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[chickisoup]

Quote: I will agree! It all depends on just where you have been (how far below 0 for how long), I do remember just moving fire wood and it was in the low 30's, after a real cold spell, If you have to use a propane torch to heat your fuel oil so it will flow, it's been cold!

Scott
It got up to a sunny 15+F the other day and I didn't even stop to think about trotting out on the backporch to grab the chicken feed bucket barefoot and no coat till I got back inside and hubby says "you wouldn't have done that in November"

 

[Wisher1000]

I am slowly making the shift to being a "breeder" and not a "keeper." I sold quite a few of my layer flock yesterday. They were 16 - 24 month old healthy, hatchery stock, and were great layers. I think the new owners will be happy with them. I kept the best Marans (I still like those dark brown eggs) the neighbor's EEs, two production reds, and two BOs. I offered the last four for sale, but they didn't choose them. I'm down to 16 hens and 2 cocks in that coop, and down to 26 adult birds and about that many chicks, total.

I am hatching and selling chicks from a trio of very nice Black Orpingtons that are really growing on me. I have decided to hatch eggs from the neighbors EEs and sell the chicks, but have been giving serious thought to buying some breeder quality Ameraucanas. All of these are only side lines to my Silver Campine project. It has been moving so slowly that I needed some distractions.

I also sold the pair of call ducks that I brought back from Ohio. They were for my sons, but the boys pay no attention to them. The lad that bought them had to build a coop for them, so I held them for him for a week. He will pick them up this afternoon, freeing a 2'hx4w'x8'L ground run that I can use to grow out some of the chicks I'm hatching. I built a 2'x2'x4' tractor and will finish a 2'x4'x4' one today. They will be used for chicks, broodys, or hospital coops.

I have culled a couple of chicks that I would have tried to save just a short time ago, it is getting easier. I anticipate needing that skill when I start hatching for specific goals and in large numbers. It's not something I enjoy, but I can do it without tears, now. Next step, doing my own processing........

I have been studying the SOP and have learned a lot, and I have discovered the VAST amount that I still have to learn. This is one of my favorite aspects of this hobby. I enjoy learning.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Thanks for quoting my forbidden BF shot guys, made trying to read BYC this morning without him noticing a real challenge.

He's still in the dark.

As far as incubating and hatching goes, my Brinsea Octagon Eco 20 which I got on sale plus a coupon works very well. After about a million hatches it has gotten pretty dirty inside and it's difficult to clean (the screws were cheap and I stripped them) but that's the only complaint I have.

Love the potty picture. I have some videos and pictures of me and my sister in various nekkid scenarios, and I was mortified of them until my early 20s. Now I think they're fabulous.

I also liked you on FB, Oz.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Just wanted to remind everyone that we have enemies in industry.

http://magicvalley.com/news/local/m...cle_0550cebe-86ee-11e2-87f9-0019bb2963f4.html


http://www.animalfrontiers.org/content/2/1/30.full

 

[drumstick diva]

SCG you still didn't tell me what kind of "footwear" your boyfriend had out in the snow. This is how I determine if someone is really 'far gone' or not.

 

[pickitfarm]

in defense of the pooper pic

look at that face!!

not a care in the world

he does not give a **** while having a ****

when was the last time you smiled like that on the can?

it was respectful, i did not show his bits.

Pure joy on that handsome face! I see these types of pictures as future blackmail insurance.....teenager acts up, just threaten to show family pictures to their friends, gently reminding them what pictures you have. Tee Hee.

I have a nephew who went through the phase of wearing his pants low slung to the point his draws were showing....(Unfortunately the kids has absolutely no back side) I saw him with a group of his friends and they all were wearing their pants that way and I yelled out from my car "You know I had to diaper that butt when you were a baby and it was cute then.....but it ain't cute to look at now."

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG you still didn't tell me what kind of "footwear" your boyfriend had out in the snow. This is how I determine if someone is really 'far gone' or not.

I'm sorry I must have missed that. It was:

 

[drumstick diva]

OZ I bet we all have "potty" pictures of our kids - for one thing it may be our only chance to get them staying in one place.

No problem unless you pull the parental tradition of trotting out said picture when he comes home with his high school crush. Not cool at all!!

I noticed in old pictures my parents took, my mother never put a top on me when I was very young. My sister always had one. I guess she figured I was so flat no one would notice what gender I was. I am still mortified seeing those pictures. Plus which -imagine the sunburns I must have had.

PS I think we tend to smile on the throne, when 'everything' turns out okay.

 

[martin-design]

Hello, Ron,
I'd like to be a part of the Dorking import project. I have Silver Grays in the Midwest. Thanks. Anne

 

[ronott1]

Hello, Ron,
I'd like to be a part of the Dorking import project. I have Silver Grays in the Midwest. Thanks. Anne

I want to be a part of it too.

We need to send an email request to get access to the closed facebook page. I have been hatching Silver Grey Dorkings for several years now for a local breeder to help her with improving them.

I just saw the information on the Dorking club thread yesterday.

It is great to have you coming on board! Dorkings are an amazing ancient breed.