Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Bigfamily4me]

Jim I'd like to try homade grape jelly... I'll give you my address and you can send me some.

 

[jvls1942]

Jim I'd like to try homade grape jelly... I'll give you my address and you can send me some.

better yet, I'll give you my address and you can come pick up a jar or two..
I'll bring some to the bash..maybe put it in the white elephant ?
I also made blackberry ..

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hi all--wow Beckyschicks...a blast from the past! How is it going?
Yes a get together here tomorrow...maybe at noon or 1 and going into the afternoon/early evening too? I guess it depends on how many times Joe calls Deli? (LOL) I am hoping the vet will be here and I can send Syd out with him and my DD to "do" the horses. She can get a bit of an education and Cuties can get a little break! The house is open to whomever wants to come...just come to see all of us and not the house OK? (unless you are a builder and can do some work while you are here...or a cleaning lady with a day off!)

I have been getting goose eggs! I finally picked one up today that was not frozen. I am having it for breakfast tomorrow--soft-boiled. I am totally hooked on that since last year when I sold so many for Easter. (I hope they call again!) They are not setting yet, nor do I want them to...I have to gather some eggs up for people! Plus, I think it is too early. Who was saying somebody was taping treed already? THat has to be a little way off yet...what say you H&R? (BTW--I have some greyish English Angora fur for your DD to add)

All of a sudden I am really tired...I think I will hit the hay. Brent--we had Swai tonight too. I poached it in some "refrigerator soup" that I had going in the crockpot...it was really good!

Goodnight--TerriO

Funny you should mention tapping trees- DH and I were just talking about this, we might go ahead today and tap our trees since it looks like the temps will starting going about freezing during the day and drop below freezing at night. The buckets can set just fine outside.

I will let DD know about the fiber

Off to get the day started...have to do some pen cleaning

 

[TommyDaDelaware]

I meant to post this a few days ago......

Wisconsin Swap Meets

Swap Meet or Auction Date
Watertown Pigeon Club Annual Pet Swap Febuary 22, 2014
Wisconsin Bird & Game Breeder Spring Swap March 8,2014
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction March 15, 2013
Beaver Pigeon and Bantam Poultry Swap March 16, 2014
Jackson County 4-H Small Animal Auction April 5, 2014
Walworth County Fur and Feather Swap April 12, 2014
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction April 19, 2014
Outagamie County 4H Animal Swap May 10, 2014
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction May 17, 2014
Poultry Exchange - Wisconsin Animal swap May 17, 2014
RiceStonian Craft & Critter Swap May 31, 2014
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction June 21, 2014
RiceStonian Craft & Critter Swap July 19, 2014
Jackson County 4-H Small Animal Auction September 13, 2014
Wisconsin Bird & Game Breeder Fall Swap October 25, 2014
Pierce County 4H Swap April 13, 2013
West Central WI Pigeon and Poultry Club Spring Swap April 27, 2013
Lil' Outlaw Farm Small Animal Swap May 4, 2013
Ladysmith Swap May 11, 2013
Rhinelander Swap and Critterfest May 25, 2013
Lil' Outlaw Farm Small Animal Swap June 8, 2013
West Central WI Pigeon and Poultry Club Spring Swap July 5, 2013
Lil' Outlaw Farm Small Animal Swap August 17, 2013
RiceStonian Craft & Critter Swap August 24, 2013
Tri-City Riding Club Dale Carlson Small Animal Swap Meet September 7, 2013
West Central WI Pigeon and Poultry Club Spring Swap September 14, 2013
Lil' Outlaw Farm Small Animal Swap September 21, 2013
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction September 21, 2013
West Central WI Pigeon and Poultry Club Spring Swap October 6, 2013
Beaver Pigeon and Bantam Poultry Swap October 13, 2013
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction October 19, 2013
Kendall Small Animal and Consignment Auction November 9, 2013
Pierce County 4H Swap Enter Fall 2013 Date​

Did we miss any swap meets or auctions? Let us know!
Ready to search for more swaps? Click here


Don't ask me why so many say 2013

Don't know if they are the old swaps or someone didn't change the year. I would say if your interested, go to that link.
This is the site it came from....
http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/

My mom Apparently is on the way home from the one in Fond du lac. We are the proud owner of 2 Easter Eggers, an Unknown amount of Turkens, Barred Rocks, orpingtons, and a New Hampshire. They were going to get a pair of sebrights but the male's crow didn't sit too well with mom. LOL. Can't wait until I can go home over spring break this week to see them! Even my Dad, Who isn't too hot on chickens, went with her!! (I think it's working and he's reluctantly starting to like these birds!!

) Imagine waking up to find that text of news! I was so excited!! Can't wait to go home next week and meet the new arrivals.

