I am planning my Christmas cooky boxes and thought I'd add homemade mints this year. I searched all the recipes that I have of my Mother's and can't find her recipe. I know she cooked them on the stove and poured them onto wax paper from a spoon. It made nice round creamy mints. She DID NOT use...
Thank you everyone. I thought about gving them crushed egg shells. I think I'll try that. They aren't getting enough eggs to give me any. The 12 older hens only lay one or two eggs a day total. Most of them have no feathers to speak of. They aren't happy. The younger ones are just starting to...
I feed my neighbors 3 coops of sad chickens. One coop is older chickens and 2 pathetic ducks and the other two are pullets. The younger ones started laying a few weeks ago. This AM when I was feeding them, there was an egg in the nest that didn't have a shell. I told the owner and she said they...
I have 3 standard dachshunds. A smooth, a wire and a long haired. I have bred and shown smooths for over 40 years. The smooth is almost 13 and has had back problems off and on. The breeders will tell you a few things. Total crate rest. 81 mg aspirin and 250mg of vitamin C. Give the vitamin C at...
The Dawn dishwashing liquid, hydrogen peroxide and baking soda are a great temporary solution. I would highly recomend "Skunk Off". You can get it from your vet and online at www.thornell.com. They have shampoo and a liquid to saturate you and the dog. This works, I know from experience...