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    Started my first sourdough starter today

    I have made sourdough a few times in our borrowed farm house...turns out we have too much "wild" yeast in the air and so my starter/dough and bread will mold within two days
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    Dilly Beans Recipe??

    I love Dilly Beans! Dilly Beans from Ball Blue Book of Preserving Makes 4-5 pints 2 lbs green beans 1/4 c canning salt 2 1/2 c water 2 1/2 c white vinegar 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper PER JAR 1 clove garlic PER JAR 1/2 tsp. dill seed PER JAR or one head dill PER JAR Wash and trim green beans...
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    What are you canning now?

    Last night I jarred (jarred instead of canned since there were never cans involved) some antipasto relish beginning with 2 five gallon buckets of tomatoes :-) woot woot!
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    Feeding without purchasing feed

    how does one farm meal worms? we have approximately 300 acres of farm land that has basically "gone to seed". i feel that there is, no doubt, plenty nutritionally sound items for them to eat I just have to bring it near enough to their location; understanding that i will likely find eggs...
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    Recycled Materials and Solar

    After impusivly purchasing 4 hens at the chicken swap meet the other day I came home and made a coop/tractor out of things I had in our barn. It is not totally perfect as my wheels are a bit small and I could use longer handles or a cross bar for moving but pretty great for being in a pinch. ;-)
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    Feeding without purchasing feed

    ...well, since chickens werent always domesticated and even then not always fed laying pellets and mash, i figured i could get away without feeding such things...especially since my plan was to have them free range most of the time...i was hoping to find alternative feeding routes to provide...
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    Feeding without purchasing feed

    Hello. I am so very new to chickens. I have purchased 4 hens; 2 golden comets (said to be egg laying age) and 2 Buff Orpingtons still a wee bit young to produce. We built a chicken coop out of recycled material but definately plan on free ranging them once they figure out there "home" is. We...
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    Shepherdsville, KY poultry swap this Saturday??

    I have not been to it yet though I am hoping tomake it this Saturday. My friend reccommended it to me and says that is where he has purchased all his poultry. Nothing about other animals though...
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    Kentucky people

    Thank you so much GardenGirl73 for the tip about the Henderson Chicken Breed Chart, very easy to understand and just what I needed. I am about 7 minutes outside of Taylorsville on 44 towards Mt. Washington. My friend just informed me of the Shepherdsville chicken market that gathers on Saturday...
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    Kentucky people

    gosh. Kentucky people haven't posted here in a long time...well anyways, I am new and loving this site for information. My fiancé and I just bought some land in Taylorsville, Ky and want to raise chickens. We know nothing about them. I was wondering what type of chickens do well in KY? Thanks
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    Greetings from Kentucky

    Hello! I am a city girl who has been converted to a country wrangler. After purchasing land in Kentucky, my fiancé and I have purchased two malnutritioned horses, acquired a goat and a Donkey and another horse. The fun doesn't stop there, we are looking to get chickens, guineas, possibly pigs...
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