Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[jvls1942]

good PM, awww come on Dan, you you have to run it through a whole cycle ,,just to make sure it is ready for next spring ...

the cockatiel people called just a little while ago.. said they were on their way,, from where> IDK
I had to dial 1 to call them back..

I think the Pack should play only the first half Oh wait ,,,, that's what they did !!!!!!!!! when Rodgers goes on tilt, that is the end for them..

.........jiminwisc..............

 

[Terri O]

a fellow showed up in my driveway today with a 1202 Sportsman

can anyone say "chicken math"?

Jim, I did save your instructions but most likely will be pestering you at some point

and no Heather I am not going to try it out,,,, for a few months at least!

I do have it plugged in and it appears to work fine

Some people have all the luck! Geez!

Jim I think you should put this in your signature line:
"I do not see what the problem is.. don't worry so much and just do it.."

I asked the fam how the game was when they got back, "it sucked!" I guess that is why I dont watch...they left in a fine mood and got home all crabby!
DS23 and DD26 are "cleaning out" the back room...I am wondering if they are cleaning, how come my living room is getting cluttered with all the stuff they are taking out of there? It's all, here Mom look at this and what should we do with this? Go through this stuff...yeah, I really wanted to do this tonight....

That little dinner is funny BL4. At an eating place that used to be in the outlet mall they had a sign "Ask for your free chicken dinner" and when you did they brought you a little coleslaw cup with corn kernels in it. Funny.
Well I guess I will go out and close up the critters...I now have 4 baskets and bins in front of my chair to look through...I guess I have to be "happy" they are cleaning right? LOL!

Good night all--TerriOwishingchoreswerealreadyfinished

 

[unkadan]

good PM, awww come on Dan, you you have to run it through a whole cycle ,,just to make sure it is ready for next spring

.........jiminwisc..............

and he says I stir the pot

 

[jvls1942]

the cockatiel shoppers just left with one of the babies.. they were 3 teenagers .. drove all the way down from Ladysmith.. 2 hours..

Annie's guy didn't show up..

.........jiminoneofthewarmerspotsinwiscehdan?........

 

[Angiebubs]

Jim-Ladysmith is only 2 hrs from you? My mom grew up there! Congrats on finding homes for the cockatiels-What color are they? I had over a 100 at one pt in Cali when I had my bird business-my favorite of all the birds. I had greys, lutinos, cinnaomns, pieds, pearls, pearly pieds, cinnamon pieds, cinnamon pearls, and cinnamon pearly pieds cockatiles .I helped with some of the genetic/color research for a guy in Florida that wrote a book on this as well as hand feeding. Another reason I'm itching to get involved with a breeding project with the chickens.

Wondering if anyone has heard from MLH and if shes feeling better?

Just had squash that was volunteer from the ones we threw on the compost pile. I think we had a better crop from that then when we planted them last year!

 

[jvls1942]

I am not the one to talk colors with.. we have gray with yellow heads and some white on the wings... one pearled female.. one pale yellow female.. and one baby who is almost all gray..
we do not really know much about these birds.. I will say this,,, they are prolific !!

we started out with just the yellow female a year ago, and Annie thought that she should have a "friend"
the story gets real long and involved from here on.. You have to hear it from Annie in person..

your eyes would wobble and cross if I typed the whole story out..

we would like a lesson on how to tell the genders.. (other than when the female starts laying eggs, that is) that is how Earl became Pearl....

I think we have about a dozen now.. we sold 6 I think... that is Annie's dept.. I do not get too involved.. she also picked up 4 parakeets..

I think Annie is getting old.. she has began to talk to the birds and animals.. She never paid them any attention prior to this...

I used to get up to Ladysmith when I worked for Weathershield Windows in Medford.. I have been to Jump River..
....jiminwisclivingwithastrangewoman.............

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All

OK, 2 1/2 coops cleaned! Sick birds are set up in "chicken hospital" out in the coop with a heat lamp. I think the 2 will be OK but not sure about the one with the prolaps

Still have to finish a coop and make the new pen so I can lock up the roos for the winter. Got to start cleaning the hot tub room too.

Too pooped to type much..... night all.

 

[Dr HaHa]

Good Morning All! Read some the last couple of days but you know how that is. Cind sorry to hear your having issues with some birds. Poor Dan is going to end up like Jim, he won't be able to shut that new bator off. CC funny bumper stickers, some are so true. Cind that kitten needs to grow fast! Have one maybe two mice in the house and now Taz has fleas. She watches them but doesn't kill em. That was Bob's job. If one got in the house it didn't last long. Bryan is coming over to help split wood today and maybe tomorrow. Big pile out there to do. It's all next years wood.

Still need to put some in the shed but going to cut small trees for that. Need to go back and do some reading, get some B'fast and split man.....

