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    what's eating my tomatoes?

    Yes, it could be squirrels. They will bite into your tomatoes to get a drink.
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    Recent newspaper editorial about backyard chickens

    If you look at the very bottom. the last line on the page, give the address as Mankato, MN
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    Need help with this!

    If you use clear plexiglass, it would allow the sunlight to help heat the coop.
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    Do Barred Rocks Develop slowly

    We have 26 Barred Rocks, they will be 2 weeks tomorrow. The hens all have wing feathers that are long and tail feathers are starting. The Roos have stubbier wings and no tail feathers yet. It sounds to me that you have a couple of Roos. Roger & Rosie
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    pen question

    The chicken wire is no good. You live in a clearing in the woods. the chicken wire will not protect them from predators. Also you will need some kind of covering over the run, or at least electrical fencing. Predator can and will climb over the top. And if you are getting ducklings them you need...
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    Happy Birthday to AK Michelle!!!!!!

    Have a Very Happy Birthday AK Michelle. Rosie & Roger
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    Annoying Mother Rant

    Did anyone notice this was during Spring Break and not normal routine? As I remember our Spring Break, it was time for Spring Cleaning. We not only did that list but also washed all the walls and extra care on the wood work. All of the wall to wall rugs had to go out onto the clothes line and...
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    Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

    Fairybee, the weather is cool and wind here in MI. The temp is 38 now.
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    Bedding

    The chippings need to be dry before it's used. Otherwise it won't be able to absorb anything. Fresh chipped trees have a lot of moistier(sp) in them.
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    Chicken Coop/Run Calculations

    The coop is big enough for the chickens, but you need to add about 100 ft for the run. you can figure space for coop at 4 ft per chicken and for the run, 10 ft per chicken. Also for that coop, you only have 5 ft for feeders and waterers, which needs to figured into your space.
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    Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

    Opa, give Granny our best too. We hope it doesn't get too bad.
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    Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

    Quote: For coughs and colds, our mom mixed honey, lemon and whiskey. The older we got, the longer our coughs would last LOL. Roger
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    Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

    Ranchie, I think when they went to the aluminum engines and unleaded fuel with catalytic converters, the engines got to the point that the food was getting burned too quick. To make cooking that way worth while.
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    Opa's place -Where an old rooster visits with friends

    Quote: Back before fuel injection and catalytic converters, you used to be able to get cookbooks. They would tell you how many miles you had to drive to cook just about anything. Things like pot roast, with them mounted to your exhaust manifolds. Talk to some of the old time truck drivers...
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    Michigan

    Quote: Yum, yum! Tell me if you find more! We'd like to go up to Mio when the morels are up. Sorry, I didn't get on the computer yesterday. I took about an hour first thing in the morning, and went out and got another 20 or so. Then I spent the rest of the day getting my early potatoes...
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