Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[bigzio]

I'm in Northeast Waupaca County. First time I've seen one on the trail cam here. We also have all the critters that you mentioned cd.

bigz

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

2nd son won a trip to hunt wild hogs in Texas. He has the trip set up for Feb.

Stacy, I too have heard of that poly stuff, I think I would try to fill some of the gaps and go with tongue oil.

Nothing new

Night All.

 

[Huntress78]

BigZ do you think that hog is a game farm escapee or domestic pig gone feral? I remember reading somewhere that it only takes a few generations for domestic pigs to revert back to a wild type. Too bad they're so destructive to crops and forest...it would be fun to hunt a wild population here.

Saw that you guys were talking about chicken feet the other day. I use them for stock. The only reason it doesn't gross me out is because they are scalded and peeled. I peel down to the last joint on the toes and snip there to remove the nails. Freezing some to add with the 'ox tail' from our beefer this year to make Booyah for gun deer season next month. Can't wait to see the looks on their faces......

The tabletop plucker is not working quite right and needs to be overhauled I think. I am plucking meatbirds by hand. I have 47 done and will finish up the last dozen tomorrow. Then it will probably take a week to clean the coop/run. Jim, was it you that asked about weights? I weighed some from the first batch and they averaged 7 pounds dressed...some a little under, some a little over. I'll weigh a few tomorrow to see if an extra week of feed made any difference.

 

[chikenscratch]

Good morning to you all (I see we have some newbies). Welcome!

It has been a long time since I've checked in. Work has been consuming, so when I would get home, I'd just veg (kind of)!

I hope everyone is well, if not would someone catch me up?

DH has tilled under part of the garden and I've added compost and egg shells. The other part is still growing: squash, cabbage, broccoli, turnips, mustard & kale, one tomato plants remains, a few peppers and basil still.

We are working on getting all of our checklists done as I feel we are gonna have a lot of snow and bittingly cold. We have to get our chimney tucked and also a new furnace & water heater.

DH has been slowly painting the fence and I've been working on updating our upstairs bathroom. I have purchased a new heat lamp/light and winter "bucket" waterer for the chicks. One of the lamps in the coop keeps glitching on and off and there is NO way I am putting a heat lamp in that this winter! I'll have to get it in today as the egg production has been low due to decrease of light. We have just decided that we are not going to have cable, but we've kept internet. (Wish us luck! We are attempting to get some channels AKA sports through the internet though, I can't miss those). It is just sooo expensive, next to change is cell phone. I have AT&T and half of the time, I don't even get my calls/messages.

Otherwise, every animal and person is well.

 

[Firstchic]

Oh my goodness, I am having the worst luck. DS dog got our prettiest Banman Roo. Now one of my RIR, 4 of them, just started laying. I went out to open the coop this morning and she was sitting on the floor of the coop with her head in the corner.I thought she was dead until I picked her up. She looks pale, I felt her belly area thinking it might be a stuck egg, but, not knowing too much about chickens I don't know if I was feeling in the right place. She is now in the Tractor. The RIR jumped on her when I put her down in the run, so that is why I put her in the Tractor. She did have some feathers on her back right next to the tailfeathers that it looks like she has been picked on. Any ideas anyone?

 

[Firstchic]

Chickenscratch, what is a chimney tuck? and where did you get your winter bucket water?

 

[jvls1942]

good morning,

I got a call early this morning in reference to my C L ad for selling my real heavy duty trailer.
I just posted it yesterday,, long story short,, the trailer has a new home and I am $50.oo richer.
I am going to save all my C L earnings to buy PEX tubing and fittings.. I have to replace all the copper pipes in this house.. they just wear out after about 45 years.. we have been using repair tape on the pin hole leaks as they appear.
we have a plumber friend who said she would come and do the work as soon as we got the materials together..
I know I could do the job, but it would take me a couple of days to complete ..

luckily 99% of the plumbing is in the laundry room ..

the chickens have broken down and are eating the layer crumbles.. maybe soon we can expect some eggs ..??

got some worm meds from F & F .. the cat weighs 4 pounds.. she looks good, but she is long haired.. underneath she is just skin and bone.. I hope we can put a little meat on her..
she acts normally and seems healthy otherwise..

more than likely Brent's wild pig is just a ferrel pig.. and yes, it doesn't take them long to revert to wild.. when you get down to it,, pigs are just at the edge of being wild as they are..

