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http://www.cornucopia.org/2015/12/scrambled-eggs-report-contrasts-widespread-industry-fraud-and-usda-complacency-with-true-heroes-in-organics/ This was a very interesting read this morning. If the article and reports are true, it seem the USDA is sanctioning fraud in the egg business in favor...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I control the predators I can around here, but the winter weather would be tough.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the discussions in this thread lately. Very interesting and educational. The oriental Game discussion was fantastic to read as I have read very little on the oriental breeds, and games in general. Which in turn, got my wheels turning, and that's not always a good...

I enjoyed the black bear pics. Brought back memories of when we had our camp in Tioga, PA. Black bears in the back yard all year until bear season. Then they disappeared. I guess the PGC trapping and transferring them didn't help matter come hunting season.

We are feeding a grower ration from a local mill. I had them customize it for me as it is normally 17% protein. They added some soybean meal to the ration and it is now 21% protein. Before that we were feeding Turkey and Gamebird feed that was 21%. Bags of roasted soybean is pretty cheap at a...

We grew extra sweet potatoes, neck pumpkins, sunflower heads, and a 75' row of Indian Corn for the chickens. The Indian corn will be decorations until the Christmas stuff comes out. Then it becomes chicken food. The sunflower heads are dried, and potatoes and pumpkins are in our root cellar...

Got our first eggs today. 2 small brown eggs, one in the nesting box, and the other laid on the bedding under the roost. My daughter was so excited to find them.

I like that. Golden years certainly fits imo.

Utility Fowl breeding has certainly peaked my interests. Reading about poultry during the 1920's to about the 1960's is interesting to me because it seems like such an interesting time in the history of poultry. The Chicken of Tomorrow contests, transition from farm raised poultry to mega...

I enjoy hunting. PA has some strange laws for property owners, but add to the whole of sportsmanship that the laws provide. Family and friends hunt the properties, but we have a good bit of trespassers as well unfortunately. All they gotta do is knock on the door and ask permission and we'll...

What a rainy week. Birds took it like a champ, but it put me behind on work to the point I will not be able to get out for early archery.

Oh certainly. Just a good critique of the birds as seen can help me learn a lot. The pics of the NH's in the SOP seem a little off, and the wording of the SOP isn't concrete for a layman like myself. Learning the terms and descriptions, with a visual of my flock would be a big help to me...

So I have been trying to get some good pics of the flock. I have read posts about how hard it was to capture that good picture, but kinda shrugged it off, and thought "can't be that hard." Well, it is that hard, and I think I need a new camera with faster capture speeds.

Soon you'll probably have to pay a state tax to keep back yard birds. They'll call it a "Permit" at first. Ihre Papiere bitte

We have Airedales on grams' cattle farm. They control all varmints, and actually help with running the cattle through the gates to get them into the trailers. For My farm we are looking at American Bulldogs and Bouviers. Looking for an all around farm dog that can go jogging with the wife to...

Thanks. By sled I meant weights. Sorry for the confusion.

I'll read up o them. Are they for the "sled pulling" "strong dog" crowd? The johnson type are always hyped and should be a separate breed at this point from the Scott type. Both johnson and scott type are often bred together for a "dual" type. It's upsetting to me, but not really a bad thing.

True. They seem to be the rare type today, but I do remember reading about them in my internet searches. I assumed brown from those pics, but black and white is hard to tell.

Ok I'll do that. It seems to me though that "american Bullies" are a mutt and not a breed. Never heard of them. I just assumed that meant American Bulldog, cause bully is the short.

American Bulldogs are an old breed that goes back to the Old english bulldogs. Not those little English things of today. No Pitt should be used at all, they are separate breeds. Purebred American Bulldogs are the strongest dog pound for pound, and have a very high pain tolerance. They love...