Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Amyable]

Cute pup Elaine, good on you for taking her in when she needed someone. Those ears!!

FT, what lodge and restaurant in ER? That's my old stompin' ground.

I just finished making a list of the seeds I already have; a full page of veggies, and 1/2 a page of flowers. 16 types of tomatoes alone!

Guess I don't have to order too much. Always need to try a few new maters though. I got a ton of new seeds from a seed swap on here last fall, all sorts of interesting things. Like okra.

Hip hip horrah, I started getting olive eggs this week!! I hatched 4 OE's from eggs I got from Wynette over in MI. 2 are hens and my, these are the largest pullet eggs I've ever seen. They are size large already! So so awesome.


And then a hour ago I found a little tan egg in the grow-out pen, must be the buff Orp, but she's not very big, only half the size of the older ones I got at a swap last May. At least she's laying!

 

[WIChookchick]

so since I am going up to Green Bay tomorrow, anyone need me to stop along the way via Waupon, Appleton, Osh Kosh and points north??

Oh.. by the way ... stay away from Life Time sheds at Sam's club, nearly a thousand dollars for ... not much and it won't hold up in the WI winds, I would guarantee that.
ack

 

[Terri O]

I think your coop will work great Apyl...do you have a lot of preds. that you need to have a run? I guess maybe you do with all those woods! Looks like a great place!
Carol--I already told her that you might be interested in the van for parts...maybe it is even the right color? LOL! That would be a small miracle for sure...

Just posted eggs for sale on CL--we will see if the egg police are still there to flag my ad! I can never seem to keep an ad on there for long.
DH had decided that we are NOT having the roast on the grill tonight...he has waited too long to get it going...tomorrow is another night. I have no problem with popcorn for dinner! LOL!
Later--Terri O

 

[Bigfamily4me]

I'll will speak for Sassafrassy CC... The Lav are from West Bend.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Terri, could you use these on your porch? They might be better than plastic?

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/grd/2846879369.html

 

[ElaineS585]

Thanks for the warm puppy well wishes, folks! Yes, I had planned to take her to the Sun Prairie place to have her fixed but wanted to take her to our vet for the once over & introductions. We do have a plastic cone/neck thingy, thanks, Carol! (Terri, the $29 is for cats....) I'll probably give her a couple of weeks to settle in before we have the surgery done. Yeah, those ears are adorable aren't they? ha She's really sweet and very smart. I've been wanting a 2nd dog since our lab died 3 years ago but I had to work on DH/OM to agree to two dogs again -- don't know why, I do all the work! ha

Re: rehoming critters - I had to rehome a guinea pig and a miniature possum and thankfully found wonderful homes for them. I would have been miserable had I had to keep them and they're better off at their new homes....

Speaking of new homes, I just read that the Dane Co. Humane Society just built a $3,000 coop for the chickens they get?? ????????????????? WTH???????????????????? Stuff like that makes me crazy! What is it the Taj Mahal of chicken coops????............Arrrgh, don't get me started! I admire & support humane societies in general but the one here aggravates the hell out of me. I think they'd place a whole lot more animals if they had more reasonable prices and it bugs me to no end that they raised a ton of $ for a new building and then built a fancy/smancy one with cathedrel ceilings - well that's a good use of $ to heat & air condition! $$ would be better spent on animals in my opinion. I'm sure they'll charge a ridiculous amount for chickens!! (When I find out what that is, I'll post.) I think the article said they currently have 20 plus hens and a couple of roosters if anyone locally wants to check it out... For those of you in this area, I don't know if you know that the Dane Co. Humane Society now runs a little pet thrift store inside in one of their main hallways? They have a ton of collars, leashes, sometime dog beds, usually several bird cages, etc. It's not priced, it's by $ donation based on what you can afford to pay - honor system.... I stop there once a month or so -- but be forwarned they have really funky hours, so check their website to make sure they're open before you go. Can't tell you how many times I've stopped by and they've been closed!

Well I'm certainly opinionated today aren't I?!

TO, that's hysterical that you named hens for Carol and I BOTH!!!!!!

Pretty peacock, Jim!

New baby chickie pictures are killing me!! Thanks for sharing (seriously -- I enjoy them immensely!)

As a chicken and duck enabler, I want to remind everyone who's looking for baby birds to check with their local Farm & Fleet to see if you can order birds through them this year. I know the one in Verona (which is a new larger center) did last year, not sure if the remodeled one in Madison will or not... But if you have a Farm & Fleet by you and are interested in birds might be worth looking into. Their prices last year seemed very reasonable, too...

Alright, gotta fly - gotta find something to cook/eat and I'm not in the mood to do either. Might just be a "fend for yourselves" night for my guys and a bowl of cereal for me... Oh yeah, looks like more snows coming Tues. & Wed. -- dang! Two quick questions, has anyone started pruning their fruit trees or grapes yet? Dormant oil?? I tend to miss the boat on these things and I'm hoping to do it better this year....

Have a good evening.
Elaine

 

[Angiebubs]

Quick question: I keep getting eggs where one end is rough like sand paper-kinda lil bumps in the finish so to speak...any ideas what this is or what causes it?

 

[Celtic Chick]

I'll will speak for Sassafrassy CC... The Lav are from West Bend.

That, among other things, was in my post that went poof.

And actually it was Kewaskum. The lady was very, very nice and she has a lot of chicks and hatching eggs of lav & black/lav orp splits. She is the one who has the ad on CL that Carol posted a few days ago.

 

[Celtic Chick]

Quick question: I keep getting eggs where one end is rough like sand paper-kinda lil bumps in the finish so to speak...any ideas what this is or what causes it?

I've read that they are calcium deposits. I'll see if I can find the link.

Quote:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps020

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/1/egg-quality-handbook/17/sandpaper-or-rough-shells

 

[Dr HaHa]

Angie when I read the boys were after the girls with their new aprons the first thing that came to mind was lingerie?

Don't worry about the eggs it happens all the time. Nice fan on that peacock Jim! Cind The one is an all black, one is a black and white, and think Cheeks is a red tail hawk. Sorry! TO would be the one to know. I see that snow predicted

said biggest one of the year. Which won't take much.