Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

What?! There's such a thing as alcoholic FRUIT?!?! Where's has this been all my life???

Sounds like you already found it!
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And who you calling crazy on the other thread????
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Oh c'mon Jim. I didn't mean they won't bully each other until you leave!
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I meant if they pick at each other once in a while when you're watching, how many times will they do it when you're gone? Quit bustin' my chops.
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Going to crash now. Sweet dreams, all! And Bf4, another reason to join us at the bash: alcoholic FRUIT!!!!!!!!!!!! It's awesome!!!
 
just a quick note and then it is shower time and bed time..

thanks a lot folks .. I fired up bator #1 and have 2 Delaware eggs, 4 Barred Rock eggs, 6 Royal Palm Turkey eggs and 23 Muscovy duck eggs cooking.. the first ones are due on April 6..

I will be adding eggs every few days from now on.. I think I will stop with the turkeys when I reach 24 eggs though..

MazoJoe, you wrote it, I only read it..
 
Hi All!
Long weird day!
Got up and "young son" was here. He wanted to use the WiFi. The chickens were cool, out doing important chicken stuff. All was good.
We were sitting at the table and one of the cats jumped up for attention and stepped on one of the lemon pies! I looked outside and noticed on of the roos from the roo pen was out. Thought OK, not going to worry about 1, I'll put him back at roost time. I did go and look to see where he may have gotten out and did a temp. fix. Son grabbed some eggs and went home. I started to get ready for a trip to town and a big ruckus came from the roo pen! Ran down and rescued the smallest Americauna roo from having the cr@p beat out of him! Put him in the broody pen. While I was down there I checked the food and water. DS#1's friend must have seen the empty dish and feed them... layer pellets. OK for now but I have them on grower/finisher. Also noticed that "Broody" that broke brood is at it again!
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She wouldn't set when I wanted her too... but goes back to it now!

OK, made it to town, got groceries, went to TSC to look at chicks... just PR's and I think some sort of PW. DH called and said he'd bring home some of McD's fish sandwiches ... cool! He didn't have enough for shakes though
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Anyway came home and went to fix where the roo got out and Boom! The roos started chasing the other Americauna roo and he "busted out" by the gate! By the time I got over there ALL the roos were out! Prettyboy was close when they busted out so they went after him too! Most of the hens were in the coop by this time and those that were out headed there in seconds flat! It took a half hour or so to round them up! I but the other one the were after in the broody pen with the first. They get along OK. So, it was an eventful afternoon of chasing chickens!
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I need an AX man! Too many roos! And with spring.... they are not playing nice! I fixed the gate too.

Going to go SOAK in the TUB (I cleaned) and then bed!

Oh, when Young Son was here he said he was hoping I could bake some pies for him for a bake sale next Sat.
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I told him I would teach him how to make pies. We'll see how it goes.
 
Good Morning all,

Well, it's official. I set 7 LO's I got from a woman in MI. They were not shipped so keeping my fingers crossed that they all hatch. Then I set 11 Black/lavender split silkies. 1 Buff silkie egg.
And 12 BbS silkies I got in the mail from a silkie breeder that sent replacement eggs that she owed me. Hopefully I'll get a pure lavender hen or two or 11 LOL

The BbS eggs were extra left overs that she had from a cancelled order that she included. No guarantee on those but asked if I wanted them and I said sure.

Of course my Lavender Orp hen is not laying since she is doing the 2 second drill !!!!

I guess the LO eggs I got came from a breeder in WI that got the originals from GreenFire. I'll have to see if they came from West Bend. Then CC and Bigfam and I will have related birds.

Ok, starting to faded fast. Potty break over, time to go back to bed !!! Night again all !!! LOL

Oh and I'm trading paint silkie eggs with the person I bought my paint silkie Roo from. She has a Paint showgirl roo in with her paint silkies. We're trading 10 eggs so hopefully I'll get one or two showgirls !!!
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Then I'll be in the paint silkie business and will have several breeding pairs !!! Can't wait. The eggs are selling for a very nice price right now !!!!

Hopefully the rain will hold off this weekend. We need to get the hens moved to their own coop. I'll let the roos take over two of the campers with the guineas and fend for themselves instead of fighting over the hens.

I'm also going to order some dewormer from Jeffers, pour on for cows that doesn't have a withdrawal time. Expensive but worth it if you don't have to dump the eggs.

My guineas are laying. Boy are those shells tough !!!
 
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good morning,, sort of lonesome when you get up early.. I am all SSS already,, didn't make coffee yet. soon though,, verrry soon...

With everybody's guineas laying, maybe I should check for a nest hidden outside.. I know the roosters are getting very active..

temp 99F humidity 45% ,,,,,,, eggs are on their way.. My thermometer doesn't split the temps into decimals..

I will have to take the time to make a hatch date file.. I always think I will remember when each egg will hatch.. yeah, right,,

..........jiminwisc..........
 
Good Morning good people! FT I think you should start a new web site called Sandl's List. My brain starts hurting halfway through your setting, buying, trading list!
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Yup Cind think you need an ax man. HELLO and WELCOME to all the new people! The cheesehead thread is really growing. Good to hear from you Tat! Sounds like your busy too! mazo the old wimmin are plantin taters already? I'm a little skeptical about planting anything yet still a good chance of frost. Plus I haven't done anything but layout the new garden borders. But it's on the list! I can see Bf4me face down in a jar at the bash already.
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Don't worry Bf4me we won't do anything mean while your "napping". Not going to do a whole lot today. Leaving around 1 to pick up DD at Milw.
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Better go do chicken chores then think an omelet sounds good! Enjoy your day, I will!
 