 

[GhostRider65]

ANGIEBUBS~I have the same 3 gal. waterer from FF (mine has the 2 stage heater tho).  I always fill mine thru the bottom plug, it's just so much easier.  Only take it apart from the base for cleaning.  I think mine may be from a different manufacturer than yours. (There were two brands when I bought mine last spring).

JIM~never tried to hang mine, just built a base for it to sit on.  Never trusted the look of that handle to hold that much weight without something breaking or sagging.  Besides, mine is the plug in kind (as mentioned above) and I could just see a chook deciding that swinging cord looking like something fun! 

Just came in from setting the waterer up to be plugged in for tonight.  We got lucky with the temps last night but we will hit the high teens for sure tonight.  Put plastic on the inside of the east coop window while I was at it but I think I am going to need to put the heavier plastic on the outside as well.  Too hard to get a good seal around all the window hardware and that side of the coop has nothing to block the wind. The other, larger, south facing window is a new double self-insulated type so I don't need to do anything to it and it can still be opened if extra ventilation is needed.

Have a question.  Do any of you put anything over your pop holes?  Mine is weather stripped and ALWAYS closed at night but do you put anything over them to hold heat in the daytime?

We Built a lean too to go over the pop door so wind can't blow in, but it didn't work as well as I had hoped, it kinda funneled the crazy wind right around and in the coop anyway, should have made a door on it instead of making just 1 open side, where they went down the ramp and out.


Well anyway Good morning all, I didn't get here all weekend, we were busy, rearranging chickens and puppies and finished up the garden, except my Carrots......argggh wondering if I will ever have time to dig them out b4 the ground freezes.
CindLady, I got me a cute little package on Sat. from you and love it sent you a PM..........
Sorry About the sick chickies, hope they are all better soon, I have a couple girls who are sneezing, hope it clears by itself, probably the quick change over to cold weather.
The chickens do not like their run anymore since the cold and wind started, they have been hanging out in the yard under the tree's and in my garage, so we figured if they ain't gonna use the run anyway we would convert it for the puppies, so we closed in the pop door hung the ramp up over it, finished the 1 open side, and gave it to the puppies for a shelter, they didn't seem to like the dog houses, even though they are large, apparently not large enough for them both to be in.......LOL they have been sleeping in the new one though, which is a 5 ft long, x 4 foot wide leaning roof, 3 1/2 ft,high in the front and 17 inches in the back. ...... we tried to cover the wood with a tarp to keep out the drafts where the boards overlap, but Max my trouble maker basically chewed it up the first night........... he is such a little ****......loves to dig holes too.... but cute and lovable non the less. He will grow out of it......... he is after all just 5 months old and still a puppy, though by looking at them you would think they were full grown........just huge puppies, I will take some pictures today to show you all....

I suppose I better go back and see how much I missed over the weekend, I only read the 10 pages it said I was behind, but Adam was here last night so I know I missed much more than that.......... later all.......Kim


Well I didn't miss as much as I thought everyone must have been busy this weekend, TerriO that hen and babies are adorable,. I want that hen she is cute and smugg as a bug.with them little ones.....I keep hoping for a broody that will hatch me some eggs, but my girls tried to do that 2 late in the season, so they sat on plastic eggs until they just gave up...... maybe next spring they will try again......... I have 1 new pullet a BO that keeps trying to make a clutch in my horses field, in the high weeds, found 3 eggs in it yesterday. and I see she is out there again this morning. Now that everyone is running loose, around here except the roosters, they will have plenty of places rto try to be moms......

Jim I have aquestion about my boys how young have you butchered cockerals? I have the big ones who are ready, but I also have my last 6 hatched end of June, that I really would like to do at the same time, they are not really very big though and I'm wondering just how much meat they might have at only 3 months??????
I just don't wanna mess around butchering roo's in December....... cuz that is what I was planning to do....... I usually wait till they are 22 weeks.......... what do ya think?
so People I am off once more.... work to do today... maybe them carrots after I clean the house and put out the Halloween stuff for the grandson........... later Kim

 

[JustJohn]

a fellow showed up in my driveway today with a 1202 Sportsman

can anyone say "chicken math"?

Jim, I did save your instructions but most likely will be pestering you at some point

and no Heather I am not going to try it out,,,, for a few months at least!

I do have it plugged in and it appears to work fine

I have one of these in my garage that I borrowed from a guy I trade work with, after a trip to terriO that had me coming home with 2 dozen+ Hatching eggs knowing full well my incubator holds only 7. I am a self enabler, and around TerriO I am helpless. anyway...the 1202 holds a temp like a champ but the turner does not move. I can hear the motor for the turner running but no tipping of the trays.

anyone know any easy fixes that do not involve taking apart the case to get at the linkage and motor?

When I told the owner that the turner did not work, he lost interest in getting it back. as he was given it by his father and is convinced it is homemade.