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

 

[corewassen87]

good morning,

I got a call early this morning in reference to my C L ad for selling my real heavy duty trailer.
I just posted it yesterday,,  long story short,, the trailer has a new home  and I am $50.oo richer.
I am going to save all my C L earnings to buy PEX tubing and fittings..  I have to replace all the copper pipes in this house..  they just wear out after about 45 years..  we have been using repair tape on the pin hole leaks as they appear.    
we have a plumber friend who said she would come and do the work as soon as we got the materials together..  
I know I could do the job, but it would take me a couple of days to complete ..

luckily 99% of the plumbing is in the laundry room ..

the chickens have broken down and are eating the layer crumbles.. maybe soon we can expect some eggs ..??

got some worm meds from  F & F .. the cat weighs 4 pounds.. she looks good, but she is long haired..  underneath she is just skin and bone..  I hope we can put a little meat on her..
she acts normally and seems healthy otherwise..

more than likely Brent's wild pig is just a ferrel pig..  and yes, it doesn't take them long to revert to wild.. when you get down to it,,  pigs are just at the edge of being wild as they are..

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

I saw your ad for the plucker but never saw the trailer or I would have probably bought it. Pex tubing is an incredible
Thing. It's crazy how cheap the tubing itself is but how expensive the fittings are. I installed a water filter and a softener and the fittings were 76 dollars and pex itself was under 10.

 

[jvls1942]

Quote: this is all true,,
however, I have my nephew's pex tool kit..
If you used the shark bite fittings, they are expensive..
but the crimp fittings are about $1.5o /each
I will be using shark bite fittings where I connect with copper.. as it stands right now.
I might do a complete pex job and that will mean more fittings.. but then only 2 shark bites..
We redid all the plumbing in my mother's 2 story 8 room house with pex..
awesome easy to work with.. and stringing tubing from the laundry room up to the second floor bathroom was a snap..
I am going to run all 3/4 inch main tubing.. then reducing it to 1/2 inch at the sinks, toilet and laundry faucets..
I installed a walk in shower a few years ago and that is already pex..
I have to research the connections to the water heater and faucets..
I might be able to run 3/4 " all the way with a reducer fitting on the end,, if they make such a thing..??
.........jiminwisc............

eta:

I put the trailer ad on C L only yesterday,, the guy called me with an hour..
they don't like it if we advertise on byc/chz heads so we have to be careful what we say here..

 

[corewassen87]

this is all true,,  
however,  I have my nephew's pex tool kit..  
If you used the shark bite fittings, they are expensive..
 but the crimp fittings are about $1.5o /each
I will be using shark bite fittings where I connect with copper..  as it stands right now.
I might do a complete pex job and that will mean more fittings..  but then only 2 shark bites..
We redid all the plumbing in my mother's 2 story 8 room house with pex..  
awesome easy to work with..  and stringing tubing from the laundry room up to the second floor bathroom was a snap..
I am going to run all 3/4 inch main tubing.. then reducing it to 1/2 inch at the sinks, toilet and laundry faucets..  
I installed a walk in shower a few years ago and that is already pex..
I have to research the connections to the water heater and faucets..
I might be able to run 3/4 "  all the way with a reducer fitting on the end,, if they make such a thing..??
.........jiminwisc............

eta:

I put the trailer ad on C L only yesterday,,   the guy called me with an hour..
they don't like it if we advertise on byc/chz heads so we have to be careful what we say here..

I do know Home Depot has brassshark bite reducers 3/4 down to 1/2 for under 2 bucks apiece.