Recent content by Glasshen

Here in Central New York its strawberry picking time. Yesterday I picked 8 quarts, and made jam. Last night 10 half pints, this morning 9 more. My husband loves it more than any other and is on the last jar from last year. Maybe this will make home feel secure.

I use the granular, the powder is very fine, seems like it could be dusty. I have seen my hens eat some, but it is is not toxic. I guess I would rather chicks not eat it...I think I would try using a little, perhaps with your normal bedding. Our feed store lines the chick bins with burlap. I...

I use sweet PDZ on the poop boards. It is very dirty in there, and no ammonia smell. Love the stuff, and yes, I'll get out there soon to clean.

Gem, if you planted hard neck garlic, they shoot up a flower stalk that circles around. After it makes the circle, you can cut it off and us it as a tasty bit in sauce or other dishes. Then when the foliage wilts down, you can dig your garlic. Loved Weird Al! Rancher, I have a demented...

I have the premier1 poultry net, and just bought another strand and a gate. I have a set up that uses a battery, so I bought an extra one. One can be charging, the other in use. Haven't set up the new parts yet, but can't wait to just walk through the gate! The chickens get zapped, but learn to...

If you see streaks of red or white going up your leg, get to a real doctor quick. The bruising is prob normal, the blood has to go somewhere. Warm Epsom salts soaks? White socks, any other favorite cleaning thing. Chicken folk have access to powerful dirt! So we probably have good immunities...

Oh plantain is a wonderful plant. An Onondaga friend told me to put it mushed up on stings or bites. Since I have read that it is good like that and also can be eaten like in salad it is very nutritious, and has healing properties. And most people want it out of their lawn. But, personally, with...

Welcome, Koopmaster. Gramma, I feel for you. I am on injured reserve myself. Fell on my chest a week and a half ago. Lots of bruised ribs, marginally better than breaking them, but can't do much. Lots of ibuprofen! At first just carrying feed buckets was all I could do. Oh well, it will all be...

Sorry to hear about your girls, Gramma. It's never easy to have them go.

I had wild boar stew when I was in Sienna. It was delicious. But it is a regional specialty, I would not know how to cook it!

Thank you, Purpletie! That looks really nice, neat, weatherproof, and so square and straight! Lots of things the retirement home is not. I will take a picture of it tomorrow so you can see how amaturish my building skills are. We put it on its wagon base with wheels, and I moved Earl and Mama...

Purple tie, could you share info and pics of the plastic coop? I am trying to make some small coops to separate the miserable roosters, and find that my scavenging ways that seem so cool and cheap are the source of building problems larger than I can overcome. In reality, this coop building...

So very sorry about your hens, Luv.

Yesterday was the day of the Rooster Wars. Nice warm day, snow receding. I foolishly let everyone free range, including Earl and Mama who had been in sick bay. Junior had taken it into his head that he was in charge, and an epic fight ensued. Junior won. Earl was hiding in the coop. So Rascal...

Except that you had called ahead and been told your chicks had all hatched and come get them. They could have told you that 1/3 of them had not hatched, but you could get another of each of the other breeds.