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OMG it took me like an hour to catch up on everything!! Hope I got all the stuff I wanted to respond to here...lol
 

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Originally Posted by RaZ A crock pot is good for raising dead chickens...raising them to an edible state.   Frying pans, ovens and grills will also work.

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Originally Posted by NovaAman 
I would do rabbit... but I am so allergic to their fur.... Oh, but it tastes so yuuuuuumy... Nice brace of coneys on the grill... Oh yeah. LOL

I'd love to raise them for food too as my source of meat, but am also allergic. I have never eaten one though, how do they taste? Ive always wanted to try. Can you just catch bunnies from your yard and eat them, the wild ones? Is this ok to do?

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Originally Posted by RaZ You really don't need a lot of land to grow enough for your own use.

My garden area is pretty small too, Im just not good enough (yet) at this efficient gardening thing to grow enough food to be useful for long...it sucks. I tweak my gardening blueprint every season, lol.

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Originally Posted by NovaAman 
Well, ya'll hear what the mayor of Detroit did? He sold adjoining vagrant lots to residents for $200 to do as they wished. A lot of people are using those vacant lots for gardens, as RaZ said. I think its wonderful.

I agree that its great that people are doing it, and I also think it's really dumb that people are getting in trouble for it. Who the hell cares? Let people use the land for SOMEthing if it's otherwise gonna sit there unused.
 

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Originally Posted by Juise 

We grew corn for the first time last year, it was soooooo good. If you do plant some, we had a great experience trying out the "Three Sisters" garden. You plant your corn with crawling squashes in between, and a little later, (I think 2 weeks or so? I would have to check to be sure...) you plant climbing beans around your corn. The beans fix nitrogen in their roots for next years nitrogen hungry corn, and the vines also help to support the corn stalks. The squash help shade the roots, hold moisture in, and block weeds.

If it doesn't end up being too much, I am also very interested in canning. If you all end up with too many people, I am fine stepping out, though.

I love this idea!! I planted corn last year too, didn't get TOO much but it was still fun. I like the idea of using up more of the space efficiently too. And I would also love to learn how to can, just gotta find the time!

 

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Originally Posted by RaZ Chickens are common pets.  Right? 

Of course!
 

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You crack me up!

 

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Originally Posted by Chickmate 
OK, I want THIS one, banty or not! You have got to stop this weird experimental breeding Mom! You're going to create some kind of Jurassic Park in your back yard. First it was ostrich crosses that resulted in velociraptors and now flamingo hybrids???  

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Originally Posted by NovaAman 
My oldest wants white silkies just so he can color them...

What colors happen with black over buff in silkies? I am so anxious to see what color my little silkies babies are going to be! I am so excited I could pee!

Your excitement is making me laugh!! So cute.
 

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Originally Posted by RaZ 

After a damp start to the day it actually was pretty decent to be outside today. I got a few more spring chores done and learned a couple of things:

 

1) Mallard ducklings like cantaloupe.

2) When ducklings eat cantaloupe, they make that motorboat sound.

3) Ducklings and chickies who ignore each other during the day will bed down together when the sun starts to set.

How funny!
 

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Originally Posted by Mom 2em All 

I planted a white pine today...did I already tell you this? 

Its only hip high so I probably wont live long enough to see it be a big pine.  

 

I am getting a Japanese maple, as well...cute little feathery decorative tree..

 

If I cant have grass, I shall have a forest.

 

Goes with my Jurassic park chickens.

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Originally Posted by RaZ 

Are you comparing the tree to your hip? If so it's probably a black and/or blue pine. 

I don't mean to make fun  of your recent pain...oh, wait, perhaps I do. 

 

Um, you do know that I'm just poking some fun? 

 

Blue Spruce..

Of course I know..I would think something was wrong with you if you didnt get your jabs in when you could..

Did you see the baby Uggo picture I posted? 

Are you jealous of my perfectly manicured yard?

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Originally Posted by Juise 

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A tailor? Sorry about your chick.

 

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We got one of those almost two years ago, planted it with the afterbirth from my youngest daughter. Well, the parts of it I didn't eat, anyway! It has done really well!

 

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ROFL Harsh, man, harsh.

 

TAILOR!!!!!!!!!!! Wow, my mom says that your brain can only hold so much- and once it is full, it has to let go of some memories to make way for new stuff...

but my brain sure has chosen some weird things to forget..

