Well, ya'll. I had my first day of work today. I got a part time job at a local Library branch as a front desk clerk. I have been unemployed since October of last year, so having a paycheck again is going to be really nice.
They day went by very slowly, with a lot of training and paperwork. Surprisingly, it's not a difficult job, just a lot of technical terms to memorize, and a lot of policy information to memorize. It will be an easy job, compared to my last job, when I get settled in real good. So, as of right know, I am employed.....lol.
As for the chickens. The are all doing good, a few frostbit combs but otherwise healthy. I had to move my breeder cocks into my hen barn in order to keep them warm. The Breeder barrels just weren't going to be warm enough for this year. I have winterized all but one of the coops so everyone is staying nice and warm. I am getting about 10-12 eggs a day, which in the winter is very good. My moms big Langshans are giving about 1-3 eggs every other day in a flock of about 8, so right know my chickens are producing the eggs we eat....lol. I'm already getting close to working on my breeding pairs, and getting the breeding barrels ready. I still have to buy a new incubator for the year, waiting for my first paycheck....HEHE! I plan on doing a fairly big hatch next year, about 50-80 Leghorns and 30-40 Dutch. Due to the loose of our main Silkie breeding cock, we will have to hold off on the Silkies for beginning of the year.
The goats are also doing very good this year. They are handling the winter very well, due to the fact they are slightly fat.....! (Notice the slight sarcasm there!) We breed two of our does this year, and so far we think they are both pregnant. We really won't know for sure if they are until about January or Feb. Most likely we will be selling everything this year from our does. So keep a close watch out on the sale listing next spring.
Well, I will try and keep you all posted on any new happenings. Until then.....Later!
Hey all. I found this video on Youtube the other day and thought it was interesting. They are a little long but worth watching! These are not my videos.
Well, the Ohio National was a great show, with over 5,300 birds and 440 exhibitors! I had a blast, I got to talk to all my chicken friends and make some new ones. I also look some pictures, sorry about the quality, my camera is a pain in the you know what. All the pictures are mixed up, Blogger is bad about arranging the photos, it takes forever. Well, hope you all enjoy and if you know of the names of some of the exhibitors pictured here let me know so I can add them to the photos.
BV RB, Buff Brahma Pullet
White Laced Buff Frizzle Polish Cockerel
RV, SC White Leghorn Pullet, George Beyer.
RV RB, Standard Black Langshan Cockerel.
BV RB, Reserve Champion Mediterranean, Standard SC Light Brown Leghorn Pullet.
BV BB, Champion Mediterranean, Standard SC White Leghorn Pullet.
BV BB, Champion Continental, Standard White Crested Black Polish Pullet.
BV RB, SC Light Brown Leghorn Pullet.
RV, Silver Dutch Pullet.
RV, Light Brown Dutch Cockerel, Blue Run Bantams
BV, Silver Dutch Pullet Wayne Gritter.
BV RB, Cream Light Brown Dutch Cockerel, Laura Haggarty.
BV, Blue Light Brown Dutch Cockerel.
BV, Blue Cream Light Brown Dutch Hen, Laura Haggarty.
BV BB, Standard Black Langshan Pullet.
BV BB, Silver Sebright Pullet.
BV BB, SC White Leghorn Pullet, George Beyer.
BV BB, Brd. White Polish Pullet.
BV BB, Light Brown Dutch Hen, Laura Haggarty.
BV BB, Light Braham Pullet.
BV BB, ChampionRCCL, Black Rosecomb Pullet. I think went on to be Champion Bantam.
BV BB, Champion AOCCL, Dark Cornish Pullet. I think went on to be Reserve Champion Bantam.
BV BB, Brd. White Silkie Pullet.
BV BB, Black Wyandott Cockerel.
BV BB, Black Sumatra Pullet.
RV, Blue Cream Light Brown Dutch Cockerel Laura Haggarty.
I'm writing this for all Christian Americans who plan to vote in this yeas election. I'm not going to judge anyone or put anyone down about there decision. The decision you make is yours, and yours alone. I just want to put into perspective for everyone, what America has become and what is should still stand for. I know that just about everyone is sick and tired of this election and doesn't want to read or hear any more about it. I understand this, and I couldn't agree more. I just wanted to say this, before the election is over so that I know I have tried to open the hearts and minds of the Christian Americans living and voting in this election.
