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triple_duece

Ragin Cajun.
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Well update from this morning. After feeding them yesterday we put in sand boxes to dust in. They were going crazy and we had fun watching them dust. Momma had the dogs on the atv rack watching the quail also. Closed the doors and as usual we put the chickens up after they went to roost.

This morning I usually check on them and feed if needed before I leave for work. I rounded the corner and one pen was wide open and the birds were gone, one of my breeder pens [emoji35]. I called to the wife and was pissed, first thought was we left it open, then someone walked the gas line and stole them. No feathers around, no disturbances nothing. She walks over and says there is a bird back by the swampy area we have that’s overgrown. I catch it and pearl finds another. At this point a bird here or there going in different directions, even in the neighbors wooded lot. Eventually we catch about ten and the wife is chasing one on the Gas line right of way after pearl found it. It flies and lands in the deep water. She sends pearl for it and she brings it back alive. Chances were slim that I’d find half but I think we got them all thanks to pearl.

This is area most was in.

Gas line

Wooded area.

Happy birds and happy me.

So I’m thinking we closed the door but didn’t latch it. Door opened sometime last night or early this morning. For the record I didn’t tell her it was her fault cause the one she was playing with was the one that was opened. I lived to see another day and she was out there helping w boots on and her night clothes.

Meanwhile I ordered another 110 eggs again. Was supposed to be delivered yesterday and then again today....still haven’t gotten them. [emoji2373]
 

triple_duece

Ragin Cajun.
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Yes without them I’d be starting over. I already ordered another batch of eggs to speed up my timeline to start seeing results.
 

bowhunter1023

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While we were at the summer shoot, I got a delivery from a close friend of the family. I actually worked with him for 9 years during my oilfield days. He was helping clean out an old house and asked my dad if I wanted "some jars". Turns out to have been 18 dozen quarts, 14 dozen pints, and a host of other canning supplies. I cherry picked the best of the best and kept 6 dozen quarts, 6 dozen pints, 1.5 dozen jelly jars, and a few collectibles to add to my collection. The blue jars are all unique mold #s, giving me 10 of the possible 15 molds, including the harder to find #13. The snap top pint is a bicentennial celebration limited edition. I've never seen the JG jars before and I'm a sucker for anything Atlas. The golden harvest quarts are nostalgic for Tracie and I since that's what our grandparents mostly used. Overall, just a super cool score.

What I came home to...

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What it amounted to for me...

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Got 7qts of beans and 12pts of pickles out of the garden and canned today. View attachment 106924

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Beans you have to pressure cook right??

I've been planning to use our tomatoes for sauces but I'm curious how you guys go about doing it when you don't have a large quantity that are ripe yet? Do you cook what you have and store that in the fridge til you have another batch to combine? Or do you just make a jar or two at a time and can them immediately?
 

Bankfish

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Yes, pressure canned. 25min at 10psi for quarts.
What TD said for tomatoes seems to be the best way.

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Bronson

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While we were at the summer shoot, I got a delivery from a close friend of the family. I actually worked with him for 9 years during my oilfield days. He was helping clean out an old house and asked my dad if I wanted "some jars". Turns out to have been 18 dozen quarts, 14 dozen pints, and a host of other canning supplies. I cherry picked the best of the best and kept 6 dozen quarts, 6 dozen pints, 1.5 dozen jelly jars, and a few collectibles to add to my collection. The blue jars are all unique mold #s, giving me 10 of the possible 15 molds, including the harder to find #13. The snap top pint is a bicentennial celebration limited edition. I've never seen the JG jars before and I'm a sucker for anything Atlas. The golden harvest quarts are nostalgic for Tracie and I since that's what our grandparents mostly used. Overall, just a super cool score.

What I came home to...

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What it amounted to for me...

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Jesse what are those blue jars with the wire straps worth? I found a bunch in my dads barn.