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Originally Posted by KatieCov 

Can you over feed chickens? Our chickens eat everything we feed them and I just hope Im not fattening them up too much

I'm sure that that is possible but I have mine (or most of them rather) on self feeders so they have food available all the time I haven't noticed that they overeat or get too fat this way, I have noticed that the ones I feed every day eat more feed than the ones on the self feeder.

 

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Originally Posted by Buckguy20 

NANAKAT is doing a super duper job tracking the raffle items and getting donations and

Sooner is doing her usual stellar job in coordinating the food roundup and tee shirt sales.

Muesky likewise has been great in running the wants and wishes list.

Let's give them all a big hand! 

 

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Originally Posted by Nektosha 

Originally Posted by Elwood Lightfoot 

I'll have them for ya, I'm coming to town after work tomorrow if your going to be there I'll stop by.

Was that today - Monday? or tomorrow - Tuesday?  *lol*  I'll be there Tuesday (tomorrow) till 5 and off Wed. & Thurs.  Would it be easier for you if I pick them up?  I'd be happy to save you the trip to town.

I was actually thinking today but, Ummm, I forgot........ Just stop by on your way home tomorrow and you can get them I'll call and give directions it should be right on your way :-)

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Originally Posted by Ksane 

Originally Posted by mefordz 

mitzi, the favs are very pretty birds, and they arent sissy chickens!

I was gonna say something about the "chunky"  thing, but decided not to set myself up for the bashing.

and if you wanna see a big difference, i have have some buff orp chicks and oeg chicks in the brooder right now.

orps are bigger for a couple of weeks, then the oeg hit a growth spurt and pass them up. few weeks later the orps catch back up and pass the oeg for the final leg of the race.

You have Orps? I'd have never figured you for an Orp man :-) Somehow the words "growth spurt" and OEGB don't belong in the same sentence lol

 

 

 oh no, I dont havr orps, the supreme commander has orps.  she only has a very few chicks i hatched for langshan man, and she HAD to have some.

i let her have what she wants, but i draw the line at langshans. she has had blacks, whites, and bantam blacks. now she concentrates on pigeons mostly.

Originally Posted by jcatblum 
Mitzi I can't believe you are upgrading already! I hear a cabinet incubator in your future next.
The plants being cut off at the ground could be cut worms, go out with a flashlight & check the plants now that it is dark & you should see them. Also have had lots of aphid damage & seeing cucumber beetles. I have had damage to everything I planted in white plastic mulch but no damage to stuff in black mulch.
Went to the Walters auction tonight. DD took 20 chicks & we bought an electric smoker & some other stuff. No birds. DH offered to buy many different birds but I didn't see anything I couldn't live without. Overall it was a good crowd. Mike took a good haul of eggs & birds home. Saw buster there too.

You shoulda' heard my husband lol! He said, "When are you going to learn? I could've told you getting the small one was only going to lead to having to buy a bigger one in 2 wks." haha :-) He tried to tell me to get the bigger one a few wks ago and I was just SURE if I got the smaller one I wouldn't be tempted to hatch too many eggs. Sheesh.

I need a source for cockerals is what I need (someone to take them). After the trouble with boys I've had this last year I honestly don't believe I'll be tempted to keep any boys. And while I care about all these new babies I'm also not near as emotionally attached to each one like I was my very 1st hatch (my Cochins). So I think it'll be ok.

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

My early girl tomatoes are looking sad yellowing and the leaves are getting small holes through the leaves like swiss cheese, I'll post some pics later but any ideas what's wrong?

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

I'll get close and see if there are any nasty little bugs on them, maybe those hateful spider mites????

Spider mites will have a very fine web and you can tap them off the leaves onto paper.  I bet yu have flea beetles...sit quietly be the plants and see if you see tiny jumping bugs return to your leaves....they are not fleas...but beetles.  They attack Eggplant and tomatoes as well as lettuce and sometimes the brassicas. 

Neem is really good and organic and will nto hurt the birds.   It does kill beneficial insects so spray in the late evening to avoid the bees.  I often pick off the lady bugs and move them to other plants when I spray with neem

Yellow leaves can also indicate a mineral deficiency..magnesium..   A little compost tea helps...as a foliar spray.

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Originally Posted by BlanchardOK 

Everything planted here -  but a couple of tomatoes started wilting looked at them and guess what - crewed off at the base so I am guessing gohpers? no tunnels or mounds that I can see? any ideas?

 

I detest cutworms...squish evry one I find.   I also have a little hungry bunny in the garden.....got two tomaote and 5 peppers.
 

Cathie, dear? WHY are you sitting in the car in a storm?

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Originally Posted by jcatblum 

Mitzi I can't believe you are upgrading already! I hear a cabinet incubator in your future next.
The plants being cut off at the ground could be cut worms, go out with a flashlight & check the plants now that it is dark & you should see them. Also have had lots of aphid damage & seeing cucumber beetles. I have had damage to everything I planted in white plastic mulch but no damage to stuff in black mulch.
Went to the Walters auction tonight. DD took 20 chicks & we bought an electric smoker & some other stuff. No birds. DH offered to buy many different birds but I didn't see anything I couldn't live without. Overall it was a good crowd. Mike took a good haul of eggs & birds home. Saw buster there too.

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Originally Posted by NanaKat 

 

Spider mites will have a very fine web and you can tap them off the leaves onto paper.  I bet yu have flea beetles...sit quietly be the plants and see if you see tiny jumping bugs return to your leaves....they are not fleas...but beetles.  They attack Eggplant and tomatoes as well as lettuce and sometimes the brassicas. 

Neem is really good and organic and will nto hurt the birds.   It does kill beneficial insects so spray in the late evening to avoid the bees.  I often pick off the lady bugs and move them to other plants when I spray with neem

Yellow leaves can also indicate a mineral deficiency..magnesium..   A little compost tea helps...as a foliar spray.

I detest cutworms...squish evry one I find.   I also have a little hungry bunny in the garden.....got two tomaote and 5 peppers.
 

 

Thanks I'll look tomorrow.  Will fish emolsion or epsom salts add magnesium?