You can get her started and settled on the eggs you already have. Once Colton's arrive, you can just set them in front of her and she will pull them underneath her with the rest. It might be better to start her out on a few of them instead of just giving her a huge clutch right off the bat. It depends. Not all broodies are the same. Good luck!
Morning all. Well I'm closer to retiring, met with the UW benefits people Tuesday thinking I could complete the paperwork, drop it off at the Dept. of Employee Trust Funds, then just wait out the next five months . . . did I just type 5 MONTHS
hmmm just a little excited. Then we are getting ready to leave the meeting and I tell them "next stop ETF" and the response was . . . "they won't accept any application until 90 days prior the the retirement date". Ok fine!!! Since 90 days is the beginning of October and my husband's birthday is 10/9, I thought that would be a good day for me to deliver my retirement paperwork. Happy birthday honey - now I get to be home to "help" with all the projects on the "honey do" list. Oh and by the way did I tell you I've added to that list
kristip: I'm so sorry to hear your going through this - are the teenagers getting better?
bl4: you mentioned that you can't wait to see Amy's baby girl . . . I've been so busy and with so many posts the time I do get on I end up skimming (sorry all) and I must have missed this, when did she have her baby?
Amy: CONGRATS on the birth of you baby girl.
vickiw: I wish I would have read the posts before I placed my Amazon order. I ordered the square Nesco because it was USA made. I hope it will be as good as the Excalibur. Also wanted to chime in on the scratch, we also use a scratch mix as a littel treat (hubby seams to think they like he need a little bed time snack), but we add a little something depending on whats on hand things like cut up bannanas, a little shredded cheese, meal worms, and especially in the winter he'll mix in a can of tuna. Yes - these girls are spoiled.
Jim: good to hear about your DD#2 getting the State nursing home job, yes those are good bennies. I was a payroll and benefit specialist for 24+ years with Dpt of Family Medicine so I know these bennies well.
Amyable: So glad you, bl4, irishrovr and everyone else up in that neck of the woods is ok. It is most unfortunate that the church sustained so much dammage, but thankfully no one was hurt and it will be rebuilt. I was really saddend to see that 75% of the Maribel Cave Hotel is gone. We camped up there a few years ago and I thought that was such a cool structure.
Colton: So sorry to hear about your chics. I must say, your sense of responsibilty and maturity alway impress me. You do your parents proud!! I hope you have better luck with the replacements. By the way . . . have fun on the football field this fall.
unkadan: I'm right there with you on supporting the mom and pop operations. We buy our layer's feed at a little shop in Paoli and I believe she said the blend comes from a farmer near Westby. Although I do buy my meat producer from F&F due to cost. They had it on sale last month for $2 less than the price I paid last year so we bought 30 50lb bags which is what I used for 75 birds. I've read that fermenting the feed will give better results with less feed so we started this year's batch of 150 meaties on fermented feed. It will be intresting to see how far the 30 bags takes me with twice as many birds as last year.
irishrovr: on the zucchini bread, I used to bake the loaves and freeze them, but one year only had time to shred the zucchini and freeze it in 2 cup (what my recipe calls for) packages. That worked out so well and took up a lot less room in my freezer, so that's how I do it all the time now JAT (just a thought)
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