Door Latch
Recently we were blessed to find out about a warehouse sale, where a contractor was cleaning out old odds and ends to make more space. This door latch is one of the best buys we made. It’s a really good door set, with dead bolt […]
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Fema Trailer Pipe Insulation
I was recently asked how we keep our pipes in the trailer from freezing in the winter. Our first winter in the camper saw several stretches of nights in the teens, and that is when we figured out what to do. We woke up one […]
Chinking Progress
Last Saturday we made alot of progress on the cabin. We were able to get half of the chinking done on the front, and trim on the top two windows. This allowed us to take the top layer of scaffolding off and then during the […]
Waste Line Complete
Before we get started on the rough plumbing inside the house, we needed to finish up the waste line tying into the septic tank. We dug the ditch way back in the beginning and ran the line from the house to within a few feet […]
More Eggs Incubating 3/30/12
I finally got the incubator empty, scrubbed, and sanitized. The thermostat is working perfectly and I set 45 more eggs on Thursday night. Day 1 will be 3/30/12…I should have waited til the 1st to make it easy. I have 6 Dominicker eggs that I […]
Chicks 3/28/12
I moved the last chick to the brooder this evening, which gives me 6. That computes to a 12% survival rate from my 50 eggs. Not good, but considering the ever-changing and extreme conditions, I am glad to have any. Four of them are vigorous […]
The (Some) Chicks Are Here!
In the last two days, we have been excited as each of seven chicks hatched out. The first one was the only one that wasn’t a Buff/R.I. Red mix, but was a Black Star/ R.I. Red. Sadly, it died the second day, but it was […]
Backtrack on the Last Chick Post!
So, after posting that no chicks hatched, I set out to start over. I got all 42 eggs out of the incubator and put them in a plastic bag to dispose of them. I then decided I really wanted to learn a little more about […]