Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[wyoDreamer]

I guess I am telling a little lie then. But, it seems to be necessary lie to get people to understand I don't want the hassle of taking money for eggs. They accept "I don't have a license" without any argument.
I am also selfish and enjoy finding out what they "value" and want to swap for my eggs. Maple syrup, egg rolls, venison sticks. One co-worker brought me a picture that their 5 year old drew of my chickens as a thank you for the yummy breakfast.
Also:
1. I do not wash the eggs unless they are dirty. Washed eggs go in my refridgerator and my DH eats them for breakfast. Unwashed eggs sit on my countertop until they are used or given away.
2. I do not want to have to buy a fridge and keep them at an ambient temperature less than 41 degrees. They are dated so I know what is
3. I do not want to buy egg cartons and labels. My friends give me egg cartons to use.
4. I do not want to have to track what I "sell" and mess with taxes and such.
5. I do not want to get a "transient retail food establishment license".

 

[TOR]

Here we sell eggs have basically 1 customer, easily have more customers. One family buys our extra eggs. We sell at 2.50, but if prices stay high on feed price and egg price will raise this spring to 3 a dozen.
Looks like feed price for agri master (Cargil product) at Farm Fleet which I buy has actually come down abit. Amazing.

 

[Brooke_WI]

Just a pic of our chickens on that first sunny day we recently had in awhile. They enjoy the nice days as much as we do!

 

[babylady4]

Meanwhile in central WI….

 

[TOR]

Just a pic of our chickens on that first sunny day we recently had in awhile. They enjoy the nice days as much as we do!

where is all the snow?

 

[TOR]

So I and wife helped me we finished picking the corn. The last 5 rows I had to pick the deer hit pretty hard. We walked the field looked for ears missed, actually found quite abit. Over all lost 500 to 1000 lb shelled corn out of all the corn, just a estimate. I will end up with over 2000lb of shelled corn, do not really know but sure I have enough cob corn to shell well over 1000lb.

So I will raise some broilers starting in spring.

The fuel pump is out on my truck I think, warm enough later this week I might throw some cardboard on the snow and change the fuel filter. Guess better to spend 12.99 and try than 299.00.

I ended up using the Subaru forester to get the corn the last few loads, got stuck couple times, but shoveled my way out. Give my old Subaru forester beater car some credit for going thru the snow, regular old street tires on it.

 

[babylady4]

The snow is around Stevens Point….. dogs had a blast.

 

[Brooke_WI]

where is all the snow?

We are just outside New Glarus so it all melted last week. I do enjoy the snow though.

 

[jvls1942]

I wish I lived in the tropics like some people I know.
I walked out to check on my septic tank.
there is a good foot of snow here.
TOR, can you put an electric fuel pump on
the truck ? I did that to a car many years ago.
TOR< can you grind your corn? The feed mill
used to grind it for a small fee.
I quit feeding my broilers crumbles. I could
taste it in the meat. I settled on 50/50 ground
corn and oats. had surplus fat on the chickens
when we butchered them.

 

[TOR]

I wish I lived in the tropics like some people I know.
I walked out to check on my septic tank.
there is a good foot of snow here.
TOR, can you put an electric fuel pump on
the truck ? I did that to a car many years ago.
TOR< can you grind your corn? The feed mill
used to grind it for a small fee.
I quit feeding my broilers crumbles. I could
taste it in the meat. I settled on 50/50 ground
corn and oats. had surplus fat on the chickens
when we butchered them.

The electric fuel pump in the gas tank in under the truck bed, yes I can do it.
1 drop tank
2 move truck bed back 2 feet
3 cut hole in truck bed
Have a friend did his by cutting a hole in the bed, was a old beater truck.
The problem now the truck is sitting in snow and ice. Also with all the previous rain and sleet I now have 6 inches of ice in the bed of the truck.
I am going to change the fuel filter first, maybe there will be a light shining on me and that will be the problem.
I found some roasted cracked soybeans feed mill north of me. Ordered bag. The soybean meal does not go well with cracked corn and pelleted chicken feed. I have been after provision which took over the Allied feed mill to get a bag. They bag 2 tons a month, but yet in a month and a half yet to get a call even after calling them 3 times. The same story will have bag for you. Guess I am not worth their time. Wish Allied was back.

I have a old grist mill (grain grinder). I bought at auction years ago for 14 dollars. Has a flat pulley on it and I run with electric motor. Not the fastest, but gets the job done. I have thought of putting a 5 gallon pale on top of it with hole cut in bottom and wire the pale on top of it. I set it up it discharges into garbage container.

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