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[cooladdict]

I try to warn everyone that it's addictive!!! Lol...what have they put in there????

I don't know, but I sure do like it! They have so many great juices. It's great to see that others are finding this out as well.

 

[cooladdict]

I only WISH my .... looked as good as Crickets!

Ha! I know, right? I would allow mine to be in pictures, too, if I had a .... like that.

 

[cooladdict]

Oh my dear! She is so cute!! What a gorgeous little baby! Here are my babies:

SO CUTE!!!!! I wish we could have chickens. The neighbor chickens used to come over and visit all the time when they had them. We live across the street and their chickens would jump over the 6-foot fence and come a'callin, which is probably why they don't have chickens anymore. I think they got tired of trying to figure out why the chickens were crossing the road.

 

[cooladdict]

Yes, everyone here now is one of Bandit's descendents. Daughters and a grandson. Cricket hasn't 100% TOTALLY adopted Crissie yet, but she'll get there. Today I called Crissie over for lunch because Cricket's udder was pretty full, and at first Cricket objected and tried to scrape her off, but I talked softly to Cricket and petted her and told her how important it was that she take care of her little sister now, and she settled down and started cudding and patiently let Crissie nurse until she was full. I wasn't restraining Cricket in any way, just touching and talking, so we're 99% of the way there.



OMG! Cute! You have a blonde, a brunette, AND a redhead! LOL!

~Lannie

That's awesome. What a wonderful big sister. I imagine that is a HUGE relief to you guys!
LOL about the blonde, brunette, and redhead! That cracked me up!

 

[faeriekitsune]

I started with three, but I was trying to re-create a recipe. I didn't stay there long, though! The more flavors you have the more you can experiment but it's really all about what you want to do. 45 flavors will give you TONS of options!!

Lol. I could never start with less than 10. I'd be bored!

I figure I'd want at least 20 to get started. Enough to make a couple recipes to try. I think I went overboard though...

My whole thing though is I want to remove our dependency from pre made juice. Most of them suck, some only come in certain nic levels, and they're expensive. If I could figure out replacements for our standard ones, then I'd have lee way to play with new ones.

 

[Lannie]

That's awesome. What a wonderful big sister. I imagine that is a HUGE relief to you guys!

Better news is I went out a couple hours ago and Crissie was sleeping and Cricket was at the hay bale, and when I felt Cricket's udder, it was mostly empty. There was a little bit left, but all the quarters were evenly empty, which means that Crissie nursed and Cricket let her, even though I wasn't there. So this is going well.

JoJo, go ahead and get the 20 flavors! I got 22 or so when we did our first flavoring order, and OK, I haven't used all of them yet, but I know I will. I actually figured out there are a few more that I need to make other flavors.

Start out with simple stuff. I was just making single flavors at first, then mixing them in my tank to try different combinations. If I find something I like and I know I'll want a bunch of it, then I can pour from two or three bottles into one and get a reasonable facsimile, and eventually work out a recipe. But it gives a good starting point, and it won't be BAD. I haven't made a bad juice yet. Not that I won't EVER, but I haven't yet. The hardest part of DIY is finding recipes and guidelines for how much of each flavor to use, percentage-wise. For instance, my Capella's Sweet Strawberry I use at 20% (as a single flavor), but Double Chocolate only takes 10% and it's VERY chocolate, and the Peach I think is 15%. I'm keeping notes on everything in a binder, though, so I'll remember all this later.

~Lannie

 

[redrebel821]

I should just get a liter of premixed and some smarties and sweet tarts flavors.....lol....puff puff puff puff

 

[wvducklady]

Yes, everyone here now is one of Bandit's descendents. Daughters and a grandson. Cricket hasn't 100% TOTALLY adopted Crissie yet, but she'll get there. Today I called Crissie over for lunch because Cricket's udder was pretty full, and at first Cricket objected and tried to scrape her off, but I talked softly to Cricket and petted her and told her how important it was that she take care of her little sister now, and she settled down and started cudding and patiently let Crissie nurse until she was full. I wasn't restraining Cricket in any way, just touching and talking, so we're 99% of the way there.



OMG! Cute! You have a blonde, a brunette, AND a redhead! LOL!

~Lannie

I think it is amazing how they will adopt other babies It is just sooo sweet!
I do have all three colors huh Lol

 

[wvducklady]

I know! It's so cute when they do that. I figure Homer is running when he harfs when he is sleeping and paddling and he is digging when he is just paddling. Cracks me up!

It is really funny! Lol I laugh really hard sometimes, and Zeus gets mad at me for laughing at him.

 

[wvducklady]

SO CUTE!!!!! I wish we could have chickens. The neighbor chickens used to come over and visit all the time when they had them. We live across the street and their chickens would jump over the 6-foot fence and come a'callin, which is probably why they don't have chickens anymore. I think they got tired of trying to figure out why the chickens were crossing the road.

Chickens are so much fun to have! They crack me up too. They are so funny to watch! I love my chickadees

 

[wvducklady]

I should just get a liter of premixed and some smarties and sweet tarts flavors.....lol....puff puff puff puff

Me and Zeus are eating smarties right now! I love smarties candy!

 

[Seleya]

I should just get a liter of premixed and some smarties and sweet tarts flavors.....lol....puff puff puff puff

That sounds like a good idea, lol

 

[redrebel821]

That sounds like a good idea, lol

Lol...I think that's my plan!