It has been many, many years since we have had a president that would stand up for the rights, and beliefs of America. Every president has had his mistakes, that has offended one side or the other. You can't please everyone, but the difference's is what makes America what it is. I get tired of people, saying they aren't voting for one party or another due to what the previous president and his party has done. The political parties have nothing to do with the personal beliefs and standings of a person. For instance, say I'm in party A and my best friend is in party B. Party A believes in eating only chicken, while party B believes in only eating beef. OK, now say, party "Member" A decides he likes to eat both beef and chicken, and the same with party "Member" B. They both can still be part of their political party but they can have their own personal beliefs that have nothing to do with what their party stands for. So many people or voting based on the candidates political party and not even paying attention to that persons personal beliefs and standings. I'm saying that before you make your decision on who your voting for, look deep into that persons beliefs. What does this person believe in, is he or she a Christian believer, devoted to the word of God and willing to stand up for Christian Americans? Does this person have a good political record, standing up for Christians? Such as being Pro-Life, Ant-Gay Rights, Pro-Constitution? These are things you should look at beyond the "political party" their associated with. I know that many of you are extremely devoted to your political party, and will vote for only that party. I'm simply asking you, as a Christian American to take a few minutes to do some research into the party candidates personal beliefs.
What America is know, is not what it was 100 years ago. Americans have become lazy and submissive, instead of standing up and defending their rights. When our ancestors came to searching for a new land. Why did we come searching for this new land? All though they had different beliefs, they all one thing in common. They all wanted Freedom! They wanted a place were they could live without tyranny or oppression from a tyrannical government. These people fought and died to give us the greatest gift a country can have. Freedom! The right to Free Speech, the right to Bear Arms, the Right to Religion, all established under the United States Constitution. The Constitution was the most important document of its time and was signed by good upstanding Christians. Unfortunately, the Constitution has become no more than a piece of paper. Politicians manipulate it to make it how they want it to be. Many people have forgotten or just don't know, what the Constitution stands for. We as Christian Americans have failed to uphold what we have fought so hard to obtain and sustain for our future children. What future is their know for the children of America? With the mess we have created and are creating, how are they to live with our gift of Freedom, if we don't act now. I'm asking that you also look into each political candidates standing here. Looking beyond the political party, what is the standing of the candidate when it comes to the Constitution? Do they uphold the Rights given to us according to the Constitution?
It can be hard sometimes, to really see what a candidate really stands for. They twist and contort words to make them sound truly better than they actually are. This is the problem with politicians, they can make the people believe what they want them to believe simply with manipulation of words. In order to understand what they really believe in, you have to look past the "Media", the "Press, the "Political Party" and look deep into that persons affairs, both present and past. Its our right as Christian Americans to know the truth, and although the truth can be hard to find, It can be found. I know many people that have looked deeper into a candidates standings, and it has changed their understanding of that person. If you will, just take a few minutes to look beyond all this political nonsense, deep into the candidates beliefs and standings.
No matter what decision you make, you will now know for sure who you are voting for and what he or she really stands for. I pray for everyone that they make the right decision on who should be next to lead our great country. Remember the future of America is in your hands.
I promise that this is my last political blog until the elections are over. I have done what I can to help open the eyes of my fellow Americans. The rest is in God's hands.
I just recieved some information concerning the Ohio National Poultry Show.
The final count is 5,300 birds! 700 Call Ducks 1,250 Large Fowl 200 Geese
This is amazing! That is a lot of birds, esp. the call ducks! I am sooooooo excited already, I just hope that it is not going to be to cold. I hate washing birds in the cold, even in the workshop. But anyways, I look forward to seeing everyone there!
I took some pictures of my favorite SC White Leghorn Bantam Pullet. I thought I would share them with you wall. She will be going to the Ohio National this fall!
I have made an Error in my previous post title, "Senetor Obama on Meet the Press". Turns out that this article I received was not true. I have received sever e-mails concerning this article and I have found that the statement is false.
