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[hallerlake]

Quote: Thanks. I was hoping you'd say that. I'll be out after rush hour. I'll call before I leave home.

 

[Chickielady]

Yep - it's me =) I make lotion bars a lot like those.

I also have some liquid soap to get to you - it turned out very nice! I just have no idea how to mail it =) Hopefully you're coming up to Ron's BBQ!

I am gonna give it a serious try !
Unless we are right in the middle of walls going up.
There are people coming to help with walls going up, and if the weather is right, it will happen & we will have to miss Ron's barbie...

 

[Chickielady]

USE BAG BALM ! ! ! Rub it in at bed time. Works great. There is a reason that stuff has been around so long. BECAUSE IT"S THAT GOOD

Einstein hates greasy stuff like bag balm....hates it !
he likes the chap stick though...so I am thinking he would go for the thicker type lotion bars.

 

[itsren]

Could you share more about your home made worm bin Rainwolf? I've wanted one for awhile. Yesterday they were selling the multi tiered ones with a tap for the liquid, but wanted almost $100 for them. I thought that was a bit much.

I used to want a worm bin. When I realized how many thousands of worms I ended up in my soilsaver compost bin, decided I didn't need one. DH teases me that we should sell our worms to fishing stores.

http://www.amazon.com/Soilsaver-Cla...9G9Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338913099&sr=8-1

 

[itsren]

I keep finding this one asleep on it's back all sprawled out. Hilarious!

Oh my gosh... so CUTE! Thanks for sharing. That gave me a good chuckle. I remember those cute chick days like it was only 7 weeks ago!

 

[itsren]

http://www.chickendoors.com/

Hey, it even has a testimonial on the front page from Rob Ludlow! Cool.

Cool. I looked different models up yesterday and that was the link I sent to my husband and told him I liked it the best. He, of course, chuckled that I asked for a chicken door for my birthday.

Well, IMHO, the girls are not doing their job! Boo.

We keep dropping slugs in front of them and they look at us like we're crazy - then they let the slugs slither away. I thought chickens were supposed to eat slugs. They eat my bees, that I want to keep... but they don't eat slugs. What's up with that?

On a good note... they've devastated a few ant nest for us.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: That's why I put it on at night. Then by morning it is all soaked in.

 

[itsren]

OK and this looks like a good time to make my heat lamp speech. Mostly for new peeps.

NEVER NEVER EVER put a heat lamp in anything but a porcelain fixture. The fixture should have a sticker that says MAX bulb/lamp size. If you put a heat lamp in one of the cheap clamp on fixtures, you are playing with fire LITERALLY !! See the cheap fixtures can't take the heat. Thus the risk of fire.

When we bought our heat lamp, the feed store had us buy a hanging metal fixture. Those are dangerous? Aren't they made for that?

 

[Breshcandra]

I didnt't realize how hard it was to get serama eggs. Should have gotten them at the monroe show in march.

 

[VelvettFog]

When we bought our heat lamp, the feed store had us buy a hanging metal fixture. Those are dangerous? Aren't they made for that?

That is what I use. I think CR's point is to be sure that what ever fixture you are using, it is properly rated to handle the wattage of the bulb you put in it. It is also very important that you don't let *any* heat lamp close to anything that easily catches fire. And that there is NO WAY that it can fall. (I use two chains)