Backyard Aquaponics
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Best wishes TCL

If and when I lose some tilapia/goldfish, I'll try a few fish pops for our pooch. Probably not a good breath mint.

Now if you have an over abundance of small tilapia fry/fingerlings (especially about pumpkin seed size) chickens LOVE those as treats netted fresh from the tank and thrown to them to flop about all shiny and moving and unable to escape.

We had chickens when the kids where young. Enjoyed the flock, fresh eggs, the occasional *butterflies* fight, but had a problem with rats and the feed, so they had to go. Thought about a few goats, but don't really want to milk anything. I'm afraid the Mrs. would get attached and then I just have more mouths to feed. We have a pretty good market for goat meat. The islanders & mid-easterners love them. A friend used to sell them for $150.00 field dressed. He said they required very little care and made a few grand a month on them at one time.

We are not likely to milk goats so I've been keeping my eyes open for listings for Kiko goats to keep as meat goats since I understand they are hearty and fairly good at breeding and raising their kids with minimal intervention from us humans.

Biggest issue with chickens and rats is when you leave food down or feed them scraps late in the day that they don't finish before dark. It would actually be best to feed them at dawn and only feed them as much as they will eat before dusk.

Ok been having contractions all day but haven't yet reached the pattern of a minute long or longer contraction every 5 minutes and hand it hold for a full hour.

Hope I can get some rest tonight.

Make sure you take a shower and wash your hair before you head off for delivery. Trust me...been there done that twice and it will be the last peaceful shower you get for weeks.

Actually it will be the last peaceful shower you get for about 10 years.

Last peaceful sleep for long time also.
Good luck mate.

He is Here!

I did take a bath/shower Tuesday but it was rough since I was having contractions all day.
The worst part was really that I'd already been unable to get any rest for about 24 hours + before the "medical" establishment figures "active labor" is started and they don't want you there before active labor starts but it seems with many women, it is actually difficult to "let" active labor start before you are actually settled into the place where the event will happen.

Anyway, it was a long Labor. And this bub turned out to be bigger than we all expected, weighed in at 8lb 14.5oz
That is a pound bigger than the OB expected.
And on his way out he spun the opposite way than the OB expected while trying to get his shoulder out and I now have some relatively extensive repairs to go along with a really big beautiful Boy.


The Cook with his son

gotta have skin time.

Congratulations, to both of you!

Congratulations

Congratulations! He is just beautiful. Best wishes on a speedy healing. Now as one Mom to another I can tell you that the REAL fun begins. May blessings abound

Congratulations and all the best for the years to come.

Ouch to the repairs but congratulations for a new son.

Same happened to my wife with our first. The others have been easier so far