Posts by daisy_dukers

No problems....My MIL has a problem when it comes to cooking...she overcooks portion wise for everything....Mine have gotten lots of egg salad over the last year....They love perogies toopretty much anything and everything that the dog...

DLM = FriendI have 25 ISA browns8x12 coopI used 400lbs of hardwood woodstove pellets in mine.I put the litter in July 1st 2009Changed it March 1st 2010No amonia smell, but I have decent ventalationNo poop boards, no nadaI throw treats or...

When my wife's water broke 1 week early, I simply filled the 7gallon waterer, and filled thier feeder and dumped an extra bag in the 1/4barrel of grit they have.3 days later I came back to 60 eggs in the nest box and healthy happy...

I am paying 2.29 a lb cut and wrapped for black angus as of wednesday, taxes included etc. etc.after butchering there was 800lbs of meat cut and wrapped....Not sure how big the original animal was as I never ask, just interested in the...

Well it was -40C here yesterday.....I have one 175W IR bulb going in the insulated 8x12 coop and 25 ISA browns in there....No problems yet and it has been cold like this for weeks now....No frozen combs so far, avging 1egg/hen/day.Water...

one other point.....if you are using a chainsaw, at least get yourself a pair of safetly chaps...nothing will mess up your day like cutting into your leg.....OH and dont sit a hot chainsaw in the snow....learned that one the hard way...

I have went from from 40lbs of laying crumbles to 80lbs per week since it started getting cold.  25 ISA browns avg'ing 24-25 eggs per day.They also get kitchen scraps and lately they have been getting 1 mixed icecream pail of brown...

I live in Manitoba and it is around -40'C with the windchill right now, I get the odd crinkled egg like that, mebbe one out of every 14-15 dozen...  Eggs like that go to the dogs or get given away as "free" eggs....Just...

25 Cornish cross giants10 Comercial White turkeysOrdering the meaties for June 2nd, and the turkeys for June 6th.Meaties should go in the freezer mid august, turkeys mid sept.Unfortunately my wife wont let me get anymore than that, and I...

This is all about the all mighty dollar.Most people don't want to pay $2/lb from a farmer when they can get it for 99cents/lb at Wallmart.  The only way you can get it for 99cents a lb is to have factory farms....What I find funny...