Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[redtailgal]

What's your hen to roo ratio? Your roo may be spent.

Even with a low ratio, Roo's can get tuckered out and need a vacation from the girls from time to time. Try pulling him out, along with one hen for company (NOT his fav hen) for a couple days. Feed him some good protein (scrambled eggs are good). While he is out, spoil then hens a little, give them some extra protein and some pickles (good for their crop and urinary tract).

Then after 2 days or so, put them all back together, throw a little Kenny G in their stereo and wait for some magic to happen.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

What's your hen to roo ratio? Your roo may be spent.

Even with a low ratio, Roo's can get tuckered out and need a vacation from the girls from time to time. Try pulling him out, along with one hen for company (NOT his fav hen) for a couple days. Feed him some good protein (scrambled eggs are good). While he is out, spoil then hens a little, give them some extra protein and some pickles (good for their crop and urinary tract).

Then after 2 days or so, put them all back together, throw a little Kenny G in their stereo and wait for some magic to happen.

That is really funny. I can imagine having Kenny G playing in the chicken house.

 

[77Herford]

Lotsa popcorn eaters up in here....

I left her in a kidding stall for tonight, since she's an FF and I don't know her 'signs' yet, and it's COLD.....but her udder isn't tight so I don't expect anything.
She has one more week until the possibility of purebred Nubs are gone...after that they'd be Bullitt or Freeney babies. (I had to put her in w/ both...Freeney was still pretty young so I'm betting IF she goes after next weekend, they'll be Bully Boy's.

I made strawberry dumplings to have w/ ice cream tomorrow. DH's bff is taking us out to eat since I've pretty much cooked every Sunday (with a few Pizza exceptions) since football season started.

We had meatloaf, mashed taters, gravy, and asparagus for dinner...some days I like to cook....cold icky days are usually when that happens.

I got a couple coats of paint on the sign I'm hanging on the buck barn....still trying to decide what to write on it..."The BUCKS stop here" or something...

Candled eggs, NONE were good. Dunno wth is going on, I went from 100% fertility to 0% in a month....????

The dehorning lady keeps putting me off b/c of bad roads.....turns out she shoulda come last week when she cancelled, b/c today they're much worse than they were then.

So now she's supposed be here tomorrow at 10am.

Will you marry me!

 

[Roll farms]

RTG, thanks for the advice...he's got 3 girls in w/ him...I'm thinking it's the weather / the fact that 2 are broody and the other just started laying.
I hope that's it.
I paid 50$ for this roo (show stock silkie), he'd BETTER make me some nice babies.
We used to hatch 200-400 chicks a week, I'm not new to fertility issues...but he really shouldn't have any...considering he's in a heated barn, getting really good feed, and practically put to bed w/ an eiderdown quilt every night.

77, I can't marry you. But if you bring me the solid black buckling you spoke of in your journal (if he has black ears), I'll make you 2 meat loaves to take back home w/you.
And if you want the rest of it, bring me your white Nubian doe.

 

[77Herford]

RTG, thanks for the advice...he's got 3 girls in w/ him...I'm thinking it's the weather / the fact that 2 are broody and the other just started laying.
I hope that's it.
I paid 50$ for this roo (show stock silkie), he'd BETTER make me some nice babies.
We used to hatch 200-400 chicks a week, I'm not new to fertility issues...but he really shouldn't have any...considering he's in a heated barn, getting really good feed, and practically put to bed w/ an eiderdown quilt every night.

77, I can't marry you. But if you bring me the solid black buckling you spoke of in your journal (if he has black ears), I'll make you 2 meat loaves to take back home w/you.
And if you want the rest of it, bring me your white Nubian doe.

Hmmmm, those must be AWESOME Meatloafs. Alas I do love my wife and she might not be keen on me having another who can cook better so its probably for the best I can't have you, lol.

 

[Roll farms]

You know how Homer Simpson will drool when he's just talking about certain foods?

That's how my hubby acts about my meatloaf....and he's STILL blaming me for the fact that he ate too much of it last night. "If you didn't make it taste SO GOOD I wouldn't eat it until I feel sick."

I guess next time I'll make a bad meatloaf....lol. Then he'll stop at one plate, and not feel bad, I guess.

So, is that a NO on the black buck / white doe?

Even if I throw in pineapple upside down cake and homeade goat milk fudge and ice cream? And....umm...my special recipe brownies that some people say are worth dying for....?

 

[Roll farms]

This post isn't farm related, forgive me....but this has been on my mind lately.

This month marks the 4th anniversary of the start of my 'worst year' - Lost my mom, my father-in-law, and my best friend in a 14 mo. period, along w/ my dad and step-mom, who I wasn't terribly close to, but still....

The losses were terrible, the ensuing family drama (vultures circling, looking for their share) was bad, it was just a really painful time.

I miss my mom the most....there are days I want to pick up the phone and call her so bad, some days I actually reach for it...and then remember.
She had the most wicked sense of humor and was SUCH a good cook. She could drive me crazy at times, but she was worth the trip.

She had 5 kids, 4 of whom weren't speaking to her when she died. She survived 2 marriages, 3 types of cancer, a bad heart, weak bones, just a plethora of health issues....
But even w/ a broken hip, that woman could put on a spread that'd make Paula Deen pea green w/ envy.

She was born Hattie Lois Miner. I never knew that until after she died and I found her birth certificate. Talk about a shock....
At some point she changed it to Lois Kay. That is one of those things I'd realllllly like to ask her about.

I pondered having Hattie put on her headstone...but didn't really want to be haunted by my mother's PO'd ghost.

I know every kid thinks their mom is beautiful, but I always thought my mom was 'movie star' bombshell material.
She was an alcoholic, and could be downright mean when she wanted to (hence the other 4 kids not speaking to her) but in her later years, w/out the booze...she was such a different person. I'm sad that my siblings never bothered to get to know her.

She called a spade a spade and tolerated NO crap from anyone. She loved gardening, cooking, and Magnum PI.

She was priceless to me, and I'm so glad my daughter got to spend time w/ her and get to really know her.

She spent 30+ years working in a factory, which gave her a vocabulary that was colorful to say the least. She wouldn't ever fit in w/ the 'social scene', she was more the "Harper Valley PTA" type of mom. She had no problems giving us what we deserved in the discipline department, but heaven forbid ANYONE mess w/ her kids, she could go into full "Mama Bear" mode in 1.2 seconds.

I won't sugarcoat her memory, there were bad things, and good things, about her....but I have let go of the bad and I focus on so many fun, funny, wonderful times spent w/ her. I still have / fill the flowerpots that were at her house here every year, and keep pretty flowers on her grave, just in case she is aware, I want her to know I still care.


Rest In Peace, Mama.

(This is the 'memory board' I did for her funeral)

 

[autumnprairie]

Thank you for sharing your Mom with us it meant a lot

 

[that's*satyrical]

Love the collage, and reading about your mom.

 

[RemudaOne]

What a wonderful tribute to your mom. I can't imagine the loss you experienced at that time. I know I don't know you, but here's a hug anyway.