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Originally Posted by Brethren49619 

For the horses, we use a product in their pasture called Pasture Pro.  There is also a store brand at TSC that has the same chemical (much cheaper).  It kills the weeds in the pasture without killing the grass.  I use it on my lawns as well.  Don't put horses in for a couple of days after spraying, but label says you can put them back on pasture soon as it is dry. 
 

 

If I can find something besides RaZ's elbow grease to get rid of this creeping weed I will try it.

But do I have to keep the chickens off the yard as well? Those will be harder to do than holding my horses....

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Originally Posted by Juise 

We got one of those almost two years ago, planted it with the afterbirth from my youngest daughter. Well, the parts of it I didn't eat, anyway! It has done really well!

 

 

Speaking of memory...

I meant to add a  "  " here....

You may have scarred me for life...though you have come closer to actually eating your young than I have...however

I have threatened it before...

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Originally Posted by sarah92480 

 

I'd love to raise them for food too as my source of meat, but am also allergic. I have never eaten one though, how do they taste? Ive always wanted to try. Can you just catch bunnies from your yard and eat them, the wild ones? Is this ok to do?

 

 

I have some snack-size niblets here you can try...come and get them..

Fuzzybutt:

Yeah, we soaked it in warm water a few times, used a soaking paper towel and dabbed as gently as we could. The poor thing freaked out and I was so scared I was going to crush it or hurt those tiny wings. I didn't get all of the poop off, there was a bit of residue and I held her in my hands for a few minutes to get her warm again. She started to fall asleep until I had to move off the couch to take her back to the lamp... Then she went leaping from my hands up my chest to my neck where she shoved under my chin and started pecking at my neck. I saved her from a flying dive off my back and set her in with her friends under the lamp. One of the others pecked at her once or twice on the rump so I've been checking constantly to make sure no one's hurting her down there.

So far she's dried off and moving around with her buddies after looking a little lethargic for a half hour. Everyone is so active down there! Just scratching, kicking up bedding, eating, drinking, checking each other out or nesting in the bedding. I think the lamp is just right for the time being. Someone will be checking on them again around 5am.

Ladyfeather-

I have had a couple that have had bad pasty butt- thankfully none this year..and sometimes, its just better to use some tiny manicure scissors and trim that off...just snip those little fuzz butt feathers...

however, maybe I shouldnt recommend that after my accident today. 

Anyhow, somewhere I read that them being in a drafty place can cause pasty-butt. Could have been on this thread somewhere or somewhere on BYC.

So here's 6 wk pics of my chickens...tell me what you guys think, do they look about right for their age? Healthy and everything? They look it to me but I'm new to this. :)

So confirm what I'm thinking...wyandotte #2 there is a roo isn't it? The first wyandotte I'm still unsure on...here's another picture of it's face up close, why do you think it's comb looks like this? Any thoughts? It's been like that since I got it. It looks weird, like flat and deformed or something. He/she also has a different peep sound.

The dark chickens are all starting to get green iridescence in their black feathers when they're in the light just right...I love it!

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Originally Posted by Mom 2em All 

Ladyfeather-

 

I have had a couple that have had bad pasty butt- thankfully none this year..and sometimes, its just better to use some tiny manicure scissors and trim that off...just snip those little fuzz butt feathers...

 

however, maybe I shouldnt recommend that after my accident today. 

 

Anyhow, somewhere I read that them being in a drafty place can cause pasty-butt. Could have been on this thread somewhere or somewhere on BYC.

I wasn't going to mention that I snipped a really stubborn and rock hard piece off after she was exhausting herself with struggling. Her vent wasn't covered after we loosened it all up but I was scared fluff was getting pulled out. With two chunks in the water I trimmed it and I felt like an awful chicken mom. I watched her huddle with her sisters for about 10 minutes to make sure no one pecked her and I feared she caught a chill that would prove her downfall. A few hours later she's fluffy (a bit less than her friends) but moving around and bright eyed.

A few resources said a change in feed, moving from yolk to starter, and stress/cold can cause pasty butt. The basement doesn't have any drafts and the walls of the container are really high so I think it should be fine until I scrub down the larger container tomorrow. Crossing my fingers they don't get too cold or stressed until they can get into the yard.
 

Sarah your chickens look great!

Maybe that might be a roo. I have a chick in the bunch I bought today that is a bit bigger than the rest, more energetic, and has a bit of a larger comb area.

Sarah, the weird comb is actually how their comb is supposed to look.  The one you have with the straight comb is the goof.  It tends to happen with hatchery quality.  I have 2 wyandottes that have the same different combs.