Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[tiki244]

Welcome justbugged.

Nice to see you on here.

Wow I had a busy day outside today. My landlord decided to move my mini coop to the south of my big coop. Yeay. I got out there early this morning helping and then took about 6 hours just to clean things up. He used a forklift, I thought the darn thing was going to fall apart. It is the first carpentry project I made and isnt exactly square. lol Some of the chickens went in there to try out the new location.

I been moving cement blocks and bricks and 6X6 ties. Uff da. Then I decided to cut the limb off the pine tree thats been hanging there since spring. It was only 5" diameter but thats enough for me with a hand saw. And I had to cut through the whole thing because it was caught on something. Argh. That took about an hour.

I nedd to get to the store for some IBU soon before I cant move. The way Tiger is limping you would have thought she did all the work. Only 1/2 pill tonight till I get to the vet tomorrow. She threw up for about a week and now I am cooking her white rice and hamburger and she has been doing ok for the last 3 days. Wow what an expensive diet for a dog. hehe

I cleaned up the garden and raked chicken stuff up. Pulled my bulbs and set out to dry. Re cleaned the shed where the chickens got into.

I made a sidewalk out the chicken coop door the other day. Man it is almost looking presentable now. And after all that raking I believe it smells better too. Put a pumpkin on each side of the door.



TO that celiac has got to be hard to live with. I know some people that have it too. It seems like they cant hardly eat anything. Well, at least not desert wise. It never used to be as common. Whats up with that? Maybe the docs just didnt know about it and people were just sick a lot more.

Oh BTW about the Ameraucanas people have been talking about. Mine were born last spring and they never started laying until early spring 2011. I think they were about 9-10 months at the time. But when they started they layed a lot. Does anyone have a real Randy Ameraucana roo? I have had real problems with my Ameraucana roos not letting the females alone. One time I noticed he was even backwards on a hen. Too wild temperment wise to even notice.

 

[tiki244]

Just got back from the store.

There he is with a couple of 'his' hens. I dont know maybe it is just a bad strain I have. But all the roos are just wild. Someone from BYC hatched some eggs from these and she said her roo is wild too. I have a Plymouth Rock that he ripped a 6 inch hole in on er back and side. It took close to 6 months to heal. And a lot of TLC. She still hasnt grown a;; her feathers back.

Did anyone see the hoarders episode with Nifty in it? I would have liked to have seen that. Never seen a complete show. I certainly am not going to $60 a month for cable, but I wouldnt mind it.

I think that word hoarders is over used now that there is a tv show about it. I used to hoard chickens but I am getting out of that business.

Bigzio Thats pretty neat that you got a pair of gloves for your hide. I think thats a pretty good deal.

Is that an Ameraucana in your avatar.? If so what color might that be?

Well I gotta go watch Dancin and Castle, Woo Hoo big night here!!

 

[bigzio]

Evening All...nope the avitar is a Lt Brahma tiki. Thanks for sharing the pics. I have a blue ameraucana cockeral that is in the cockeral pen because he would jump in the nest boxes while the girls were laying and never leave them alone...suppose that qualifys as randy, eh!

He would love to get out, but they need peace and quiet some of the time.

I got tierd just reading what you did today. I cleaned up the squash vines in one garden today. I'll work on the others when I get time. I enjoy planting to clean up for sure. i have 12 tomato cages with stakes to clen up next. Quite the woven mess.

 

[Celtic Chick]

TO, I don't know if you planted any pumpkins in that fabulous garden of yours, but I was checking out some pumpkin recipes on Mother Earth News & realized some of them were gluten free. And seeing that Angiebubs also has an interest in a GF diet, I figure I'd pass these links on.

http://www.choosingraw.com/autumnal-breakfast-buckwheat-quinoa-pancakes-with-pumpkin-cream-sauce/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/09/weekday-vegetarian-pumpkin-hummus.php
http://www.motherearthnews.com/city-farming/4-pumpkin-recipes-to-spice-up-your-halloween.aspx

 

[babylady4]

Hello!

Glad the Southern Bash went well, nice pics of everyone and nice to see H&R again!

Welcome all newbies!

