Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Amyable]

DrH, I do the same thing with DH, and my best friend! DH will say a line and ask what movie, usually I get it. My best friend and I could go on for hours with Monty Python. The Holy Grail, the absolute best! The meet & greet is going to be a hoot, I just know it

 

[babylady4]

ACK!!!! I dropped the flashlight on Fordmommy's eggs!!!!! WHILE SHE WAS HERE LOOKING AT THEM!

Two cracked at the very top of the air pocket..... I hope they will be alright, I have waxed the cracks shut and I guess only time will tell! This last week will be a nailbiter!

Fordmommy assisted with the waxing of the eggs, sorry I left that out!

 

[Terri O]

Oh no! I hope the eggs will be ok too! At least they didnt smash entirely. THAT would have been a tragedy. I think DH is becoming intrigued by the chickenstock. I keep telling him what is going on on here and he is starting to know who is who! He is encouraged by the fact that we have talked about guns, movie lines and dreams. Well, maybe not dreams so much...he hates when I try to tell him my long involved ones. Especially the "house" dreams!
I am making venison stew for supper tonight...mmmm. It is almost the last of it though; my neighbor didnt shoot one for me this year, (we dont hunt) and the stuff in the good freezer had to be tossed...we had a cat unplug it last fall! Lost a TON of meat and stuff. It did need to be cleaned anyway but I just that throwing out all that stuff! What a waste!
So I realized that we have almost no pork left either...looks like the chickens wont be getting so much in the line of leftovers. I will pick up a few pigs in a month or so when it is a tad warmer. Besides there are lambs in the pig stall and ducks (with no feet!) in the other stall. This farm is becoming the home of misfit creatures let me tell ya!
Have a great day everyone--I am missing the sun this morning! Terri O

 

[Dr HaHa]

Got a boat load of things done this AM. I stayed off of here.

It was really nice to be outside again. The kids are exploring the newly exposed grass areas. Going to have to fence in the flower bed by the back door this year to have flowers there. Had fun bringing in wood. I was picking up scraps off the floor of the wood shed for fire starting material and had help. The kids thought I was scratching and was eating all the bugs and worms. We had a great time hunting together. Lunch then a nap.

 

[fordmommy]

I told Babylady4 that things happen. She was very upset. Good thing I read just yesterday on BYC what to do when something like that happens. They should be fine. I must have broken a quail egg the other day. When I candled them yesterday, I found a dent at the top of one. The funny thing is, is that's the one with the most developement. Go figure! I just dipped in unsented candle wax and put it back in. No biggy.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I'm clean !!!!!! I just my 2 worst pens clean, yuk

 

[Hens and Roos]

Wow I haven't even thought about cleaning out the coop yet-waiting for more of the snow to melt, did add some new shavings the other day and the girls enjoy digging through it!


Has anyone raised Brown Leghorn Bantams before? My oldest son has picked those out as the chicks he wants to get and I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me how friendly they are-he will be hopefully getting a trio to raise for 4-H.

As of today we have collected 23.5 gals of maple sap and currently have it boiling down outside until it comes closer to 217*, then we will bring it into the house and finish it off and put the syrup into 1/2 pint jars. Figuring that we should get 7-8 1/2 pints.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I had to clean, it was bad. really bad

 

[Hens and Roos]

Well, we just finished our 1st batch of maple syrup for 2010, we got 10- half pint jars, probably will run pretty close to 40 gals of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

The kitchen is clean and I'm heading to play Wii with the kids before they go to bed!

 

[babylady4]

Just checked the cracked eggs; I guess if you are going to have a crack in the egg crack it in the air pocket.

Both babies were happily kicking away!!!!

Not much else to report here; I turned the problem child at work into HR.... I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens in that dept......

Beautiful weather! I wish I did not have to work so I could enjoy it!