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Many of us are always looking to make money. The Internet is an open source for making money if you know where to look. I have mentioned before about writing articles to make money but there some great sites that pay you for doing stuff.

I thought a good way for my readers to get some great ideas on making money is to share with each other. One of my favorite sites is BoomerTowne. This site is a points site that you can earn points for clicking around, rating stuff, adding friends, chatting, and much more. You can earn 1500 points a day and at 12,500 points you can cash in for a $25 gift certificate from Best Buy or Target. For 25,000 points, you can cash for a $50 Visa card. You also can get 10,000 points if you refer five people in a month who join. Both my wife and i are members and we have both received the gift cards. I get one about every 9-10 days with about 20 minutes a day on the site. If you decide to join please put my user in as a referral; it is pezeagle. If you prefer, send me an email at frugalwizard @ gmail.com and I will send you a referral link.

I know I am always looking for ways to earn money and i am sure many of readers feel the same way. Now it is your turn to share. What are some ways you earn money online? Please leave a comment and let us know and if you have a referral link, share that too.

I am pretty excited because we are heading to a chicken swap in Madrid, NY on Sunday. This should be fun to see what other poultry farmers are raising. I was hoping to take a few of my little rooster but I have yet to determine the sex of the chicks. I have read a bunch but I can not determine for sure the cockerels from the pullets.

The swap is put on by the Northern New York Poultry Fanciers and what I hear from our cousins, it is a fun time. There is also an auction on the 18th of May and I am hoping to know the sex of the roosters by then so I can sell some.

Has anyone every been to a chicken swap? Did you buy or swap anything? Share with us by leaving a comment.

The other night I was in the bathroom of the house and I heard what sounded like heavy rain. I said to my wife that it was raining hard. A couple of hours later, I heard it again and I looked outside and no rain. I ventured down into our old basement and found the rain. My water pressure tank had a split in the seam and it was shooting a huge stream of water as the pump was clicking on and off. We ended up without water for about a day.

We are lucky to have an uncle who is a retired plumber so at least the labor was free. However, it still ended up costing around two hundred dollars in parts. My back has not healed yet so the other cost was massive pain.

Well it is fixed now and it could have been worse. Some days it sucks being a home owner, it always seems like something is going wrong. I feel like Tom Hanks in the movie “Money Pit.”

Just wanted to vent a little. Feel free to share your home owners blues by leaving a comment or two.

I wanted to share some pictures of my chicken coop and the new rooms I added for the new chicks.

This first picture is the inside of the coop. This was just an old shed attached to my big barn. I used it for a couple of years as a goat barn and now it is my coop. Notice the old wood stove, that is where the hens like to sleep. I built a nice new set of perches and they have never used them. You may notice one of my girls heading for the exit after laying an egg.

This is a pictures of perches I built, as I said, they do not use them. You may notice the babies sunbathing in the back ground.

This is a picture of the two doors to the outside one for the older hens and one for the chicks.

This the inside room we built to house the chicks. This was taken before the chicks arrived.

This is the outside room fully fenced to keep the little ones in and any hawks out. This was built inside of the regular chicken pen which is 58 ft x120 ft. It gives plenty of pasture area for the older hens and will be great for the little ones when they grow up. This use to be the goat pen.

Here is the picture of the double nesting box that we had for our seven hens. I have put together a new one to hold all the new hens when they start laying. I came out to check eggs when I found the hens all cozy in the box. They stayed long enough for me to go get the camera and take these pictures. One of the brown ones is tucked in the back on the right side.

That gives you an idea of what my chicken coop looks like. It also shows you that chickens adapt well to any housing as long as it is safe and secure. This one works well to protect them from both predators and the elements. It is not fancy but there is plenty of of room for the chickens to have a good time.

If you have a picture of your coop, please share them by leaving a link to the picture in a comment.

I appreciate when my reader leave me a comment and share their thoughts, suggestions, and views. In recent weeks, the spammers have attacked the comment section and create havoc with loads of porn related links. I just wanted to clarify my comment policy for my readers and the lowlife spammers.

If you leave a comment, there is a place for you to supply a URL to your website or blog. I have made sure that all of those links are follow links and will give you a good back link. However, links placed within the comment will be marked as spam unless it related to helpful information to do with the post you are commenting on. Please leave comments related to the post.