TO has had desserts. I made her a cake at the 'other' bash that I hope was alright! The texture of the cake itself was like a buckwheat pancake (sort of crunchy-like) but I think it tasted ok (I never got a piece).

Dang ducks have FINALLY stopped laying, they are getting crabby about spending almost all day long in their pen. Silly birds think they can roam all over the place all day long! Doing some flight feather clipping as well, Checkers decided to take a little flight yesterday up the driveway from the back yard...... NOT good when the town had a ban on livestock!

I have my Halloween costume all set; going at Pauley Perrette's NCIS character Abby Scuito.

We don't have T.V. here. I got annoyed with the cable company in '07 and we have not have T.V. since. I suppose I could break down and get an antenna, but I am enjoying not having anything other than Netflix. I do LOVE Castle and Bones and NCIS though!


Not much to report over in my neck of the woods. Same thing as usual..... just waiting for my big bro's wife to have baby #2 in the next few weeks. That's about it.

Later!

 

[Terri O]

Good evening! Nice to hear from yhou BL4---been a while! Glad to hear that you are fine...cool Halloween costume idea! Have a blast! (yes I did have that cake and it was awesome!) Whoever has a pic should post it...maybe I do?

I cannot imagine being a kid and having to be GF! You do feel MUCH better though if you have Celiac's though...I believe the reason that it was so under diagnosed is because the docs cant do anything about it...no drugs, no more tests to "find out what you have," Nothing at all except tell you to follow a GF diet! Also the tests are so much better now. I was reading an interesting thing about how the government has created a bunch of oversized Americans because they have brainwashed people into believing that whole grains are good for us...especially if we eat ten servings a day of them!

I have read so much about it that my head is spinning and I hardly know what to believe any more.

Man it took me a long time to get to post!Somehow I got logged out and I couldnt get back in! I seem to remember some others having that problem a few times? I hope it doesnt happen any more! I would blame my son that was using my computer while he was home this weekend but I got on fine this morning...who knows?

When I went out to do chores this morning Frankie had ANOTHER clutch of babies around her!!! 7 that are black and yellow and 5 that are solid yellow. I have forgotten if this is her 4th or 5th clutch for the summer....I think I am changing our farm name from Oppyland Farms to Fertility Farms! I guess I better get some of these birds listed on CL to see if I can get rid of them!

Speaking of birds...I have to head out and lock them up...Tili--are the birds in the pic blue wheaton ameracaunas? Are those the aggressive ones? My blues are the sweetest birds and my wheatons are also very sweet...maybe when they get together it is a problem?

I like how the barred rock looks...made my eyes go weird for a minute.

OK I am off...good night and sweet dreams to all! Terri O

(PS) Hopefully DKvart's DH will be OK tomorrow to drive his daughter to the airport so we can continue with our plans for a visit. I guess he had a spell yesterday...but they found nothing wrong? HMMMM...I say, "go Gluten Free!" THat is my suggestion for all ailments since January!

 

[dkvart1]

Evening all.

Been a tiring day.. had to run DH to ER this morning, which meant his DD didn't make it to Chicago to catch her plane, which made her witch of a mother more than just a little angry! DH was very confused, his muscles were craming terrible and he felt tingly all over... they did cat scan of brain ( found he does indeed have one...hmmm... sounds fishy to me), ran blood and urine tests and found nothing. Gave him some Lorazepam and sent him home with instructions to see nuerologist. Which he will do... poor guy was a mess this morning, but I've been worried on and off for several days and have mentioned he seemed a bit confused... but he kept saying he was fine. Men!

Anyway I hope they can figure all this stuff out soon! Whoever said getting old isn't for the weak or faint of heart wasn't kidding!

HOpe everyone else had a great day.

On a much better note... I stepped outside this evening about 8:30 and was met with the aurora borealis... WOW! I never thought I'd see it and to see it in my back yard so to speak was amazing. I hope the rest of you managed to catch it too. DH said chances are good we'll see it again tomorrow night too, I sure hope so, it was really something. Kinda nice his DD missed her flight as she got to enjoy it too.

TO is stopping by tomorrow

no, I'm not excited lol

Well off to bed this day has me beat.

