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Yup, I think allot of us are sorting out our poultry. I don't even know how many young roos I have right now. There are a few I'm going to try to sell or even give away before butcher time, just because they are real nice ones. I have a beautiful Ameraucana I would hate to butcher, but I have...

Oh odd_duck... I feel so bad for you! To have to move to an apartment is bad enough, but to have to give up your critters too! :hit

LOL.... got to work on that ham part! I also got to figure out which of the pullets laid them :rolleyes: didn't think they were ready yet. I got some broodies going too now and really don't need more chicks! I'm letting the first hen that went broody try her wing with a few guinea eggs but...

Awwww.... always love chickies!:love I got my first GREEN eggs this week!!!:weee I was hoping I could breed for some this last spring and it worked!!!! Thank you Prettyboy, George and the Girls!!!:love

OK, I am a bit confused...you are saying you don't have a pressure canner but want to can soup without one? Or your wondering how to do it with a pressure canner? Many soups can be done without a pressure canner but you have to use a high acid base like tomatoes and no meat. Soups with meat must...

When we first bought this place and moved in my little heart went pitter patter over the 2 1/2 car garage with a huge work shop behind... the work shop is the width of the garage and 1 1/2 times the length! We used it as a staging area when moving.... things happen and I didn't get to many of...

Wow gd! I can't imagine having to order nails ans screws from the mail! My grandfather worked at the oldest hardware store in town and it's still here and family owned! It's a "True Value" but that's for buying power and advertizing. They own 3 or 4 stores in the area but all run by family and...

I'm the one that does the building and repairs around here and I'm always fighting the family about saving hardware, scraps of wood and the like! They want to pitch it and I want to save it for future projects. It got easier when we bought this house and I did allot with my "junk"! I also made...

AHHH {shake} AHHH {shake} AHHH! When I was doing allot of bead work and fancy sewing (years ago, maybe 30?) I was HUNTING for old shell buttons and beads!!! My grand parents used to get shells from the rivers and creeks around here and sold them to a button factory. Yes, I know about button...

If it's generally OK, just a little "off" in taste, try mixing it with other flours with a stronger flavor, like rye or oat. If it's allot "off" yea, the chickens would love a giant biscuit! Just keep in mind, when it's hot they need less grain because grain raises their temp. So do it on a...

I haven't looked in a while but, hardware stores did/will carry in buy the paint removers.

Rooster choice is a tough one.... It depends on so many things .... Are they pend or pastured? Do you want to raise chicks? If so, do you want heavy layers or another quality? Do you have kids that will be around him? How big are you hens? A larger breed roster can injure or even kill a smaller...

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I watch my chickens. If I get real upset I may go in the coop and cry. One or more always seem to come over to check me out and tell me all the "chicken gossip". Nothing like watching chickens doing "very important chicken things". :P

I was in Wal-Mart today and saw something interesting that was funny and sad at the same time. They are now selling an emergency food kit!:rolleyes: About $64 for a kit that is suppose to feed 4 people for 72 hours. The sad thing was there didn't seem to be much "real food" in it. It wasn't...

If you don't see her much, don't panic. Wild rabbits spend little time with their young. You can check on them once or twice a day but no more.

Wow! have to remember that coffee trick! Some odors are real hard to get out... especially out of plastic ! Thanks!

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It is amazing how well they can heal and/or learn to cope. A couple of months ago someone on another forum was saying that she was sad because she lost the "guide hen" for her blind hen. Guess she was blind for like 4 years and this other hen stuck around her and helped her out. Not saying it...

Don't ya just hate that!? My great grandma made the best doughnuts... after 40 years I'm still trying to get it right! I've tried to let my kids know all the good recipes I have, but allot is by just "knowing" or "feeling" when it's right. :/ Buckets.... I am lucky there! DH works for a...