One of my hobbies is woodworking. I work with all sorts of different species. When the sawdust/shavings are clean, Joe the birdman will take it by the truckload. He has several aviaries the size of my house. I have to keep the stuff clean for his birds as different types of wood can harm the...
I75 to Lake City US90 exit
head east on US90 for about a mile
turn south onto County 247, aka Branford Highway
-Walgreens and Auto Zone on the corner
head south on 247 for about a 1/4 mile
Columbia County Fairgrounds on the right
park it
headthrough the gate
entrance to the barn 50 feet up on...
Come March I'm moving from sunny Florida to the Albany NY area to manage an 80 acre organic farm. The place has barns, fields, fencing and cross fencing, a pond...everything you would expect a farm to have, (the barns are red) except there are no crops or livestock.
I have complete freedom...
I've been looking around these boards the last couple of days. I've had chickens for a few years, but have never encountered the term "EE"
What does EE stand for?
I add white vinegar to the water, a couple tablespoons is all. It changes the acidity of the water, helps separate the egg from the inner membrane.
I lower the eggs into boiling water with tongs or a spoon. To reduce cracking, I set them on top of an egg already in there, helps reduce the...
I stopped in last year expecting to wander around the flea market. Instead of the flea market, it was a poultry show. I looked around at all the birds, big and little, fancy and dull, dumb and really dumb. There were a couple thousand birds, every color of the rainbow. You'll find breeds you...
I read up on that story a couple weeks ago. A swat team with semiautomatic weapons pointed at children seems a little strong for the charge of operating a food market without a license.
So I went out just now and counted the toes on the big black favorelle looking hen.
5!
Had that hen for 6 months now. About time I found out what she was. Picked her up with the 2 Salmon Favorelles. A guy was moving, selling off his birds for $4 each. He was out, his daughter knew...