Good Morning everyone. Well the duclking is still alive but I dont know. DH and I are thinking it may need to be put out of its misery. IT started to look better last night, it wasnt shaking as bad when it was laying still. But now this morning its like it cant control its head or legs. I have to help it drink because when it tries to drink it flops violently and flips over. I havent seen it pic its head up yet this morning, even when I'm holding it its head just flops to the side. To me it looks like a neurological issue and not a vitamin deficiency I read about yestarday. The other ducks are still fine, all chicks are fine, I just dont know. Also this duckling it alot smaller than the other pekin we got at the same time. They use to be the same size but this one looks as though it stopped growing.

Any ideas, what might be wrong with it?
 
Good Morning all,

Well, it's official. I set 7 LO's I got from a woman in MI. They were not shipped so keeping my fingers crossed that they all hatch. Then I set 11 Black/lavender split silkies. 1 Buff silkie egg.
And 12 BbS silkies I got in the mail from a silkie breeder that sent replacement eggs that she owed me. Hopefully I'll get a pure lavender hen or two or 11 LOL

The BbS eggs were extra left overs that she had from a cancelled order that she included. No guarantee on those but asked if I wanted them and I said sure.

Of course my Lavender Orp hen is not laying since she is doing the 2 second drill !!!!

I guess the LO eggs I got came from a breeder in WI that got the originals from GreenFire. I'll have to see if they came from West Bend. Then CC and Bigfam and I will have related birds.

Ok, starting to faded fast. Potty break over, time to go back to bed !!! Night again all !!! LOL

Oh and I'm trading paint silkie eggs with the person I bought my paint silkie Roo from. She has a Paint showgirl roo in with her paint silkies. We're trading 10 eggs so hopefully I'll get one or two showgirls !!!
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Then I'll be in the paint silkie business and will have several breeding pairs !!! Can't wait. The eggs are selling for a very nice price right now !!!!

Hopefully the rain will hold off this weekend. We need to get the hens moved to their own coop. I'll let the roos take over two of the campers with the guineas and fend for themselves instead of fighting over the hens.

I'm also going to order some dewormer from Jeffers, pour on for cows that doesn't have a withdrawal time. Expensive but worth it if you don't have to dump the eggs.

My guineas are laying. Boy are those shells tough !!!
Hi all! First off FT... I don't have any LOs yet. :( The eggs I have in the bator are replacements from Bargain in Ga. I never got eggs from the lady in West Bend. Sssoooo I guess I will have to get eggs or chicks from you or CC sometime...;) BTW... If you're president of LLLCW, CC can be vice president, and I can be in charge of Public Relations... (cause I'm so good at it :D ) I think I might plant garlic and red onions this weekend. My starters are my harvest from last year. Not a lot, but the one onion is sprouted in the basement already. I just saw my elephant garlic has sprouted outside! Only 3, but it's still cool! May be I'll clean up around them too, even get some fertilizer on them. That would be a first.:rolleyes: I posted a long post last night with a pic. But of course it is mia. I found my first curbside treasure! It's going to be the door to the coop. But it's really cool, with diamond wind panes in the top half. I want to make it a Dutch door too. It was funny when I saw it, because hubby said he'd build my coop Sunday, then I go into town and see the perfect door not 5 min later! As to the coop... He thinks he'll get it done on Sunday. As in start and finish it Sunday. " it's just four walls and a flat roof right? Shouldn't be a problem". Lolololololol... Yes we'll see. Terrible thing happened last night. I went to pick up the 6 yr old from a friends house. He'd never been there before, so wanted to show me "stuff". So the other mom and me go into the backyard to see what the boys want to show me. They're swinging and jumping off. Yep, ok. Then his friend jumps off, we hear a snap and a wail of pain. She goes to him, and says I think he dislocated his arm! I go over to look, and his arm is floppy with a dip in it! So they're off to the hospital! Poor poor baby... Broke both the bones in his arm and is going under general anesthesia at 8 am to set the bones properly. Just broke my heart!!! My third son broke his arm much the same as this little guy 5 days after I gave birth to the youngest. I'm getting my first postpartum shower at home when I hear " BONES... STICKING OUT... HOGAN... ARM...". I get queasy just thinking about it! We're going to drop off a get well package for the friend this evening. Poor sweet kiddo!
 
BF4M my heart sunk when I read what happen to your sons friend. Poor kids. I know how he feels, I broke 3 bones ( the radius bones and 2 in the elbow)in my arm when I was 5 by swinging off and landing wrong.

Finally charged the batteries to the camera enought to take a few pics. So here is the Blue Andalusian I think may or may not be a boy. So what do you guys think?
I originally named her Henrietta, I guess if she is not a she , he can be Henry lol

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Here she is by some RIR's that are deffinitly Roos.
 
Happy St. Pats day! - Looks like it's gonna be another beauty! Might have to get the tiller out pretty soon! Everything is drying out pretty nicely here. It should be a piece of cake getting across the corn field to the mink cages..

Jim - The owner of the land/cages stopped by yesterday and said there were about 10-12 out there... Said to take them all... LOL Said the field is nice and dry - we shouldn't have any problems getting to them at all.

Well, I threw out all the quail eggs... bator is cleaned up. I guess the quail project is on hold. LOL

Gotta few things to do this morning - still feeling sluggish

Laters......
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