Jenlyn9483: Jen's Journal-- Countdown begins

[Henrietta23]

First of all Happy Birthday!!!
My parents just had their well pump die. They got lucky also and were able to call a guy from our church who charged as little as he could and set up a payment plan for them. Could have been a nightmare! Glad it is working out for you. Enjoy the bridemaid dress shopping! I could tell some nightmare stories there of friends who got married in the 80s and the ugly dresses we had to wear! NO-I'm not sharing pictures.

 

[jenlyn9483]

Tuesday< whew it has been such a crazy long weekend I have been actually looking forward to today! I have pheasants hatching under my broody game hen that I put pheasant and Musc ducks under. I think im going to move the duck eggs to the hatcher today and see how they do. I might let her try and raise the three little Ringneck pheasant chicks. If I had any chicken eggs about to hatch I would take those two and give he chicks,,, but alas I dont. Gotta get my head count of young roos together that im taking to the auction Thursday night.

 

[jenlyn9483]

Im thinking of building a new pen. My dad and his girlfriend have a bunch of wire left over after building their coops, Some even 6 foot wire and they are going to give me some! I want to build a larger coop to move my Cuckoo Marans or Dc into later since I have lots of babies growing out right now. I want to have the Broiler meat bird project birds to be seperate than the marans eventually. I also need another pheasant pen.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Happy Be-lated birthday!

I love building new poultry pens, especially when the supplies are recycled!!

Question, though, what are Dc?

 

[jenlyn9483]

Sorry DC is Dark Cornish. Im hoping to have Second generations going by spring. Im trying to develop my own broiler/ Ranger types that i can reproduce myself. So far I really like the looks of my CM/ DC Juvies I have. I want to breed my DC hens back to a CM/ DC rooster and Im hoping I can get my hands on Standard Cornish roo to breed to a couple DC/ CM pullets. Its a work in progress but I gotta sketchy plan. Im just working at it as I go best I can with what I have.

 

[jenlyn9483]

OMG!! I Almost forgot to tell you guys!!

Guess what I got for my Birthday!! Readers Digest Back to Basics!!! The newer Green Hard Cover Book!

My moms boyfriend found them on Amazon for Cheep and he got us both one!!

Yall hurry up and go gets yalls copy!

 

[punkin]

What a great present and Happy Birthday!!

My MIL would just sigh, shake her head and get me a Belk's gift card if I asked for something like that. :/

 

[jenlyn9483]

Well me and my mom are alot alike so we like the same things luckily.



Today I will actually get to spend the whole day by myself doing what i want and need to do without any interuptions or anyone needing me to go here or there or go into town and take care of business or wedding stuff.

So I plan on processing some of the Muscovie drakes I had growing out for my freezer this winter. I also want to work on making my my flower girl basket. I just have a plain cute little basket from goodwill. I will be painting it black and covering the bottom with Ivory chiffon fabric and a black ribbon. Next time I go into town I will get some ivory ribbon to wrap arond the handle and I will be glueing ivory and black roses to it. I will have to take a picture of it when im done.
After that not sure what I will be doing.

Earlier this morning I was able to harvest some of my white eggplants and banana peppers, boy them banana peppers GREW over the weekend. Just a few of them will make a pint of sliced pickled banana peppers.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

WHITE eggplants??? Could you post a picture of those please? I've never heard of white eggplants!

 

[jenlyn9483]

Sure they are called cloud nine. I never saw them until last year but now they are popular. I will take a picture for you when I slow down some.