YIPPEE!!! First one has hatched and is peeping and moving all over the place. It's a Black Copper Marans. I will take pics when the chick moves into a good spot under the window. It's still real wet. The other pipped egg is an Ameracauna. This is SO cool I'm about to pop. LOL
I am on the list for Cow and/or Pig. I agree on the feed, Organic, Hormone and Antibiotic Free, highly preferable grass fed for beef. I bought my last quarter of beef about 11 months ago and still have plenty of meat so I would need a month notice or maybe even wait for the next one unless it is pig.
Ive seen many references to this Chicken Math but haven't had the chance to look it up!
My dogs share a fence line with my run. We had it secure (so we thot) but one evening my daughter came in and was yelling "buddy has my chick in his mouth"the bottom of the fence line had a big root running across it and we figured they cant dig thru that. Well after our investigation into the death of goldie, we discovered a very small area where the root made a V and the dog dug a small area and loosened the dirt which in turn looked like it needed pecked thru. Add that with bad timing and u have a chicken thru the fence with a broken back. Buddy didnt puncture her or anything so she prolly would have survived if the hole were bigger. It was sad. So now we have landscaping cloth along the fence so they can't stalk them and the hot wire back up. My remaining BR was so miserable until we got 2 more (approx 4 and 6 wks) from a farm last weekend. She went from miserably alone to a mean ol dominant bird in a matter of seconds lol.
Maybe? More the beef but it would depend on how much it all adds up to be and how much freezer space I can make.
It seems like your associating grass fed with organic. A grass fed cow will more than likely ingest less GMO food than one finished in a concentrated animal feed lot but simply being grass fed isnt organic by any means. Your 5 year reference is actually 3 yrs. You can continue to grow/graze on that land during the 3 years you just can't certify it organic even though during those 3 years you are following the standards. This is done to ensure any pesticides or inorganic substances have dissipated. To say that feeding organic does not change anything and there is no health benefit between gmo/organic is absurd. Like you said its personal preference. Its just troubling to see people so misinformed about their food that they consistently consume poison that will more than likely affect them in a serious way at some point in their life. My family experienced the health problems associated with gmo and have experienced the difference, which is why we are so passionate about it.
why would they jump on you for having chickens in the house? I have had them in the house over 2 months due to circumstances. I have had adults in the house as well. That is crazy anyone would "jump" onto you for that. I am sry.
So sweet! Now I have to keep telling myself not to pop some eggs into my bator! They are so adorable! Congratulatiions!Okay, I promised pictures.....first chick hatched this morning, second chick this afternoon. Second one is a lot smaller, Ameracauna. A third egg has pipped the shell!!! Sorry about the poor shots, but I had a hard time getting a decent pic through the bator window.
