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[JD4570]

My ethnic background could start a regional war with itself. I'm Norwegian , German, Scottish, Irish, Gallic, Tunisian, Kiowa, Yuchi and Hebrew. I am not gonna try to figure how all that came about.

 

[ronott1]

My ethnic background could start a regional war with itself. I'm Norwegian , German, Scottish, Irish, Gallic, Tunisian, Kiowa, Yuchi and Hebrew. I am not gonna try to figure how all that came about.

I thought I was a completely different genetic makeup until I took a DNA test.

Have you taken one?

 

[JD4570]

No.....not yet. I do have extensive genealogy and records to go by. It seems all of my European ancestors came in to the United States by the port of Galveston.

 

[ronott1]

No.....not yet. I do have extensive genealogy and records to go by. It seems all of my European ancestors came in to the United States by the port of Galveston.

I thought that my Ottman Ancestors came to the US and settled in scholare county NY. My Genetic test says no. I do not have any family groups in that area.

Genealogies are great but do not tell you if the person you though was a relative really wasn't. Memories are not good and the stories and dates may be wrong too.

I used to think I was German but now know that I am mostly Brittish Isles...

 

[chickisoup]

Wow you guys!!! I don't know much about my family history and was always leery of digging too deeply. I'm afraid my "tree" would turn out to be a bowl of granola loaded with too many fruits, nuts and flakes!!!

Well, I did it. DH and I have been working for almost a week now, weather permitting, to put a small addition onto our little coop which will be able to serve as a safe brooder room, growout pen (it will have it's own pophole and separate little run connected to the main run) and isolation area if necessary. Major project for two fogies. This will allow me, among other things, to finally be able to brood chicks in a safe environment, OUTSIDE, instead of in the front bedroom, which will make the DH very happy. This will also allow us to be able to leave overnight if needed (remember the dying BIL) and set the chicks up with only the need for my (fellow) crazy chicken lady to pop over and check on everybody.

This leads up to the "I did it" part. I ordered new chicks from a hatchery last night. Some of you might remember the total horror show I experienced with my attempts early last month to get chicks delivered alive. This time I decided to go with Hoover's Hatchery for several reasons. One, they are only one state away in Iowa so as long as the post office doesn't send them to the wrong city first, again, they stand a good chance of arriving within a reasonable time frame, they have good prices and FREE shipping (great prices right now with their sale), they don't offer a ton of different breeds, instead choosing to focus on maintaining healthy solid stock and then there's this;
"HOOVER’S BIOSECURITY CERTIFICATION STATEMENT Poultry sold is originated directly from parent stock tested and found negative for pullorum typhoid diseases within the past 12 months. All of our breeders have had no incident of AI (avian influenza) shown with our blood testing. We also vaccinate all of our breeders for marek’s, Bronchitis-Newcastle, bursal, fowl pox, laryngotracheitis, and salmonella. Hoover’s Hatchery works to receive permits from each state we ship to as a part of our business."
This is a family business that was founded in the 40's and every single one of their breeder farms is located in the surrounding area. Only their meat chicks are purchased from another farm and trucked to them daily.
I really don't know a lot about the quality of their birds except that they state on their site these are not show quality but they supply many of the TS stores chicks and folks who have bought those have posted on here that they were happy with them.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that they offer several different vaccination options and only charge 20 cents a piece per shot! This is a whole lot less than what I have paid in the past. They ship next Monday soooooo, , I'll post pics when they arrive.

 

[Bunnylady]

I thought that my Ottman Ancestors came to the US and settled in scholare county NY. My Genetic test says no. I do not have any family groups in that area.

Genealogies are great but do not tell you if the person you though was a relative really wasn't. Memories are not good and the stories and dates may be wrong too.

I used to think I was German but now know that I am mostly Brittish Isles...

Sometimes genealogies raise more questions than they answer. Several years ago, a school project for one of the kids got my husband poking around in his family tree. We have an almost unpronounceable last name, which he has always told people is Czechoslovakian, though his grandmother said it was German. Turns out g-ma was right - apparently, the family did migrate from Germany; in one form or another, the name infiltrated several ethnic groups before some ancestors made it to these shores. On his mother's side, he has always thought his roots were in Ireland - the name certainly looks Irish. But that may not be what it seems, either - there is a possibility that it's a misunderstanding/corruption of a French name, and not Irish at all.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I think I may spring for the test as in things are questionable on the Britton
side of the tree.... I moved my brooder into my green house as I have 7 little
peeps growing up in it rather than my sewing room

 

[ronott1]

I have some remodeling pictures before:

Stairs getting remodeled:

Full kitchen picture. The cabinets have been refinished. Counter and splash will be installed this week:

This is a picture of the corner and the place where the sink will go:

 

[chickisoup]

I have some remodeling pictures before:

Stairs getting remodeled:

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Full kitchen picture. The cabinets have been refinished. Counter and splash will be installed this week:
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This is a picture of the corner and the place where the sink will go:

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Nice Ron! How much of the work are you doing yourself?

 

[ronott1]

Nice Ron! How much of the work are you doing yourself?

As much of the demolition as possible and we removed the cabinet doors and put them back on. I spent a lot of hours this weekend getting the counters off and the plumbing out of the way.

Ceramic tiles are very heavy!