Fun thread: Share the good stuff in our lives? Fun things we plan to do?
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KTMom91
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I am spending tomorrow morning with my favorite fourth graders, and tomorrow afternoon returning to The Black Hole (aka Miss KT's old room) to discover more hidden treasures. I've found six prom dresses that have been donated to The Cinderella Project, and have a second box packed for the district clothes closet, where families who need them can go and get clothes. I also have three bags in the trunk for Goodwill.
The long term goal is for her room to be my library. Hubby has put random odds and ends in there because "no one's using it anyway." It's like a treasure hunt on a giant scale, but the sending of pictures and asking, "Did you want this?" and waiting for her response slows me down a bit.
The long term goal is for her room to be my library. Hubby has put random odds and ends in there because "no one's using it anyway." It's like a treasure hunt on a giant scale, but the sending of pictures and asking, "Did you want this?" and waiting for her response slows me down a bit.
Lil
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For some reason, I found this MUCH funnier than I should have.
Feral Chickens. LOLDon't think an electric fence is going to work. Chickens do fly...at least high enough to avoid electrocution. LOL
New Leaf
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I know right? They roost in the trees. If someone wakes in the middle of the night and turns on the light dang roosters start domino crowing. Chickens multiply faster then mosquitos in a swamp, we can't get our neighbors to stop feeding them..,.....For some reason, I found this MUCH funnier than I should have.
Don't think an electric fence is going to work. Chickens do fly...at least high enough to avoid electrocution. LOL
Jabberwockey
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Ok, I had missed the whole feral chickens thing!! Do you know how to stop chickens from breeding? Cook them and eat them!! LOL!
But first you have to catch ALL of them.
They are about as bad as rabbits. Or mice.
Jabberwockey
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Nope, just the roosters. And technically you don't actually have to catch them. ]
Well, since we don't have an emoticon for Innocent I guess this will have to do!! LOL!
New Leaf
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Jabber so funny, yes we have cooked them and tried to eat them, problem is these are athletic muscle toned tough frickin chickens........even stewing them doesn't work......so son will have to ramp it up with his bb gun (oh god, sorry animal lovers, don't send me hate mail).
We raised broilers and my friend showed son how to "process" them. Now that is a good eating chicken. Those things grow exponentially fatter every day, they are eating, drinking, pooping machines and barely moved except to stay nearest the water and feed. They grew to 10 pounds in eight weeks and looked like small turkeys when dressed.YUMMY.........
Hey! Lightbulb!.......maybe I should set some broilers loose and let um interbreed with the athletic feral chickens, that ought to slow them down some.........hehhehheh
We raised broilers and my friend showed son how to "process" them. Now that is a good eating chicken. Those things grow exponentially fatter every day, they are eating, drinking, pooping machines and barely moved except to stay nearest the water and feed. They grew to 10 pounds in eight weeks and looked like small turkeys when dressed.YUMMY.........
Hey! Lightbulb!.......maybe I should set some broilers loose and let um interbreed with the athletic feral chickens, that ought to slow them down some.........hehhehheh
Jabberwockey
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Have you tried a pressure cooker? That's how my mom used to cook most of her chickens and they would come out falling off the bone and ready to put into dumplings, casseroles. etc...
New Leaf
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Good idea, we do have a pressure cooker. As I type there is a rooster symphony going on out there.........watch out feral chickens here we come........dig up my marigolds and eat my lettuce. The war is on.........
Most of us don't know "slow cooking" any more, and I'm not talking about a modern so-called "slow cooker".
My grandma used to put stuff on before breakfast on the farm, in a "very slow oven" (back before thermometers... wood stove... but likely around 225 or 250 F), and cook with moist heat "around the clock", adding more moisture as necessary (but only checked it at meal time... no time for peeking!). She could make anything tender.
I think "slow cooking" is 8 hours or less.
Lil
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Slow cooking to me is a crock-pot. I can't imagine a tough bird out of a crock-pot. Jabber's right though, you only have to kill the roosters. Hens may keep laying, but that flock isn't going to get any bigger if there's no men-folk. Not to mention the predators will be happy to get the unprotected lady chickens.
Oh My!!! I can't even imagine how bad that would be. That almost sounds like those Chinese eggs that they bury.
