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[baymule]

I know, the dust is stupid! just stupid,,, I cant keep up with it,
If you do get herbs and can only do a few, my top ones are , horseradish, rosemary, thyme and oregano, they are all anti viral---OH and lots of garlic

I have garlic, need to dig it up, has been over taken by black eyed Susan’s and weeds. I had a big beautiful rosemary bush, but the -6F got it this past winter.

So, for the time you get the to the time you butcher them is???? how long

Industrial standards are 5-6 weeks. My standard is 8-10 weeks, these are at 13 weeks, life happens. I also ferment their feed with buttermilk as a starter. More work, but healthier bird and better meat.

If you decide to raise some, I recommend getting 6-10 so you don’t get overwhelmed. I order 50 at a time, but I’m an idiot.

 

[baymule]

Neighbor boys are riding their bikes over to help butcher chickens today. Lol what an adventure for them!

 

[baymule]

YThats hard work, a little bit at a time and you will have it all done.

 

[farmerjan]

Are they crows, ravens or black buzzards?

 

[Britesea]

Lot of work to be done- it's the season!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Is there ever NOT "the season"??? Even in the dead of winter, there's still plenty of stuff to be done.

 

[JanetMarie]

I do keep up on my raising baby chicks thread but I almost done with the baby chick stage of my chicks and will be locking up the thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/leghorns-have-been-the-easiest-chickens.1254494/page-53

Just visited there and will watch the thread.

 

[JanetMarie]

Wow! What a beautiful garden and all those herbs! I want a herd garden, been here 7 years, ain’t done it yet. But at least the garden produces.

I get you on the sand! Ours is called sugar sand. White, fine, devoid of humus and nutrients, pure sand. I’ve been cheated! Where is my ocean? A lake? Ok, what about a pond? Puddle? Nothing? Maybe a bucket of water…… LOL

And the DUST! Can’t keep anything clean, always in a state of dusty or dustier.

You could make a beautiful pond with the white sand as a beach!

 

[baymule]

You could make a beautiful pond with the white sand as a beach!

White sand won’t hold water.

 

[JanetMarie]

White sand won’t hold water.

You have to use a pond liner hold the water. The white sand would be around the pond.