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Wow, last time I kept a CCX journal was 2020. A lot of changes since then. I have orders for 50 chickens, dressed out of course. So I ordered 75 chicks, went and picked them up Wednesday, February 19. I built a new coop, bigger, for that many. They gave me 5 extra, total 80 chicks. I will...

Every year about this time I go on a diet, it’s my anti hibernation fat winter diet. My goal is 7-10 pounds. Then I shall go back to my slovenly ways. Sweets are my downfall. But it takes all year to gain it back, so Eh. Starting weight 137 pounds. This is going to be counting calories and...

The INTERNATIONAL REDNECK INNOVATION SOCIETY OF REJECTS has declared a winner in our annual CRAPTASTIC PALLET COOKOFF! Please note that no pallets were actually cooked or consumed for this contest. In the Pallet Division, a contestant known only as BAYMULE requested anonymity and did not...

I wasn't planning on taking off my wedding band, I have a habit of turning it with my thumb. Recently I found out that it would not come off. Now I really WANTED it off. I tried soaps, oil, grease, everything I could think of. Nothing worked. I figured I'd have to get it cut off and went to a...

It's been a long relationship with a smack dab crazy dog. Anybody that reads my posts knows about Paris, a Great Pyrenees. Paris was a free throw away dog, a chicken killer. While I don't recommend taking on a problem dog as your very first LGD, it worked out, finally, for us. Her story begins...

BJ passed away September 20 with Covid Pneumonia. We both were sick, but he got worse and I took him to the hospital. He rallied and I thought I would be bringing him home, but that was not to be. The hospital called me that morning to tell me that they were putting him on a ventilator. BJ could...

I have a big beautiful patch of chickweed. I snack on it when I’m outside. This patch is where the horses, dogs and sheep can’t get to it, so I know there hasn’t been any dirty feet tromping on it, or worse. LOL I picked some, DH tried it and liked it, so I picked more and made us salads. I...

I ran across this and thought y'all might be interested. I had no idea this was out there. ready.gov

I subscribe to this newsletter. Today's newsletter is about salt, I thought it good information to share. After my recent letter to you on body alkalinity and salt intake, reader R.K. wrote in and asked: The never-ending advice to cut back on salt fails to give the whole story...

Anybody ever raise turkeys, slaughter and eat what you raised? What breed/s? Thinking about ordering a few to try, in the spring. Any recommendations?

October has started with more than the usual amount of crazy that goes on in our lives. BJ is scheduled for hip replacement October 14 and is counting down. He is in pain, lurching around and very unhappy at being sidelined. The good news is that the doctor said that his recovery won't be near...

Any ideas? These are 3’x3’ by about 3 inches. They are packing for AC units.

I start a new job today. Yup, going back to work. Last year was a financial disaster. The truck went into the shop 4 times, the bills were $2,000+ and the last breakdown was $4500. The car broke down, more $$$, and the Kawasaki mule broke down-just the parts were $2,000. With the first...

We drove an hour and half away to get 50 baby chicks on March 2. It has begun......

Here we go! Got two guilts today, Hampshire and Yorkshire cross. I’ve been looking, people sure are proud of their pigs this year. Finally found these an hour and half away and we went and got them. Sentry is in a pasture, not against the new Pigs, but he knew he didn’t like them. He barked st...

Happy New Year! 2019 was a flat out, pure-dee garden bust. Drought, heat, failure. Ring out the old, bring in the New Year! Go 2020!! It has begun! We spent the last couple of days cleaning out the sheep barn. I practice deep litter, bedding with pine shavings, pine straw, leaves and hay...

So there is Listeria in packages of boiled eggs, people are sick and one man has died. What? Are people too damned lazy or stupid to boil their own eggs? Want me to boil them and eat them for you too? What is wrong with people? Buy pre-boiled and peeled eggs? Yuck! Are people so busy that they...

A woman was attacked and killed by a group of feral hogs Sunday morning outside the Southeast Texas home where she worked as a caretaker, authorities said. Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said in a press conference Monday that Christine Rollins, 59, arrived around 6 to 6:30 a.m. when...

Ringo is a registered Katahdin ram that I have been in love with for quite awhile. When his owners Mike and Teresa, said on BYH that they were going to sell him, I lost no time claiming him for my own. It took some time for them to breed him one more time, find another ram, make arrangements...

We have two Great Pyrenees, Paris and Trip. Paris is 10 and Trip will be 5 in November. Now is a good time to introduce and train a new puppy. I have been wanting an Anatolian. I was on a Facebook Sheep and goat group when I saw a post for a very Anatolian looking puppy. I kept going back to...