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  1. Bettacreek

    Bulk soap mish mash destash

    Big ol' box of soap. This is a mix of random body/hand safe soaps that are random scents, no labels, unwrapped. May contain colorants, essential oils, fragrance oils and natural additives (I KNOW there is some soap with poppy seeds for mild exfoliation). These are mostly bars from the molds that...
  2. Bettacreek

    Self sufficiency flock - Hatching eggs

    I have a nice mixed flock, designed for self-sufficiency. Leghorn and Ameraucana roos over 9 cornish cross, 2 leghorns, 1 Ameraucana, 1 cochin cross and 3 light brahmas. Most eggs are a jumbo+ size. The cornish cross hens are hefty birds, weighing from 11lbs-15lbs. They free-range and they do it...
  3. Bettacreek

    Meat/Laying chicken eggs

    I have a mixed flock of leghorns, cornish cross, an ameraucana, an ameraucana/silkie mix and light brahmas covered by leghorns and ameraucanas. The leghorn hens don't seem to allow the ameraucana roos to breed them, but everyone else does. So, with "hen's choice" from this flock, you'll get a...
  4. Bettacreek

    Meat!

    I've butchered chickens so far from this year's endeavors, but now I've got pekin and coturnix eggs in the bator, to raise out into meat birds (the excess males anyways). I found that I couldn't butcher my turkeys that were supposed to be butchered this fall, although, fortunately, there are...
  5. Bettacreek

    Our PMs, not exactly PRIVATE are they?

    I've noticed that some things in my PM box have been changed. Considering that I sell on here, some peoples' addresses and full names have been in my box and my full name and address has been in others' PM boxes, I'm a little concerned that apparently our PMs are open for other people to access...
  6. Bettacreek

    Candles

    I'll slowly add them as I make them. I only have a pic of one right now, but I have some pumpkin made up that I just need to get a pic of. Candy Cane Candle (tester)
  7. Bettacreek

    Soaps

    I have a few bars that are "unsellable" because they are not perfect. So, this means a discount for you. Goat milk soaps are 4oz and are $2 each. Six Oatmeal Milk and Honey. The batch overheated when I was making it, which makes it turn a burnt orange type of color and it just looks ugly. It...
  8. Bettacreek

    Pickling soft boiled eggs? Hollandaise sauce?

    Since NONE of us will touch the yolk in a hard boiled egg (except in egg salad), I was wondering... Can I soft boil the eggs, take the egg apart, save the yolk and then pickle the whites, and save the yolks for hollandaise sauce?
  9. Bettacreek

    Nipple waterers?

    I just need a spot of help. I want to get some of the nipple waterers and set up two 5g buckets for water for the beasts. My only thing is... do you only need the little screw in nipple piece or do you need other stuff too? Do you just drill a hole and screw that in, or do you need to have like...
  10. Bettacreek

    Feed and food prices are supposed to skyrocket again

    Thanks to the heat wave, food and animal feed are supposed to skyrocket. Chicken, beef and dairy products are supposed to be the first to soar of course. So, if you can, lay in your feed stocks as soon as possible. I'm hoping to figure out how to store enough to keep around several hundred...
  11. Bettacreek

    Vinegar and Baking Soda

    http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/organizing-cleaning/uses-for-vinegar-00411000074974/?xid=hotdeals-news-062712 http://www.allyou.com/budget-home/live-green-save/baking-soda-00400000048014/?xid=hotdeals-news-062712 Just thought I'd share!
  12. Bettacreek

    Those with children? Having some major issues!!!

    Ok, so, at one point in time, we found four dead chickens in a bucket. Both kids were there, the youngest caught the blame. I had thought that he was trying to gather them and was a little too rough on them. Later, a duckling had a broken leg, he caught the blame again and was glued to my hip...
  13. Bettacreek

    Zucchini?

    The seller I bought my seeds from sent a second envelope of tomato and zucchini. I figure I'll plant some of the tomatoes for next year, but in the mean time, wtf do you do with zucchini?! I don't think I've ever eaten one in my life. I've got 100 seeds if I remember correctly, and certainly...
  14. Bettacreek

    Bee stings

    Well, I finally got the opportunity to test out some remedies for bee stings. I got stung in the arse, and was trying to find something to put on it... All I could find was toothpaste, so I slapped that on there. Then my parents came home (was there waiting on them to get back to help with a...
  15. Bettacreek

    Cast iron...

    The BF and I were talking about cast iron today. I made bacon in it as I usually do, but usually he isn't home when I use it. Anyways, he's talking about having to wash it now since he only uses it for eggs, not bacon. It had some junk on it of course but I've always scraped it out then wiped...
  16. Bettacreek

    Broken leg

    I'm just sick to my stomach. Youngest son got one of the baby ducklings, now it has an oblique displaced fracture... These are the WORST to fix at home, because really, about the only thing that fixes it is surgical. You can't really just splint it, because it just slips right back out of place...
  17. Bettacreek

    SLSA

    Just put a big order in for some of this stuff... Now I'd like to sell off some of the excess, lol. $6/lb $5.15 for the small flat rate box, with DC tag. I can fit larger amounts into the $10.58 flat rate box. Once it arrives, I'll check to see exactly how much I can get into the small flat...
  18. Bettacreek

    CRAP!!! Pekins hatching THREE DAYS early!

    I was down there moving everyone, since today is day 25. As I was moving some chicken eggs due to hatch a day after the pekins (wanted them in the back), I kept hearing peeping. I didn't think too much of it, figured I was possibly hearing the guys in the new "coop" room. Well, here, I have 8...
  19. Bettacreek

    Brita faucet filter

    I finally made my way to the store to grab one of these. We were buying gallons of water to drink, make coffee, tea and other drinks. Our tap water was horrendus... I'm not a picky person, I'll slurp out of a creek, but this stuff was awful. It even overpowered my coffee (Folger's Black Silk) so...
  20. Bettacreek

    Is this at all possible?

    So, I found a new spot in the house... It's concrete floors, concrete walls and a wooden door, electricity is there, but this is an unheated addition they put on. The door opens to the outside, no inside access. Anyways, what I'm wondering is... How hard would it be to keep this thing clean? Can...
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