Sanibel

The problem that I would have if I had four chickens is that I would name them and then get attached to them. When they quit laying, I could never eat them or give them away to someone who might eat them. Soon, I would be running a coop for geriatric chickens!

I just read that whole article. I really don't think it's right for the ones who have had them for years, & I don't mean 5 years either. There are lots of farms in that area, they aren't allowed to raise chickens? If it were me who has raised them for years, I would tell them to go cluck themselves!!!

WE ARE FAMILY! I'VE GOT ALL MY CHICKENS & ME!!
 
 
 
 
 

My first pen has some 6 year old girls in it. Some left from my first two years raising them. All the other pens are rolled over for breeding, but pen 1 is family

The problem that I would have if I had four chickens is that I would name them and then get attached to them. When they quit laying, I could never eat them or give them away to someone who might eat them. Soon, I would be running a coop for geriatric chickens!

Know someone who gives non-laying chickens to the Amish because she is too sentimental to kill or eat them. I'm sure they take good care of them until they die of natural causes.

landfillguy - you should win a pulletzer prize for those.

I was just teasing. With the right mix of breeds you can save money on dye

That's the best part of breeding, there's always chicks around
I hatch at least a few year round, but my busy season is starting now, and I will be hatching every week or so until the weather hits about 90.
Chickens are extremely relaxing. I like to hang out at the pens after a stressful day at work and just watch them. They don't have a care in the world, they are just content creatures.

My niece recently said she wanted to adopt a dog and even though she is working I offered to pay the adoption fee so she could adopt one if she so chooses. I figured a win-win-win-win
 
Her, the dog, the shelter and me

This is my grandparents Edward & Mildred Wank of DuBois.
They are both gone, God Bless them.
 
I was enlarging a smaller photo to a larger one and had it on my computer so I decided to share.
 
No idea what the year was .... but if you know my mom Joline, you'll see the resemblance on Grandma's face. 
 

 
 

I just clicked on it and watched the females grazing...very interesting! Thanks for posting it!

Yale University released digital library of photos from the Depression Era.  Link should bring up a map and then you can click on county to view photos.  There are several photos in Jefferson Co. link of Ralph Reitz and family of Falls Creek/DuBois area.    There are some awesome pictures of DuBois in the Clearfield link, also Tyler and other areas.
 
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/map/

Here is the link to Jefferson county:
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Pennsylvania&county=Jefferson&city=&year_start=1940&month_start=0&year_stop=1940&month_stop=12
 
Here is the link to Clearfield County:
http://photogrammar.yale.edu/search/results.php?start=0&search=&pname=&lot=&van=&state=Pennsylvania&county=Clearfield&city=&year_start=1935&month_start=0&year_stop=1940&month_stop=12

The book The Hills Of Home by Jennie Smith Dixon should be ready by the end of this month. I retyped the book and it has been proofread and being sent back to the printer the final approved copy this week. The original book was typed on an antique typewriter. I remember watching my grandmother sit at the typewriter for hours. As kids we helped her put together the very first volume. Jennie was my grandmother and there are some good stories in the book. She used to tell us great stories when we were little. We LOVED hearing her stories. I also have a copy of her second book she wrote. It starts when her parents are married and  is a very rough draft. It is going to take some time to put it together. She had typed it up and went through making her changes throughout the book and that was as far as it got. It starts in the very early 1900's. It describes my great grandmother's wedding gown, at the beginning, which I have seen in a trunk and I believe still exists with a relative. It was a beautiful gown for the early 1900's. I have yet to read the entire book so I am not sure what the content is. The information Sanibel provided is correct above. Jennie was Calvin's mother.

Are you sure you want to cut that Apple tree down? Between "Apple", "Blue" and this Big Boy, you sure get to see some beautiful animals! Then again, I am not the one cleaning up!

He might be a big one, but he is afraid of a little wiener dog going pee!!!

Ahhhh"... Mystery solved! It IS a moose. I googled Swedish elk and in Eurasia, the moose is called an elk! Junk and WMJ77 got it right!

Just think how big that elk looks to wiener dog!!!  She probably thinks, "oh, hell no!"

Well the apple eater just left our yard & ran across the road. Her name is "Apple" because she is picking up & eating all the apples!!!

Ahhhh"... Mystery solved! It IS a moose. I googled Swedish elk and in Eurasia, the moose is called an elk! Junk and WMJ77 got it right!

LC was meowing like crazy a little while ago. She would come in the bedroom meow and run into the hallway. So I get up to see what her problem is ... she was trying to tell me we have an apple eater in the yard!!! She is more than welcome to come back and eat all she wants, heck, bring a few friends too!!!
 

 

 

 

You can print and put in your wallet just in case.
 

I am so sorry. My prayers go out to her family and especially her children. It was apparent how much she loved them and that they were the most important part of her life. They will always know how much they were loved.

We should do something. .. she is still watching us... just not with us... let's do something to make her proud and show her children how much we loved her... she touch me on here. .. and she touch me once personally. .. and I will never forget that