The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

That loon quilt is beautiful, @superchemicalgirl. Even if you don't like the quilting, it's gorgeous. I love the colors.

As for the pup being tuckered. When they are that little, tuckered is a blessing. Heck, it's pretty great when they are 5 and tuckered out. Buck rousted himself enough to go out with me to lock up the birds but now he's stretched out on the rug in front of the fireplace and his sissy is zonked on the couch. Hopefully they will all sleep well tonight.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

The dog is currently snoring with her tongue out. It seems like the hike was a delayed response. She was cuckoo for about an hour when we got home then has been sleeping like a log since.
She does look plump in that picture. She's really skinny still and her ribs poke out. I wonder if it is because of her positioning. You know like when women lay on their backs and suddenly mountains become flatlands.

 

[bruceha2000]

She does look plump in that picture. She's really skinny still and her ribs poke out. I wonder if it is because of her positioning. You know like when women lay on their backs and suddenly mountains become flatlands.

My kind of teacher.

Oh yeah. I mean really WHY would one wanting to use a ham radio NEED to know WHY current is called current?? It isn't exactly pertinent to the task.

 

[chickadoodles]

Scg she's so cute!

 

[microchick]

Bruce, my thoughts entirely!

DH explained to me that they were teaching all this crapola because many HAM operators liked to work with the electronics and build their own systems. When he said that I turned red in the face and screamed something like I don't want to memorize what colored stripe is around a Capacitor because I just want to know how to use a HAM radio without having the FCC knocking on our back door. Seriously. The first quarter of the text book is nothing but algebra and electronics, capacitors, resistors, inductors, transistors....

So I've reached the conclusion that I got to do something with my surplus bantam cross roosters. I've gone through the whole rowdy bunch of them and picked out the ones that are with the hens now, with the thought of breeding for size and or color and there are a couple that are still in the bachelor pen that I want to keep but that still leaves me with 15 extra roosters.

With the Marek's I can't give or sell them to anyone for breeding. I hate even letting them leave the farm or I'd give them to our neighbor to butcher. They are all symptom free but exposed. They are all under a year old so should be tasty after spending 12 hours in a crock pot. I just hate like sin the idea of butchering them. I can do it. Just don't want to but if I can't find somebody to butcher them for me I will be stuck with doing the deed.

 

[chickadoodles]

Micro maybe one of your neighbors would barter for the butchering.
I did that with mine. It can't hurt to ask.
They might take some tasty treats in exchange or some jams or something...
Just a thought

 

[microchick]

Good idea, Chicka.

I've given our next door neighbors surplus roosters before I knew I had Marek's. They have a small flock now of adult birds. Since they are only a quarter of a mile away their birds are exposed the same as mine have been, but they haven't had any losses, mainly I suspect because their birds, like my bantam crosses are Amish hatched.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Bruce, my thoughts entirely!

DH explained to me that they were teaching all this crapola because many HAM operators liked to work with the electronics and build their own systems. When he said that I turned red in the face and screamed something like I don't want to memorize what colored stripe is around a Capacitor because I just want to know how to use a HAM radio without having the FCC knocking on our back door. Seriously. The first quarter of the text book is nothing but algebra and electronics, capacitors, resistors, inductors, transistors....

So I've reached the conclusion that I got to do something with my surplus bantam cross roosters. I've gone through the whole rowdy bunch of them and picked out the ones that are with the hens now, with the thought of breeding for size and or color and there are a couple that are still in the bachelor pen that I want to keep but that still leaves me with 15 extra roosters.

With the Marek's I can't give or sell them to anyone for breeding. I hate even letting them leave the farm or I'd give them to our neighbor to butcher. They are all symptom free but exposed. They are all under a year old so should be tasty after spending 12 hours in a crock pot. I just hate like sin the idea of butchering them. I can do it. Just don't want to but if I can't find somebody to butcher them for me I will be stuck with doing the deed.

Sorry Micro, it sucks with the disease issue. I though a ham license might be fun but sounds like too much work!

 

[pennyJo1960]

The dog is currently snoring with her tongue out. It seems like the hike was a delayed response. She was cuckoo for about an hour when we got home then has been sleeping like a log since.
She does look plump in that picture. She's really skinny still and her ribs poke out. I wonder if it is because of her positioning. You know like when women lay on their backs and suddenly mountains become flatlands.

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it is not uncommon the bloodhound is not a plump dog be concerned she will probably stay quite thin

 

[microchick]

This is what the studying is like..... I imagine once you get the studying out of the way and pass the test, the worse is over. I hope. We mainly are getting ours, well, DH has his now and I'm working towards it, is that we got walkie talkies to use on the farm that require HAM licenses in order to use them other than as walkie talkies. DH wants to branch out with it but he has a background in electronics and radios that goes way back before he became an eye doctor. He had the jump on me.

Me, I'll be happy using the radios as walkie talkies and fall back on them as two way radios in the case of an emergency.

Talking to people via radio is too much like talking to them on the phone. I gave that up when I retired.

Yeah, Marek's pretty much sux. I have been refreshing my memory about butchering....remembered how much I don't want to do it. Guess I'll be looking for somebody to butcher for me.