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[CapricornFarm]

Yay! My chicks the breeder sent from Michigan arrived!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning old folks hope all are well I am glad your chicks are there Cap all cute
have have like 6 growing up in silkie land may be able to get photos to share

 

[chickadoodles]

Cap they are so cute!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Morning old folks hope all are well I am glad your chicks are there Cap all cute
have have like 6 growing up in silkie land may be able to get photos to share

Thanks, I figure I will spoil them!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Cap they are so cute!

Thanks Chicka, it never gets old.

 

[ronott1]

My car went in for its annual recommended servicing. Now that I'm not driving to Santa Fe anymore (the place sold!), my mileage will look like the proverbial little old lady that only drove to church on Sunday.
However... The dealership is a hop-skippy-jump to Trader Joe's. Haven't been there since late February. SPREE!!!! Seriously, my cart was full to the brim at checkout. Would've spent more, but didn't tarry at the liquor department and the cart was full. Was surprised to find in the egg section fertile ones packed on Day 157 (today is Julian calendar 162) since all the other times I've checked the eggs have been at least 12+ days old. So, naturally, picked up a dozen and plopped them in the incubator with 5 of my girls' contributions for today. We'll see...
(Loved my last hen from store bought eggs, TeJae.)

Score on the fertile eggs! I have one left from my last hatch several years ago and she is still laying 5 eggs a week currently!

 

[ronott1]

I really don't want to waste the spices if I don't have to. I'd rather use them and make my own.

As for crispness...not much.

Tonight I opened a quart of spaghetti sauce that came with the quart of unseasoned brine pickles. Has anybody ever heard of putting what I believe are hot peppers in spaghetti sauce? I swear it burned my mouth for 10 minutes. I was glad I tasted before I dumped it in with my meat. I'm saving it for pizza sauce...granted it's going to be pizzas with one heck of a kick but I hate waste.

Do make your own!

It is very easy to can pickles

 

[microchick]

My bantam mamma took her babies out side for the first time today in the prefab coop. So freaking cute to watch her scratching in the chips and dirt and them excitedly following her around. She is such a fiercely protective little mom.

I'm hoping to get Betty Jo and her chicks out of the main coop tomorrow. We are moving the renovated chicken tractor into the run today.

Had to remove more roosters from the main coop and into the bachelor coop. They are happily beating one another up. I told them to have at it and save me the butchering time. Sometimes I question my own sanity when it comes to loving roosters. I have some really sweet boys who are good to the hens, respectful and friendly towards me and fun to have around and then there are the roosters in the bachelor pen... I have one that is in there just because he wants to be in there but for the most part, the others are expendable either due to fighting, rough breeding or bad attitudes towards me. Come fall they are out of here one way or another.

@CapricornFarm, you amaze me! I know you have health challenges that you are dealing with but you never give up. How do you do it?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well broody coop is almost done cut a length of hardware cloth to use as a apron
going out now to find pieces to strengthen the door area to hold latches

 

[microchick]

Thanks for reminding me, Penny, I need to get latches on my broody coop also!