This is the website that I found my information on.
It was my fault, I should have verified the authenticity of this article. In the future I will include a verified link to the authenticity of a post.
I am sorry to cause any confusion and trouble. I appreciate anyone to let me know if there is an error in my blog. I only want to share the truth and not confuse the delicate political situation.
Thank You to all that helped me identify this error.
This week, I decided to do something different – my column is in video form. It's a newscast from a future we must make sure we never see. In it, you'll get a glimpse into our nation should Barack Obama be elected president – complete with the kinds of people he'll appoint and policies he'll enact based on Sen. Obama's real promises, positions, record and advisers. It would be comical if it weren't so scary. It is an eye-opening look at what the future could hold if we don't do everything we can to prevent it.
I encourage you to watch it (rather than read it) and forward it to everyone you know in an effort to sound the alarm before it's too late … or the news we watch next January will look something like this:
It's January 22, 2009, for 911 News, I'm Janet Porter. Two days after the inauguration of Barack Obama as president, the Middle Eastern reaction is the same. (VIDEO: TERRORISTS DANCING IN THE STREETS.) Obama campaign supporters from al-Qaida to Hamas to Hezbollah, to Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood, continue to dance in the streets.
The "Death to America Coalition" released a statement: "We have not celebrated like this since 9/11!"
President Obama thanked campaign contributor William Ayers by appointing him as director of Homeland Security. Ayers, who bombed the Pentagon, and after 9/11 said he wished he could have done more, in a statement released today, said, "Now I can."
President Obama's close friend, mentor and pastor of 20 years, Jeremiah Wright, accepted the appointment to oversee the president's Faith Based Initiative program with the condition he would quit calling for God to damn America in public.
Obama made good on his long-held campaign promise dating back to 1996, when he told the "Independent voters of Illinois" he would outlaw all handguns. Reiterating his words on the campaign trail, Obama told gun owners to "quit being bitter and clinging to the Second Amendment of the Constitution."
President Obama followed through on his campaign promise to sign the "Freedom of Choice Act" as his first act in office. (VIDEO FROM PLANNED PARENTHOOD SPEECH MAKING PROMISE.) This effectively wipes out every pro-life law from parental notice to every ban on partial-birth abortion in all 50 states.
NICKIE NAEVE, 14 year old: "Now that Obama's president, I can get an abortion and mom or dad will never ever know!"
SANDY SLAUGHTER from KTAI (Kill Them All International): "You just worked 36 years for nothing! When Obama won we won! Ha!"
The only thing left of the abortion agenda not yet accomplished is the forced abortion policy of China.
It's been said the ACORN doesn't fall far from the tree, and with a message of gratitude for all their hard work in the elections, President Obama increased federal funding in his budget for the group best known for voting fraud. Senators were warned by ACORN if they voted against their increase in taxpayer funds, they would suffer an enormous backlash from deceased voters in their districts.
Obama said he misspoke when he referred to his health care plan as "socialized medicine," saying, "The term 'socialism' has been given a bad rap," and returned to the discussion of "government takeover of health care" and the fines for those who won't submit.
First lady Michelle Obama spent the day reading from her favorite books to elementary school children.
MICHELLE OBAMA READING TO CHILDREN: "Mr. Ayers knew America was a bad country so he and his lovely wife formed a club called 'The Weather Underground.' (To children) Can you say 'Weather Underground'?"
CHILDREN REPEAT: "Weather Underground."
MICHELLE: "They took action and stood up for what they believed (turning children's book page) in the Pentagon …"
CHILDREN: "Ka-Boom!"
JOHNNIE RAISES HIS HAND: "Mrs. Obama? Did Mr. Ayers ever say he was sorry for blowing up the Pentagon?"
MICHELLE: "No, but nobody really cares about that. Let's move to our next book, "Heather and Her Two Mommies aren't Proud of their Imperialist Country.'"
President Obama appointed his economic adviser and the former CEO of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, as secretary of the treasury this week. Raines took office and promised to do for the American economy what he did for the housing industry. Referring to his campaign contribution to Obama's campaign, Raines was reported to have said, "That was the best $126,000 we ever spent."
