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Looks like we found our own little haven. I liked the house IMMEDIATELY when we hit the long lane it's on. 4.43 acres, a farm on one side (we're butted against the field), woods in the back and neighbors on the other side, nothing on the other side of the road except woods. The inside suits me...

Have fun with it! I was asked to do an interview for the paper and I refused. I don't do well with getting drilled about stuff, like it's some kind of quiz on my life or something. :/ Keep us updated, can't wait to see how you like it!

Well, we lost our drake the other day, but picked up a new guy today. His voice isn't as manly as the old drake. The old drake sounded more like a scovy, and this guy sounds kinda duckish. Anyways, he's a really nice drake, and lets you pick him up. Hopefully we won't have any infertile eggs to...

Wow. Our silkie/ameraucana mix always has to have a haircut. She can hardly see at all without a cut. You can see a big difference in her when you cut them, because she can finally SEE! She actually does quite well with the haircuts too, you'd think she'd spazz out, but she's pretty good about...

Yeah, I agree. I guess hoarding depends on what resources you have and how well you can take care of them though. To a person who only has enough chickens to lay enough eggs for themselves and their spouse, might think that having 50-60 birds is "hoarding", but our's do pretty well here. Very...

I think "chicken math" is typically for the pet chicken keeper. You know, oh, that one's pretty, so lets get one or two of that, this one is pretty too, so let's get two of that, and that one I cannot live without, so let's get five of that, lol. However, I do have plenty more than I had...

Be careful with straining the lye. You probably strained off the extra lye. It can take a good bit of stirring to get it to completely dissolve. :)

I've been out hunting a few times over the past few years, but this year, I spotted the hunter's bible at Ollie's for about $5, so I picked it up and have been reading it. My brother just laughs, but in all honesty, it's worth the money. There are a few things in it that I never knew before...

Well, the ducks and cornish cross have started laying. Haven't had any duck eggs in three days though, so not sure what's going on there. The cornish keep wanting to lay on a concrete slab, so many of their eggs have been busted. :/ I've piled up leaves there so that it hopefully cushions the...

Lamb tastes like venison to me. LOVE it! Our rifle season doesn't start until the 26th, which just so happens to be my son's 5th birthday. I don't know how I'm going to balance that one out... I would love to stay out all day to see what other people push my way, but can't miss doing something...

Sunflower oil, you have to get refined. I've used refined and unrefined and there's a huge difference. Lotions, it definitely reeks like sunflower seeds and you have to use a very strong scent to cover that stench up. Otherwise, squirrels (and others) might mistake you for a nut. ;) As for...

The one thing I did with Andy, the asshat I dated who wouldn't do anything that I needed him to do, is that I just forgot all about him. Forget he "exists" for a little bit, and do it yourself. Usually, that ruffled his feathers because he was the "man of the house" and it was his "job" and...

I dated a guy like that. He wouldn't do CRAP that I needed him for. BUT, he wouldn't let me do it either. Part of that whole keeping his "manly" image and not letting a woman do "his man's work". What total bull. HOWEVER, on the other hand, George will do what I ask him, right away, and won't...

Never underestimate the power an animal has to heal. I had a duck that was RUN OVER. Leg was busted up in several places, the foot had the impression of the road (you could see where the pressure had dug the stones into her foot) and really, I was going to put her down. I didn't do it that...

At this point, my eggs are free. I got my laying hens for free, and when I was feeding a laying mash, I put approximately $0.75 into them per day for 24 layers. Now, they eat for free. To raise my own, however, it does cost some money as chicks to feed them their rations. As for why do we make...

If you don't mind me being nosy, what breed, gender and how much were they? I ended up with a blue/natural (not sure what it's called) suffolk whether for $100, but the sire they're trying to sell for $300. Not that I want a full sized ram, but some day I would love to get a few ewes!

Yuck. Stay safe! Everything here is covered in frost, but no precipitation, yet. Supposed to get snow tonight. :/

Today is starting out better. Kiska feels better, no longer walking like a drunk. Dedreckovis showed up. I have NO idea where he was hiding. They're both in the house now, wearing "diapers". George wants to buy some poults and raise them, while still keeping an eye out for hens. Poults AND hens...

I feel like I should just let G pick her up from the vet. As I was pulling out to take her in, I ran over our turkey hen. She was like my favorite bird out of them all. I bled her out after she passed, but I have no heart to butcher her out. When we got back, two hawks flew away and now I cannot...

Well, several packages are finally ready to be shipped tomorrow. Bath bombs galore, plus some SLSa and some candles. Odd, out of everything I currently sell, I started out with soap, and here's the first full day of packages without a single bar of soap! Tomorrow, Kiska (our six month old...