Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[babylady4]

TO, I was busy this afternoon... I have missed my kitchen. I not only made the grape jam, but after digging though the chest freezer I found some cherries and peaches that were still good. So I used half of each to make Peach/Cherry Jam and then I made a Peach Cherry cobbler. Baked a ham, watched a movie (The Best Little **house in Texas) with my mom, and made some sauteed cabbage and apples to go with the ham. Now I wish I had more fruit so I could make more jam!

Vicki, I think I need to send you a PM....

Loved Tommy's video, I hope he recovers from his sniffles soon!

BigFam, I hope you have a massage scheduled for tomorrow; you deserve it!

Thinking I will make another attempt tomorrow at running. I rubbed the skin right off my heels last Monday and I think they have healed enough for me to get back out there. Besides, DD has another try at her driving test tomorrow...... have to get her there on time.

Hope you are all enjoying the game!

 

[Cindlady]

Best I could do for now.... enjoy!
BOY

Boy

Girl

2 all black Girls and the 2nd boy

We Think we got the boys and girls right

 

[vickiw]

Oh cindlady what cute kitties!!! I love em!

To everyone who asked about the rifles~ I think I answered everyone and hope I made sense but I know NOTHING about guns, this is all hubby's project!

I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT!!!!

It took me longer to make the 4 sale signs to stick in the windows then it did for the truck to sell! All he had to do was drive to the gas station for the Sunday papers with the signs in the windows and the truck was sold! And for exactly what he wanted for it. (told you he had a great price on it). You know what this means, right? Plow truck gone, we are going to have the deepest, earliest, longest snowstorms in years of course!

Boy, I wish we could unload that tractor this easy. Had one guy show up to buy it but he wanted to make payments! Oh well, might be just as well, we may need it to dig us out of these snow storms

No chili here. A huge pot of chicken soup loaded with the last of the garden veggies that simmered all afternoon to warm the house up, yum! Oh, and the girls got a big plate of warm scrambled eggs to help them shake any chills before they go to roost. Spoiled chooks.

 

[Bigfamily4me]

I'm liking this game. I'm liking my drink. Life is good!

BabyL... I really should get a massage. I'm sore! But it's mainly my knees and inner thighs. (Calm down boys!!!) There was a lot of hills and that's what did me in. Thank goodness I have hills out by me I run, or I would be really hurting! But nope, no massage happening. I'll probably have to do a short run to ease the sore muscles. (I really just want to sit and do nothing though!)

I candled my eggs today. Pulled 7 out of 9 lemon cuckoo Orpingtons. I think his Roo isn't doing his job! The white Ameracaunas i got from another source however are doing very well. I tossed one of those, out of 14. I'm going to send that lady a note. I got all eggs on the same day, and could compare the packing. Guess which one packed her eggs better...

I think it was Bigz who said pullets coming into laying don't need supplemental lights? Since my whole flock is new, would you guys suggest holding off on lighting? I'm still waiting for some girls to lay too. Hopefully when I get eggs from CC I'll get early layers out of them. But it will also be a great experiment to see if the all day free ranging actually slows maturity. (I don't understand why it would, but I think it is).

Super cute baby kitties Cind! I just love kittens...

WAHOO WE PICKED OFF THE BALL!!!

Ok. I'm thinking about a dog. My hubby will kill me. He says no. But I'm dog sitting for my friend while she's in Mexico. It will be good for me too to see if I really want the additional responsibility. It will also be good as a family to test this out. I've never had a house dog on my own before. It's always been farm dogs, that never get enough attention. But most likely it will be a no from the man still, so I guess I just concentrate on chickens...

YAHOO!!! Touchdown #6!!!!!!

I gotta go. I'm getting overheated here

 

[Celtic Chick]

Well, I sure hope you old guys stayed awake to see the second half of this game.

Too bad we can't play like that every week, minus the injuries, of course. That part of the game stunk. I hope noone had anything bad.

I see Bf4 is trying to give you guys heart palpatations again.

Bigfam, didn't you just set those eggs not long ago? Give them a chance, girlie! I have had a few times where I was going to pull some eggs but didn't and was glad later on when they wound up hatching (later candling showed development that I didn't notice in the early candling). Patience, grasshopper!

Oh Cind, those kittens are too adorable for words!

I sure wish I didn't love kittens so much. DrH, you just gotta take those 2 boys. You will never regret getting siblings from the same litter. Trust me.

Ok, must sleep now. Sweet dreams, all! Oh, and welcome Delisha! Hope you like it here!

 

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

Jim... ANNIE dug 20 gal. of potatoes!!!??? WOW both of you are in great shape! Hope the little turkey was quiet for you.

Bl4... yep. got to get the proper bacteria balance. Whenever we started new tanks or had to sanitize a tank, we would put some water and gravel from another tank to get it started.

judge.... at least you got to hold him without having to chase him! When I was making sure he would be OK I would stroke his ears and neck and talk soft to him. Sometimes I could get him to just sit on my lap for a minute or so without holding him. At least he's not aggressive.

