Washingtonians

[Farmin Momma]

WOW looks like it was a good night not to be on here !!! Looks like ya'all have beat that dead horse to the point there ain't even enough hide to make a pair of gloves out of.

So Can we PLEASE put this to rest in order to preserve OUR thread. I would hate to see something to cause the #1 (YES WA is the # 1) state thread closed simply because we can't build a bridge and get over differences in opinion.

Right there with ya CR! When I realized it was getting bad I tried to get out of it

. I appoligize to everyone for not stopping sooner.

Hi all IM 900 post behind but wanted to say hello and I'm lurking. I took a fall about 30 feet down out of our Barn loft. So have been laying low. I was in bed for few days straight and since I hurt my neck and shoulder Im suppose to be resting. But gonna try and do some canning this weekend We wii see how it goes Anyways just wanted to say hello

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to hear you got hurt. I really hope you recover fast. Wish I lived close to you so I could offer any help maybe some one who dose live near you would be willing to lend a hand.


I have heard so many stories about peoples chickens being eaten by their pigs, but my pigs don't even pay any attention to my chickens. A lot of the girls run around inside the pig yard and go right up and share steal meals from them. Sadly I did have a loss the other day in the pig yard as one of my BLRW chicks apparently tried drinking water out of the pigs water and fell in at some point and then could not get out

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Been thinking about pulling out my incubator lately..... Wondering how DH would react to that or if he would even notice for a while. I would like to collect some eggs from my RIR pair so that I have more RIRs ready to lay for next spring. Hhhhmmmm I sure love seeing lose tiny little babies hatch. Oh that's it, I talked myself into it again I'll do it!

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: Wow! You know alot about this! What do you do? I forgot to ask last night. But I haven't been sleeping well and I was on fumes! Lol!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: You can also get pet shampoo for white dogs. I was just reading on the Silkie thread and they use that. I think they called it bright and white.

Yep, and I use horse shampoo. Quick Silver for white or light birds, Quick Color for dark birds. Just don't mix them up because they're both purple! LOL I once turned a buff Orpington purple!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: Good morning LADIES !! Geez I missed ya both since for the first time in weeks I managed to sleep past 3:00ish ! ! ! Yup I made it until the alarm at 6:30

Lucky! Bed by 4, up by 8...

No nap for me today, too much to do. BUT I don't have to work tonight. I DO have to take DS to TaeKwonDo and then straight to our 4-H meeting though...oh well. At least I get to go to bed before 3am tonight!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I've got a chicken outside singing an egg song. I wonder if ya'd call that sad sounding song "Country Music".

Heck yeah!!

 

[Slinglings]

Wow! You know alot about this! What do you do? I forgot to ask last night. But I haven't been sleeping well and I was on fumes! Lol!

Nothing in the medical field..I just know a lot about meds and supplements from my own experience I have recurring depression/possibly bipolar, and react very poorly to most meds. I am on a weird cocktail of low doses of several drugs and supplements, and I am doing great, *right now* . Once the days get really short, I may crash again. Who knows.

I didn't know who I was 'talking' to It was nice meeting you all last night!

 

[Farmin Momma]

I have a question. Back oh so many posts ago ya'll were talking about your diets and things you can or can't, do or don't eat. I would really like to get my family to the point of not having prossesed foods which will be a huge struggle for me with 5 kids. But right now I am wondering what in the world do ya'll drink? I have a son that has ADHD and other behaviral things we are helping him battle and I have found that all those dies in the drinks and food really affect him (as well as the other 4 kids). I have tried taking out all drinks that contain those dies but I can't find much to substitue. So I am really looking for ideas if ya'll have any.

Today I plan on trying to make my first batch of black berry jam. My cousin made some the other day and told me I need (besides the berries) sugar and stuff called Pectin. Those of you that make jams, do you use this Pectin stuff or no?
So I guess that was two questions lol.

 

[chickenjane82]

I have a question. Back oh so many posts ago ya'll were talking about your diets and things you can or can't, do or don't eat. I would really like to get my family to the point of not having prossesed foods which will be a huge struggle for me with 5 kids. But right now I am wondering what in the world do ya'll drink? I have a son that has ADHD and other behaviral things we are helping him battle and I have found that all those dies in the drinks and food really affect him (as well as the other 4 kids). I have tried taking out all drinks that contain those dies but I can't find much to substitue. So I am really looking for ideas if ya'll have any.

Today I plan on trying to make my first batch of black berry jam. My cousin made some the other day and told me I need (besides the berries) sugar and stuff called Pectin. Those of you that make jams, do you use this Pectin stuff or no?
So I guess that was two questions lol.

Water

 

[itsren]

Why does every vegan cookbook have to contain a long-winded diatribe of their extreme viewpoints?

I just want to find a book with egg-free and nut-free recipes because of my allergies. If anyone knows of such a thing, please post it.

 

[Slinglings]

I think it depends on how you want the jam to turn out. Some recipes don't use it, others do, and some recipes use gelatin.

Pectin makes it gel, fruit juice + pectin makes jelly, like clear grape jelly, without pieces of fruit. If you want it more like preserves, lumps of fruit in sugary syrup, you don't necessarily need pectin.