Deb

 

[Celtic Chick]

Oh, Deb, I sure hope your DH will be ok. I think I'd have had a hissy at the Dr. who sent him home. Tell him to find out what is wrong first. Scary. I do not envy your situation at all. I hope it all turns out ok.

Did you take any pics of the aurora?

TO, maybe that is why Jim hasn't been on lately? He has had a few problems logging on before. I hope that is all it is. Maybe Annie has been cracking the whip & gotten him to buy & fill freezer #7 after all. Or he's making his walk-in freezer he wanted?

Glad to hear your 2 chicks recovered. Is Frankie a chicken or duck? I can't 'member.

BL4, it is good to hear from you. I remember your GF cake at the bash. I didn't get to try it either, but people said it was good. I just saw some recipes & thought I'd share in case anyone was interested.

Oh, we just have an antenna for our TV, no cable or dish. Can't see paying for something we barely have time to watch. And we get like 30+ different channels, maybe close to 40. And it's in HD too. FREE! Haven't paid for TV in 15 years. I got kinda POed when Nascar put most of their races on cable, though. And MNF.

Kris, I can totally relate, and really hope you're feeling better soon, but with sinus pain, it can never be soon enough. I "think" my sinus infection is finally gone, only 3 months & 4 (or was it 5?) antibiotics later. What a bugger that was to get over. Anyway, get to the doc & get yourself some meds. Hope you're better soon.

Sorry the surgery was a bust.

Nice chick pics, Tiki.

Not much to report here. Beautiful day again today! Had to take my car for an emissions test today.

What a waste of time. Then pulled the last of the plants out of the garden. The tomato plants are doing good in the greenhouse so far. Sweet dreams, all!

 

[WIChookchick]

Konbanwa everyone.
I had two things happen today, 1- I got the main chicken stall winteriszed.
and 2- my friend called and her three horses are missing, they were out when she came home for lunch, and she put them in their pasture.
She had to take DS to the doctor and got a call from her DH that the horses were out and GONE...
So I went to help look and so far, no good.
So I will have to see what I am doing to help.
Well the drugs crept in and I can't keep my eyes open.
Nighters

 

[FrenchToast]

Yeah, where the heck is Jim? Did he do something or say something to get banned ???

Hope not !! Weird not hearing from him. I saw he posted on his swap thread yesterday so he is still amongst the living !!

Not much to report here except that our Great Pyrenese female River broke her collar tonight and was running all over the place. DH hear some screaming coming from the 20 acres and we took the atv and truck out to see what was going on. As soon as River saw the truck (I was driving) in the field I guess she started following me. I heard DH calling her name and I said do you see her and he said yes, she is following you !!! Silly dog !!
He still thinks the coyotes were getting closer and she was doingher job to protect. She isn't as big as our male Rex. They are both big marshmellows !!! I think a pack of coyotes could take them if it were several against one !!! So next time I'm at Fleet Farm she will be getting the $25 spike collar like Rex has.

Still recovering from the long 1000 Plus trip to Racine and back !! I lost a Showgirl Roo sometime this week. It was living amongst a trio I have under the porch coop and I saw it one day last week out free ranging and it was attacking me. That was the last saw of him. DH hasn't seen him all week. No sign of feathers, nothing !!!
Poor guy !! I know I complain of roosters but I love my showgirl boys !!!

I take it you don't like cats hey Bigz????? That's ok, I don't like ........................ fill in the blank !!!

Wish my ducks would start laying, I thought Runners layed 300+ eggs a year !!!! I have customers waiting. I saw some Runners on CL but they had 2 hens and 3 drakes !!!

I had to remove a silkie from a community pen, looks like it hasn't been eating. So now I have it in with the wry neck showgirl and the other silkie which is this ones sibling. Both Silvers, suppose to be lavenders (screwed again on the auction) Think they are brother and sister. It is eating now, so looking good.

Let the goats out tonight. They are so dang cute. I'm glad to be home, but it was nice being away too !!!

Ok, well I got another dvd from giddyupflix.com on hoof trimming for donkeys I gotta watch.


CU all later !!