TO....If Tommy gets too good at that toy you may have to find a new type and change them up now and then.

vicki... I bet those chickens looked like you moved their coop to the moon! LOL Too bad DH wasn't trying to get rid of a nice short stock .22. I need one for my short little arms and budget to match! Congrats on the truck sale!

CC... I agree! The good Dr. and L need to get a pair! A Boy and Girl would be perfect! (But get both fixed!) How can you resist those little "milk lips" I think the little white lips are so cute! But then, an all black cat in the home is suppose to bring luck!

Cleaned out the Hot Tub today.... found a crack! I'll have to talk to the rest of the crew about fixing or replacing it. Not much else for today.... Night All!

 

[otonoh]

Cinlady, cute Kittens.

Is this chicken math or does it actually make sense.

As you know I decided I wanted to get japanese bantams and 4 regular size chickens since my original 7 have been producing way too many eggs.
I thought about getting them through the mail but I can only get straight run.
Well I found a person that is selling her Japanese bantams for 5 dollars each, they are about 8 months old. I thought If I got them, I could avoid shipping, doa, and finding homes for the males.
Then in spring I could get full size chickens from a local source. I thought introducing young full size chicks to an established coop would be easier than adding bantams to an existing full size chicken coop.

Does it make sense or is it chicken math? What do guys think? It is so wierd, The ladies have been gone for 2 days and it seems so wierd not to have them around.

David

 

[vickiw]

Good early mornin' all!

Otonoh~boy, have you got chickie fever bad!!!! Your girls have been gone what, 48 hours????

Welcome to the CRAZY CHICKIE PEOPLE club!

Off to the big city (GB) this morning. I really hate road trips to the dr. Boring!!!!! Speaking of that, Frenchie, yooohooo!!!! Are you out there? How's you and your DH doin'?
supposed to be a nice day today, of course, I should be home planting garlic and taking care of Crockpot's bottom. Picked up the Nu-Stock cream. Looks like it should really help her. Haven't started the worming yet. Taking the advice of you very knowledgeable chickie folks and picking up some Wazine first. Well, looks like we did good on the coop. We have gotten REALLY cold a night or two and no chickie sickles yet

. Even little Noodle doing well. Boy, that chick must be a leghorn or something. It will let me stand by it but try to pick it up? Screams like it's being murdered!!! Even stays clear of the other chooks, except momma. Even then it is often over in a corner by itself.
Still planning on using the oil heater if it gets too cold and stays there. Just to keep them from freezing tho! I know better than too warm or I'll either have a moisture problem or sick chicks from running in and out from hot to cold.

Well, can't chat any longer. Need another cuppa then take care of chores and hit the road. Later. Have a great day all!!

 

[delisha]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I will probably be hanging around for a while. I do not imagine myself with out chickens. As cold as it is outside, I have duck and chicken eggs in the incubator. My hubby thinks I am insane and cute all at the same time.

He does not understand my need to improve a color or feathering of a chicken that already lays a pretty good sized egg. I understand his confusion. Right now I have this one bed ragged hen. I have had her forever. I just can't cull her. She lays the hugest eggs I have ever seen, she is compacted, muscular, eats low volume of feed and tons of grazing, yet her feathering is horrible. It always has been since I got her from a fair. I simply love her muscular compact body. I am still tempted to raise a chick from her to see if her feather issue is genetic, yet terrified that it is. I keep putting it off thinking this is the year she is not going to make it through the winter. I am always delighted that she makes it and continues to lay so I don't have to make that decision.

 

[Dr HaHa]

Good Not Dry Morning All! It's a case of being carefull of what you ask for. Cind as soon as I saw the top pic my eyes welled up. My god he has markings so close to Bob's. I know that there will be no replacing him but... No No No only one kitten! We have Taz, who desperately needs a companion! Since Bob's demise she has been terrible. Cry cry cry. Yes he will be fixed and get shots. But he's going to be an inside cat. Vic had to chuckle about being "murdered", I have hen that does the same thing. It's like wth I didn't do nuthin!

Glad to see the Pack play like the Pack for a change. Hope they continue to do so! TO that's a really cool vid of Tommy! Hope you both feel better soon! BL4 sounds like your really jammin! Peach cobbler

Bigz $180, wish I would of stopped and looked at them before I bought that Husq. Would have saved me a $130. Well now $310. Gotta find someone that needs a really nice around home saw and give em a great deal. I'd be happy with a $130 for it. Was just outside pretty DANG wet.

But I WILL give the new one a tryout! Dan you know what they say small trees- small saw.

Man o man Jim hope you get the Ollie figured out! Had the pic in my head of you in your Tutu with a wand riding around on it freshly painted orange and black for the up coming holiday.

That's all I can think of for now.