 180miles about 3hrs...Whole foods one, 100 miles 1hr 40min...
We only pay around $2.50 for a gallon of milk at the gas station though, what's it cost up there in the 'Yukon'? Is it cows milk or muskox? Lol.

 

[Beer can]

Building codes, inspections? I got busted. Was rebuilding my garage hoping to have it done before the leaves fell off the trees, and was setting our new outside wood boiler onto a free bluestone slab I got from my father with my backhoe when the building inspector visited...ohh crap...There is only one spot coming down the hill you can even see the garage, he noticed the new lumber. He says looks like you got a lot going on. Yup, trying to finish some stuff up before the snow flies. You need a permit for the garage. No I don't. Yes you do. Nope, had a garage it burned down, rebuilding it same dimensions same place.
You can fix or repair, but this is a little more than that, you need one for that boiler also. For a wood stove!?? Permanent outside boilers require a permit. Your kidding me!?? ( I knew this, also knew it is against code to put them on a bluestone slab, a guy in town had to remove his and pour concrete, lol)
He said he was supposed to charge double for building before permitting, but he wouldn't do that, and said he'd do me a favor and put both the garage and boiler on the same permit, one cost. Took the $150 or so check and I never saw him again, he never even looked at the garage or boiler. Lol!
If I was a city person or a contractor I bet it wouldn't have not been good at all.

 

[drumstick diva]

Beercan are you sure he was legit? Maybe some guy figured it was an easy way to make a few bucks.

 

[Peep_Show]

Did you get a physical permit? Get a receipt? Check his credentials?
Sounds fishy is all.

 

[ronott1]

Building codes, inspections? I got busted. Was rebuilding my garage hoping to have it done before the leaves fell off the trees, and was setting our new outside wood boiler onto a free bluestone slab I got from my father with my backhoe when the building inspector visited...ohh crap...There is only one spot coming down the hill you can even see the garage, he noticed the new lumber. He says looks like you got a lot going on. Yup, trying to finish some stuff up before the snow flies. You need a permit for the garage. No I don't. Yes you do. Nope, had a garage it burned down, rebuilding it same dimensions same place.
You can fix or repair, but this is a little more than that, you need one for that boiler also. For a wood stove!?? Permanent outside boilers require a permit. Your kidding me!?? ( I knew this, also knew it is against code to put them on a bluestone slab, a guy in town had to remove his and pour concrete, lol)
He said he was supposed to charge double for building before permitting, but he wouldn't do that, and said he'd do me a favor and put both the garage and boiler on the same permit, one cost. Took the $150 or so check and I never saw him again, he never even looked at the garage or boiler. Lol!
If I was a city person or a contractor I bet it wouldn't have not been good at all.

Beercan are you sure he was legit? Maybe some guy figured it was an easy way to make a few bucks.

Did you get a physical permit? Get a receipt? Check his credentials?
Sounds fishy is all.

The two big Cities in Yolo County will inspect your place when it is sold. If the house has had work done on it that does not have a permit, they will make you pay at closing.

Random inspections do not happen, but Woodland and Davis are now part of a Police program that lest you turn people in via Social Media. It is likely that someone turned beercan in.

 

[ronott1]

My two week old Grocery store chicks are getting big!