Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[orrpeople]

Seriously thinking of throwing in the Marans towel.
None of my girls lay very dark eggs (all from good breeders and dark hatching eggs, so no fault there), one of them is a perpetual broody, and the splash "female" that was looking so good (chooks man really liked her), has, in a matter of the last two weeks, shown that she is really a "he" (early featherer, late bloomer).
So... guess I'm going to just call them all "pet quality" and step off the bus.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Sage advice, Sir. Far too much of it on the pond here lately - I'm sure somebody slipped something in the water, while we weren't looking

Maybe it's the weather!Lol

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

All is well, thanks, if a little boring Still, it will be Gordon's o'clock in another couple of hours

Have one for me ... Groceries today!

 

[BantyChooks]

Seriously thinking of throwing in the Marans towel.
None of my girls lay very dark eggs (all from good breeders and dark hatching eggs, so no fault there), one of them is a perpetual broody, and the splash "female" that was looking so good (chooks man really liked her), has, in a matter of the last two weeks, shown that she is really a "he" (early featherer, late bloomer).
So... guess I'm going to just call them all "pet quality" and step off the bus.

Breeding to the SOP isn't easy. Generally, if you want a good start, buying two or three started pairs is your best bet.

A breeder on here did the math and said it would take about 210 shipped eggs to produce one quality bird. Rather eye-opening.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Off to feed grumpy teachers! Y'all have a good day!

 

[Debs Flock]

Wow we was poor as dirt 9 people in a two room shack sometimes . But momma was a saint we picked blackberries every summer and she made cobbler that was so good We also picked possom grapes and elder berries goose berries mulberries any thing she could make jams or jelly out of . She made cakes and pies fried donuts sprinkled with powered sugar. Sometimes there wasn't much but there was always something . We would also gather walnuts and chestnuts . Some times breakfast was just gravy and biscuits. It could rabbit gravy or mackerel gravy . When the bullfrogs got out and big we would go frogging and have frogs for breakfast. Catch them live keep them in a wet burlap sack clean them early in the morning . They were soooooooo good . You know my childhood wasn't so bad .

I hurt in more places than I can count from some of them crazy things we did as kids.

Yep pick up a pound of dry beans any kind . A couple ham hocks and some jiffy corn muffin mix . A slow cooker will work too. The great ting about beans is you can add anything you want to the pot . With the jiffy mix instead of muffins use a 10 inch iron skillet and you got a very sweet corn bread . You do realize I'm going to show up on your door steep one day I figure it can't be more than a 110 miles over there

Is that the voice of experience talking

Resourceful your momma.

Went to the Sussex Co. fair today. The livestock, poultry, small animal barns are spacious, clean and well ventilated. Anything you wanted to eat - it was there, and the midway was a kids delight. Probably a third of the chickens were disqualified either because of wrong breed identification or because they were cross bred. Are there no knowledgeable 4 H club leaders to guide these kids? There was actually a Pyle 'Salmon Faverolle'. He was beautiful, but he was a mutt - to his credit he got a second in the crowing contest.

I was intrigued by 4 chocolate Wyandotte pullets (is there such a variety?) To my eye they had more of a Cornish body type, but they were a rich chocolate color - very pretty birds. There were also 4 Quail Old English pullets that were beautiful.

There's a large horse show in conjunction with this fair, and we watched a bit of the jumping competition. A good day for the Princess and me.

Great way to spend the day. Glad you & Princess enjoyed it!

Anyway, sorry I haven't been posting in here too much. My great grandmother died late Tuesday night and I've been feeling a bit subdued. We weren't very close since we didn't see each other a lot, but I'm still sad, of course. She was my last grandparent. We are trying to organize her funeral and burial but my great aunt, one of her daughters, is making things as hard as she possibly can, which is not helping things.
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Sorry for your loss and the troubles with the tenants!

View attachment 1107380 yep. .I can shake it lol
Things went ok with my d d so far. She is staying the weekend with me I'm taking her to the chiropractor.
Not sure if she is really taking in everything we are saying to her but she is not arguing or crying so that's good. Told her she can either finish paying for the car or she can spend some time here working it off. Gonna make her do my laundry and clean house a bit in exchange for her chiropractor bill. She needs to get an x Ray she is having pain when she tries to lift her arm.
I really wasn't as angry as I thought I was once I had her in my arms again. . . talking here has really helped me put things in perspective. I can't believe being given a pair of call ducks has had such an impact on my life! Besides the enjoyment I get from them , it brought me here to be encouraged by some great people. For that I am eternally grateful!

Good morning Pondies!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

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Off to feed grumpy teachers! Y'all have a good day!

Good morning!
All that yummmy food you made should get rid of their grumpies right quick!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Resourceful your momma.



Great way to spend the day. Glad you & Princess enjoyed it!



Sorry for your loss and the troubles with the tenants!






Good morning Pondies!

Good morning, how's your day going so far?

 

[Debs Flock]

Good morning, how's your day going so far?

Slept in since I have a vacation day today. Not feeling very well. How about you?

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Slept in since I have a vacation day today. Not feeling very well. How about you?

Sleeping in is good, not feeling well isn't! You just over done or getting sick?
I'm good, another day of on the run but just groceries n whatnot...