Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[RBerryChicks]

We are so glad you two had a good time! It was so nice to see you again. It was a lot of fun. I wish you could have stayed longer. They did some songs I am sure Joe would have enjoyed. But that must have been a real test of your willpower. You two did real good! The band got 5 more shows booked as a result, so that is good. They will be playing at the Lily Lake Resort in Burlington in May so maybe we can get together then?

CC: What is the name of your Husbands band and what type of music?

I agree with you here Mel, but "plugging holes" in the budget is top down in WI right now,,,,
Remember when the guv took $30 million of the funds the feds returned to the state from the federal mortgage fraud settlement to "plug a hole"?

In any event good luck with the job interview,,

and Sandi good luck with the retirement,,,,enjoy!

Thanks Dan

I'll try

Marlene (guinea lady) called me last night.. she went all out of the chicken and guinea business last fall ? medical reasons.. well, she is going nuts.. has plans to order (she says a maximum of) 15 assorted chicks this spring.. right ,,, and oh yes,, 15 cornish/X too.. hmmm that sounds like 30 to me.. she is 77 years old.. see what the rest of you are in for ?? chicken math is non-curable ..
..........jiminwisc..........

Gee Jim - that non-curable chicken math doesn't hit until well into retirement . . . right??? Your frightening me.

We don't have near the birds as many on here, but ours have been chowing down pretty good too. Feeding them fermented crumble with free access to pellets has kept the feed costs down a bit. Plus they are getting a fair amount of "treat" laden scratch (spoiled birds!!) - and luckily no freeloading. My new girls are doing pretty darned good. Now Chester our lone roo, well yeah I guess you could say he's freeloading . . . but what the heck he seams to be keeping the girls happy (he thinks so anyway)

 

[RBerryChicks]

Poor Marlene needs a chicken intervention.

How many guineas did you end up feeding for the winter anyway?

Hmmm- not too sure this is the group to intervene . . . far too many enablers with incubators

 

[babylady4]

I have to share this.... most of us have heard of Rick Astley and the song 'Never gonna give you up'. This HS student has WAY too much time on his hands....

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/student-pulls-of-rickroll-prank-in-physics-essay-143253131.html

If I were his teacher, he would get an A......

Clever writing on the authors part as well.

 

[jvls1942]

I could have posted 15 minutes ago, but I had to finish eating that last piece of ho-made apple pie, first ..

Heather, I think there about 30 to 35 guineas out there eating me out of house and home.. and about as many chickens and 14 geese ..

I already informed Marlene that I would enable her as much as I could ..

we got 11 eggs today.. one pullet egg yesterday.. those chickens seem to like their new feed.. and I am thankful that it does not "bridge" in the feeder, so I can still dump a full bag in the feeder.. It is ground grains, but has the consistency of coarse sand.. makes it flow nicely ..

we got about 4 inches of new snow.. not enough to bother starting up the tractor for..

R Ber Chk, the chicken math hits much earlier than retirement, I just wanted to point out that it never goes away.. don't wonder about it,, you already are infected ..

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

 

[bigzio]

Fish Fry Friday To Everyone....hope you are enjoying Winter...I figure it's Dec, Jan, Feb...that makes it over half over...and I'm sticking to it! Gotta love the longer days.

bigz

 

[momgille]

I could have posted 15 minutes ago, but I had to finish eating that last piece of ho-made apple pie, first ..

Heather, I think there about 30 to 35 guineas out there eating me out of house and home.. and about as many chickens and 14 geese ..

I already informed Marlene that I would enable her as much as I could ..

we got 11 eggs today.. one pullet egg yesterday.. those chickens seem to like their new feed.. and I am thankful that it does not "bridge" in the feeder, so I can still dump a full bag in the feeder.. It is ground grains, but has the consistency of coarse sand.. makes it flow nicely ..

we got about 4 inches of new snow.. not enough to bother starting up the tractor for..

R Ber Chk, the chicken math hits much earlier than retirement, I just wanted to point out that it never goes away.. don't wonder about it,, you already are infected ..

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

You have Ho's making yo pie?? Better not let the wife know that

 

[delisha]

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We did park in the back..walking on a sheet of ice is what I do with those spikes. It seems to be easier in a 4 inch spike poked in the ice. If I had my barn boots on I would have been sliding for sure. Your boots were pretty sexy too..Sounds good for lily lake

Fish Fry Friday To Everyone....hope you are enjoying Winter...I figure it's Dec, Jan, Feb...that makes it over half over...and I'm sticking to it! Gotta love the longer days.

bigz

Love the longer days..the birds are still heading for bed at 4 though.

 

[zeke]

HI B FAM I wasn t gettin any eggs out of my new chickens either.... Went on a little trip, mentioned to my neighbor that I had afew to many roos. He takes care of my birds when I m gone. Anyway he does me a little favor while I m gone and lays the hatchet to 7 roos while I m gone. Musta put a little scare into the girls, they decided It was time to start laying,, up to 9 eggs a day... NICE!! Oh I failed to mention my buddy thinks all chickens are created equal... He picked out the biggest roos he can catch... You guessed it,,, my 2 marrans roos 2 glwd 1 nice barred rock and afew other slow moving fellas... That made some great soup all be it a little expensive { I m selling soup to recoop some cost ] anybody want to buy a quart or 2 $25.00 a qt. Nice to see most of the regulars are still here.... welcome to all the new folks,,,hope you enjoy the thread as much as i do!! be kind and be well Zeke

 

[Celtic Chick]

We did park in the back..walking on a sheet of ice is what I do with those spikes. It seems to be easier in a 4 inch spike poked in the ice. If I had my barn boots on I would have been sliding for sure. Your boots were pretty sexy too..Sounds good for lily lake

Sexy? For schmidt kickers, maybe.

Those boots are strictly utilitarian to keep me warm during the hour of loading & unloading the equipment with the doors open. Brrrrr!

HI B FAM I wasn t gettin any eggs out of my new chickens either.... Went on a little trip, mentioned to my neighbor that I had afew to many roos. He takes care of my birds when I m gone. Anyway he does me a little favor while I m gone and lays the hatchet to 7 roos while I m gone. Musta put a little scare into the girls, they decided It was time to start laying,, up to 9 eggs a day... NICE!! Oh I failed to mention my buddy thinks all chickens are created equal... He picked out the biggest roos he can catch... You guessed it,,, my 2 marrans roos 2 glwd 1 nice barred rock and afew other slow moving fellas... That made some great soup all be it a little expensive { I m selling soup to recoop some cost ] anybody want to buy a quart or 2 $25.00 a qt. Nice to see most of the regulars are still here.... welcome to all the new folks,,,hope you enjoy the thread as much as i do!! be kind and be well Zeke

Be kind? Lol! You must not frequent Facebook.

Good to see you again, Zeke! We missed you. Stop in more often, will ya? I am sure you won't have any problems replacing those roos around here.

RBerry, my DH is in 2 bands. One up here in WI is a jazz band that does all original music. The other one mostly plays in IL and does classic rock. They are called Highway G.

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

Yes, that was an interesting essay!

Zeke..... Good to see you! That really, sucks about those roos! A few people I know know I want to butcher some roos. If I found out the butchered my breeders I think I would go ballistic!

Another dull day for me.... Night All!