Edited to add the Pic that mom just sent me of one of our New EEs:

 

[Terri O]

better yet, I'll give you my address and you can come pick up a jar or two..
I'll bring some to the bash..maybe put it in the white elephant ?
I also made blackberry ..

Jim...that is NOT a white elephant gift! Well, I guess technically it could be...on second thought. The definition of White Elephant is "something that you have but do not want; and it could be useful to someone else." So I guess if you made 50 pints of Grape Jelly and you wont be able to eat it all in your lifetime...then you could use it for a W.E!

Funny you should mention tapping trees- DH and I were just talking about this, we might go ahead today and tap our trees since it looks like the temps will starting going about freezing during the day and drop below freezing at night. The buckets can set just fine outside.

I will let DD know about the fiber

Off to get the day started...have to do some pen cleaning

Well I am glad you could read that post...rereading I couldnt believe how bad it was...I must really have been tired! So, tapping today....HMMM--I guess I will put that on the docket for tomorrow! I think I have plenty to do today with the DD coming to show the horse, the horse vet and the chicken people...and now the baby goat too! Yeah, it would be easier living in a condo...but definitely not as interesting!

I guess I better get to it then eh? Have a good one! TerriO

 

[jvls1942]

Terri, Ya know you gotta have a couple of items that everybody might want, it makes the cut throat trading all the more exciting ..

btw, I did make about 50 pints of jelly ..

Annie is getting 9 new cockatiels today.. she hit on a good deal that she felt that she could not pass up.. I could have passed it up.. but I have nothing to say, since she lets me do what I want with the outside birds.. tit for tat, eh ?

I just got back from Fleet with layer crumbles and puppy chow and spray millet for the new birds..

they should be arriving in about an hour..

I might let the puppies loose for some running exercise ..
I want to see their reaction to the snow..

Now they are at the age where they are happy to see people.. maybe they are associating us with food ?

we lucked out, no birds got buried from the snow slide..

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

 

[irishrovr]

Morning Jim!

I hope all your chickens are ok and none of the snow got them.

About the doctors remark.. I think if I had cancer I would prefer that the doctor tell me " I hope you can, eat well, stay rested and we'll see where that will take you"... or something like that.. doesn't the doctor know that he knows that this cancer will probably kill him, you don't need to be playing the doctors words over and over in your head. Better to have a ray of hope than none at all.

Have a good day!

Yeah... I know two people that doctors said would not survive and both lived many years beyond that and died of different causes. Both of them, the doctors said later, were miracles. They DO happen so there's always hope. I sometimes wonder if God not only answered prayer but also let the medical staff know just exactly who is in control.

 

[irishrovr]

My daughter and her sweetie arrived late last night and our dogs went nuts over each other. They ran and played together so much that they were both getting little "asthma" attacks. I thought for sure they would sleep in until noon but at 6 AM they were chomping at the bit to play again. If I could only harness that energy!! They're having a fun weekend.

I'm at the store - alone until they bring me some lunch and drop off the puppy. It's too quiet here without him but I'm getting some work done. Hopefully this weather is finally breaking and traffic will pick up! If you're missing the Fondy swap and need somewhere to go, stop in and see me. I've got a spare cup ready for you!

 

[BlackBrookPoultry]

Yeah... I know two people that doctors said would not survive and both lived many years beyond that and died of different causes.  Both of them, the doctors said later, were miracles.  They DO happen so there's always hope.  I sometimes wonder if God not only answered prayer but also let the medical staff know just exactly who is in control.

There's a business owner here in town that was told there was nothing they could do for him when he was diagnosed with cancer. This was years ago. He started drinking some kind of Native American tea. He's still alive. Sometimes the word "miracle" is used by the medical community because they just really have no idea what they're doing.

 

[bigzio]

Glorious Wisconsin Spring Day To Everyone...after a day like today, did we just experience a winter like we did? I know we did, but what a sweetheart of a day today,eh!

Didn't know folks saved the wabbit fur H&R....I like the not wasting part and useful purpose it provides. Good stuff for sure.

Me and Suzie will surprise you when you don't expect us Irish....

Have the weber all ready for burgers on the grill...with grilled onions and toasted buns.

I'll have extra Norway spruce for planting........I'm not sure when, but after frost when they dig.
I bought 500 and only need 100....I would like to see them go into the ground....let me know if you have a use for some (like 100)...it's a get er done thing and timelines don't wait for dug trees....just a heads up...the prices for a k applied for 500, so it's not a money thing, but a would like to see them grow somewhere thing....just let me know....I won't sit on them long once I have them...and they will be fresh dug from my neighbor that sells trees. I hate to say free...we know what happens then...ain't that right bbp.

Ahhh..burgers on the grill....heaven.....bigz