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    FIRST TURKEYS HATCHED ON FARM

    UPDATE 2 nd hen hatched 6 little ones, this time we're a little better off. she's in coop and we are able to keep others separated. only problem was two active wasp nests but we had a cold weekend and were able to dispose of them, also letting momma take care of them. grow little ones. pics soon.
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    BLONDE JOKE BEWARE!!!!!!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME

    Blonde's sitting in the middle of a hay field in a row boat rowing like mad. An other blonde pulls up in an SUV and says "she' the kind that gives all the rest of us a bad name and if I could swim I'd slap the mess out of her."
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    FIRST TURKEYS HATCHED ON FARM

    sad news lost the other 4 to tom stepping on them and my trying to step in when i should have left it to the hen to take care of her own. hopefully i have learned to let the other hen take care of her own and block out the other two.
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    FIRST TURKEYS HATCHED ON FARM

    After work yesterday was watering and found a little surprise in turkey run, first bourbon red poult from our own flock. By evening there were 4, 5 had hatched one was stepped on. Hen still sitting on about 6-7 eggs. And still have another hen sitting. She's about a week and a half behind. We...
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    WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

    wife and son picked wild blackberries and we put them up as freezer jam. had some this am w/breakfast on toast,yummmmmmmm. also put up blueberry and had that on pork chops. can't wait to have them on our own chops.
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    Disaster Prep

    saw that today in the funnies. thought it was good.
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    Smithfield buy out

    has anyone heard any more about this? last i heard there was a hedge fund that was asking to split up the company as they figured it was worth more that way. any opinions on the sale?
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    Solar Flare to hit on the 8th or 9th

    guess just another cry wolf, it's 6 pm and everything is chugging along like normal?
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    I am SS embarrassed!

    my vote is well pump. we were hit by a storm that knocked out the electric for 2 days. hard to water animals and everything else.
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    What are you charging for eggs?

    2.00 dozen and we are selling every thing we can. the hens are paying their way and we get our eggs. we're selling them at our local college campus. when we go to farmers market we get 2.50. got to help pay for gas.
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    Grocery Store Wars

    OMG, LMAO. so funny. we are big star wars fans. someone had tooo much time on their hands.
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    Mass Murder

    i agree, just seems like such a waste and yet the remaining vegggies get so much bigger.
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    The best price I've found on CORNISH CROSS

    we had two batches from them last year. had 6 dead on arrival. called and they asked if we wanted a refund or replacement chicks on another order. we took the chicks on our next order. they grew very well and forged in the tractor we use. we'll check out central also.
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    Freezing Corn On The Cob

    ball blue book says 8 minutes blanching for 2 dia. corn in 6-8 quqrts of boiling water start count when put in cool in cold water for same amount as blanch time dry corn. we wrapped our ears in plastic wrap then into freezer bags. taste of summer this winter when the snow flies.
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    Roping a deer

    this is why we hunt those terrorist deer. shot guns and high power rifles. LOL why in the world would you try to rope a deer, haven't you seen city slickers? :lol: :ya :ya :barnie
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    UDSA plays chicken with poultry inspections

    if this isn't a case of the fox guarding the hen house then i don't know what is. http://www.ajc.com/news/playing-chicken-on-food-1491072.html the article appeared in our Sunday paper, originally in the Atlanta journal-constitution 8-5-2012
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    Grrrr. From 300 to 1 in 3 months

    we lost 41 3 week old broilers to coons. had to move them into the yard. we sell these birds and this was a major hit. anyway that's why they call it farming. :barnie
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    Zucchini?

    give them away,yeah right. people will cross the street to avoid you, they will change their phone,e-mail, and in the most extreme cases they have been known to move. lol :ep :barnie
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    What is the meaning of your log in name?

    farm is fair weather farm, things only work in fair weather, we raise chickens, simple enough.
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