I am pleased to offer my readers a solid back-link from my PR3 blog if they contribute something with their comment. If you are planning to spam this blog or any blog owned by me, I moderate all comments and they will never be published. All relative comments will be published and if you put your website URL in the appropriate place, you will earn a solid backlink.

Thanks for all the comments I have received and I appreciate the many readers who take the time to read my blogs.

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A couple of days ago I brought the baby chicks home. They are four weeks old today and growing like crazy. They are active little creatures who try to climb my legs every time I visit their pen.

Our cousin Kenny decided I could have his first batch of chicks so I now have 27 chicks and 10 more at his house which are just a week old. I am trying to figure out how to sex them. They are mostly Barred Plymouth Rocks. I have read as much as I could find on how to sex them but I am still not sure which is which when it comes to pullets or cockerels. If anyone knows for sure how to determine the sex at four weeks, please leave a comment and let me know.

I have been quite busy getting ready for Spring. My brother in law and I built a new addition to the chicken coop. We built chicken wire covered rooms both inside and out to accommodate the chicks till they are old enough to mix with my older hens. I am busy planning the garden and waiting for my neighbor to get the garden tilled. It has been unusually hot for this time of the year. We have been in the 80s most of the last few days. That is June weather normally here in the North Country of New York.

What do you have planned for the Spring? Leave a comment and let me know what is happening with you.

We have had a few problems with our rooster getting mean and attacking. I learned to deal with him but when I was down with my back, Karen had to take care of the chickens and the rooster attacked her and did a number on her leg.

We already had all the eggs that we needed for the season fertilized so there was no real need to have a rooster anymore. We did our first cull. I took him to our cousin Kenny’s house and he showed me how to do a clean kill and pluck the feathers. I though it would be much worse but it did not bother me. I made Karen stand there with us so we can start doing our own when needed.

I thought the rooster would be hard to catch but I did it pretty quickly. The problem was, he stirred up the hens and one of the hens fell between an opening in the walls and got stuck. I thought she was dead or broke her neck and I tried to get her out but she fell too far. I ended up going to the outside of the barn and breaking through the wall. By time I did this, she flew up half way and I went back in and rescued her. I still thought she might be hurt but as soon as I lifted her out she flew off with the rest of her flock. Silly hen!

All the baby chicks but one is doing good. That poor little thing was attacked by the rest and pecked hard. I am not sure if she is going to make it but we are all crossing our fingers. They are growing fast and since I do not have electrical power in the barn, Kenny is still keeping them until they can come home without need for additional heat.

This week we are building a room inside the coop to keep the new chicks when they come home away from the older hens. This will be just fenced in so they can get use to each other before mixing them.

We have another batch of eggs scheduled to hatch next week so I will have more pictures to share. I will also be putting up some updated chick pictures as soon as I get time.

That is the update from the old homestead right now. Stay tuned for some cool pictures and video links of the chickens.

I have always been quite interested in the Foreign Exchange Market and how people make money from trading currency. That is why I was a bit excited to do this sponsored review of a Forex website. Prior to checking out the website, I knew almost nothing about online Forex currency trading and this was supposed to be an informational site.

The first thing I noticed when I went to the Fab Forex site was that there were a lot of articles. This is an informational site and though the articles are not written by the website owner, he does credit the articles to the proper author. There are articles about all aspects of Forex trading including from the basics all the way up to more advanced levels.

Trading currency is not for the weak at heart and it is risky. However, as I found out on this website, the rewards are worth the risk if you can afford the risk. I read through some of the articles on this site and they are well written with quality information to help you understand the process of Forex.

The articles range from how to make money to how to spot scams. The one article I liked the most was a guide of sort to online currency trading. It gave a wonderful description on how the market works and some details on how to make money with Forex. There are even a few articles about the stock market and day trading.

This website is a collection of articles from all over the Internet and placed in one neat organized place. There are many off topic articles mixed in so when you use their search engine, you may end up with stuff you do not want. However, it was very easy to find the information I needed to learn about Forex.

As with any investment, the key is to do your research. If you are looking for a new investment opportunity and want more information, this website will be a great help. The site is not trying to sell you anything, it is just a no nonsense collection of information that is provided free of charge. I have provided the links for you to decide for yourself.

As for me, the site achieved what I wanted it to. It educated me. I now have a good overall understanding on the Foreign Exchange Market. I think if I decide to enter this market, I am well informed on risk and rewards. I also know what to look for in potential scams and they even had a currency converter to keep check of the rates. What more can you ask from a free website?