As Senator John McCain predicted, the Russian aggression has moved to the Ukraine. Russian tanks rolled in and soldiers began to burn homes, schools and hospitals this morning. President Obama's immediate reaction was, once again, "We're not sure who's at fault, but this administration stands firm on the principle that we should all get along."
After he had time to talk to his 300 foreign affairs advisers, President Obama's official statement was: "Present!"
As was predicted, successful small businesses and job-providing corporations are closing their doors and moving overseas to escape the enormous tax hikes the Obama administration has imposed in an effort to use them to redistribute or "spread" the wealth. Another victim of this administration's class warfare is Joe the Plumber, who was made famous during the final presidential debate, who is moving from his beloved Holland, Ohio, to Holland. He said they're socialists too, but at least they're honest about it.
President Obama responded, "That's OK, I'll get him with the global tax I tried to pass in the Senate."
The Osama bin Laden video released yesterday has been shown to be authentic.
OSAMA speaks in Arabic.
TRANSLATOR: I am looking forward to meeting with President Barack Obama without preconditions to negotiate our demands of "submit or die." We have much in common: the same supporters, the same allies and we both have friends who blew up the Pentagon.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Tony Rezko today said he was grateful for the presidential pardon that released him from prison and said he looked forward to serving at HUD. He was happy to have even more tax dollars at his disposal than Obama was able to deliver him in the Senate.
Leader of the "Nation of Islam," Louis Farrakhan who, during the campaign, referred to Barack Obama as the "Messiah" and received an award from President Obama's church, today received another honor from the president, who asked him to be the keynote speaker at the Presidential Prayer Breakfast. Attendees were reportedly told to face east.
Farrakhan called for the loud siren signaling the Muslim call to prayer heard in Muslim Countries (and in Michigan) to be sounded in the capital five times a day. Not surprisingly, President Obama repeated the words he said in a February 27, 2007, interview with the New York Times that this call to allegiance to Allah as the "one true god" was "one of the prettiest sounds on earth."
Despite the rise in oil prices and the cry for offshore drilling, President Obama has once again appeased the environmentalists, saying he will not drill. The reaction from the Middle Eastern oil suppliers was as expected.
As promised, President Obama also overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed by President Bill Clinton. This is sure to spread homosexual marriage not just in Massachusetts, California and Connecticut, but to states like Pennsylvania, Florida and Colorado. President Obama, as he said during the campaign, opposes any efforts to protect marriage by state amendment. He also made good on his campaign promise to use the bully pulpit of the White House to place vulnerable orphan children in the homes of homosexual activists who demanded it during their Gay Pride Parade.
Conservative talk radio just became a thing of the past with President Obama answering the Democrat Congress' call for a gag rule on Rush Limbaugh, conservative and Christian talk radio. With the so-called Fairness Doctrine heading to his desk, Obama vowed to use the FCC to further tighten what used to be referred to as the freedom of speech.
And now the Obama administration is reaching the arm of censorship beyond radio into the television airwaves, starting with new … SCREEN TO SNOW.
Voice over: Help save Western Civilization. Vote McCain/Palin.
Swap meet was a very big success. Buy noon Saturday, I had sold all the roosters I took to sell. It was so crowded by noon that it was very difficult to get to the different booths. But otherwise it was a really nice turn out.
I bought a Blue Leghorn Pullet, for my Black and Blue Leghorn breeding program. She is perfect and just what I was looking for. I only paid $5.00 for her, so that was a plus to.
I also bought a pair of Brd. Buff Silkies for mom. She had been looking for some Buff silkies and I found some nice birds (Unusual for Swap Meet). They are not show quality, but they definetly are breeder quality. It looks like we will have a nice flock of silkies come next spring.
My mom also bough a pair of English Angora Rabbits, for her Spinning venture. She got a four year old blonde doe and a year old tortis shell buck. They are so soft!!!! Mom is hoping to start spinning and making clothing here very soon. I have already ordered a scarf and a pair of socks! We will also be breeding them to sell at the Swap Meets and rabbit shows.
So needless to say between me and mom we are now broke! But it was really worth it to get some good birds. I plan on getting some pictures up sometime today or tomorow of all the new aditions.