 

[Seleya]

Lol...I think that's my plan!

I may actually look into doing that, too, just so I always have a bunch of one of my favorites around lol

 

[redrebel821]

Mt Baker has pretty good prices on premixed...and then I can't mess that up.

 

[Seleya]

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm doing, lol. If it can be made as simple as "put this much base in a bottle, put this many drops of flavor in" I can do it, but I don't want to do math otherwise.

I saw this. Not sure if this would be the right thing? You can pick nic ratio and pv/vg ratio. $28 for a liter of 3mg and 70vg/30pg (plus like $11 for shipping.) Is this what I would need? lol

http://www.nudenicotine.com/product/3-36mgnicotinebase/

 

[faeriekitsune]

Better news is I went out a couple hours ago and Crissie was sleeping and Cricket was at the hay bale, and when I felt Cricket's udder, it was mostly empty. There was a little bit left, but all the quarters were evenly empty, which means that Crissie nursed and Cricket let her, even though I wasn't there. So this is going well.

JoJo, go ahead and get the 20 flavors! I got 22 or so when we did our first flavoring order, and OK, I haven't used all of them yet, but I know I will. I actually figured out there are a few more that I need to make other flavors.

Start out with simple stuff. I was just making single flavors at first, then mixing them in my tank to try different combinations. If I find something I like and I know I'll want a bunch of it, then I can pour from two or three bottles into one and get a reasonable facsimile, and eventually work out a recipe. But it gives a good starting point, and it won't be BAD. I haven't made a bad juice yet. Not that I won't EVER, but I haven't yet. The hardest part of DIY is finding recipes and guidelines for how much of each flavor to use, percentage-wise. For instance, my Capella's Sweet Strawberry I use at 20% (as a single flavor), but Double Chocolate only takes 10% and it's VERY chocolate, and the Peach I think is 15%. I'm keeping notes on everything in a binder, though, so I'll remember all this later.

~Lannie

If it was 20, I wouldn't hesitate. But I've got 45 plus nic base and pg/vg plus some equipment odds and ends in two carts. About $130 worth. Not cheap with me still out of work...

I've been reading the TFA thread for a long while and have a fair guess how to start, plus about a dozen recipes I've found that sound good. Well, I've got more than that but I can't afford the whole flavoring line!

I was going to start off with the 100 drop test Bill's Magic Vapor came up with to test single flavors and tweak recipes until they're golden.

The main reasoning I've got is that the kiwi juice he liked got discontinued and he hates the others we've tried plus his captain crunch is $20 per 30ml. With his juice consumption, that's ridiculous!

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm doing, lol. If it can be made as simple as "put this much base in a bottle, put this many drops of flavor in" I can do it, but I don't want to do math otherwise.

I saw this. Not sure if this would be the right thing? You can pick nic ratio and pv/vg ratio. $28 for a liter of 3mg and 70vg/30pg. Is this what I would need? lol

http://www.nudenicotine.com/product/3-36mgnicotinebase/

You could do it like that if you want. That's the great part about DIY. It's do it YOURSELF however you see fit.

If you're bad with math though, look up the 100DT. It's an easy way to figure out what percentages you like and then just stick everything in a calculator! Boom, math's done for you.

 

[redrebel821]

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm doing, lol. If it can be made as simple as "put this much base in a bottle, put this many drops of flavor in" I can do it, but I don't want to do math otherwise.

I saw this. Not sure if this would be the right thing? You can pick nic ratio and pv/vg ratio. $28 for a liter of 3mg and 70vg/30pg (plus like $11 for shipping.) Is this what I would need? lol

http://www.nudenicotine.com/product/3-36mgnicotinebase/

Looks right!!!

 

[redrebel821]

I figure a liter of Smarties should last me a while...lol

 

[jseah]

Better news is I went out a couple hours ago and Crissie was sleeping and Cricket was at the hay bale, and when I felt Cricket's udder, it was mostly empty. There was a little bit left, but all the quarters were evenly empty, which means that Crissie nursed and Cricket let her, even though I wasn't there. So this is going well.

JoJo, go ahead and get the 20 flavors! I got 22 or so when we did our first flavoring order, and OK, I haven't used all of them yet, but I know I will. I actually figured out there are a few more that I need to make other flavors.

Start out with simple stuff. I was just making single flavors at first, then mixing them in my tank to try different combinations. If I find something I like and I know I'll want a bunch of it, then I can pour from two or three bottles into one and get a reasonable facsimile, and eventually work out a recipe. But it gives a good starting point, and it won't be BAD. I haven't made a bad juice yet. Not that I won't EVER, but I haven't yet. The hardest part of DIY is finding recipes and guidelines for how much of each flavor to use, percentage-wise. For instance, my Capella's Sweet Strawberry I use at 20% (as a single flavor), but Double Chocolate only takes 10% and it's VERY chocolate, and the Peach I think is 15%. I'm keeping notes on everything in a binder, though, so I'll remember all this later.

~Lannie

I've already used up my initial purchase of 2 500 ml bottles of VG. I had also gotten 1 250 ml bottle of PG and still have about 3/4 left. I mix predominantly VG, and my nic is in a VG base, so basically the only PG in my mixes are from the flavorings, which usually gets me to around 83-85 VG. Ended up ordering two 43 oz bottles of VG from Essential Depot through Amazon (gotta love free Prime shipping).