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a big ole AMEN to Farm and KC! OFG, while you're husband has a nerd crush on you, i think i have a supportive-and-handy crush on your husband. DON'T EVEN get me started on the serious woman-can-do-anything-AND-write-like-a-fiend crush i have on YOU! :D i wish you guys were my neighbors. ETA...

since everyone is talking about their grannies, i thought i'd share the thing that stands out in my memory as the object most associated with my great-grandmother, Allie Mae, who i spent a part of almost every day with until i was 6 years old (we moved away then): this was her built in flour...

i've got to dig some out of storage but i've got the BEST pic to share with you guys. it's no wonder i'm SS.

the charger is a pulse charger. if it was a steady charge it would be bad- chickens that pecked the wire would probably get fried. as it is, mine don't seem too inclined to peck at it. poultry are very well insulated against electric shock by their feathers so they actually have to hit the...

i'm using the 12/48/3 double spike PoultryNet from Premier Supplies. i've had it a month and seriously love it. some others on the forum have used it and didn't care for it, but, for me, it's been awesome. i power mine with a car battery hooked to a fence charger. when the battery gets low, i...

oh skr8pn! that's too bad. sorry about your loss of all those tasty meals. i'm really loving my electric poultry netting. i got 164 ft for $175 (free shipping) and so far it's totally kicking butt! the only problem i've had was when a cow dropped dead ON the fence and bent a pole. other than...

if for any reason i run out of organic feed before my next shipment comes in, Dumor is what i buy for chicks. it's the ONLY chick feed i can get locally that is unmedicated (at least that i've found so far). i don't buy Purina ever- all their chick feed sold locally is medicated and it's way...

you're very right. there are good ways to do things if you find yourself in that situation. yours sound in quite good hands. Deb, yours sound like they are getting everything they need to be happy and healthy. i think you'll do just fine on unmedicated feed!

more specifics about medicated feed and cocci vaccines: as the others have said, it was originally made for industrial operations and has since become the "norm" for backyarders as well. the benefits of medicated feed really only apply to chicks that are raised either in huge barns that are hard...

i have those aha moments a lot when baking. like what exactly did people do before baking soda? apparently ash water!

oh Merle... go out and get it right now. it's wonderful... you just can't imagine the eye candy and the glorious hoop skirts! ;)

just a head's up: i may be running a little "boarding program for piggies" next year if you'd be interested in "boarding" a pig, or even just half a pig, over here. :D basically, i've been pork free for 12 years and that has to change. i plan to eat nothing but pork for months and months come...

from what i've been reading, the issue is lead that is used to stabilize and enhance the pigments in the glaze. and THAT is totally avoidable. but companies don't see it that way. they see that people like the bright, vibrant, glossy glazes and so that's what they sell even though it means they...

DUH! haven't you seen the Little Women movie from the 90s? one of the best lines is when one sister burns another sister's hair and the youngest says "What's that smell? It smells like burnt... feathers?" ahhh, i love that movie.

haha! my mom is using my great-grandmother's as decoration... i'm thinking of just nicking it!

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is the only difference between a dutch/french oven and a crockpot/slowcooker the fact that the latter has it's own heating element? eta: does anyone else think it's really weird that there are acceptable levels of lead for cooking items that WILL MOST DEFINITELY contain food that will be...

you know, the best we can hope for in life is to be able to laugh even in the midst of pain. you CERTAINLY bring it out in all of us so i sincerely hope that you are reaping the benefits of your own wonderful spirit. that was some pretty moving, sad, beautiful, uplifting, and, yes, funny...

i lost both my dear sweet boys this year, so your pain is familiar. know that each of us would gladly take a bit of your suffering on our own shoulders. the walking should help. it sure makes me feel better to humble myself before the glory of nature. i'm going to go sit next to some kitty...

hardly! nice try though. ;)